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Evening star., 1932-10-14
HoNGKoNG AUTO TRADE HIT.

HONGKONG, China. October IA (41.
The British colony Of Hongkong dealt
a blow to American and other non-
British motor car manufacturers today
when the colonial government ordered
a levy of 20 per cent on the landed cost
Of foreign cars imported to Hongkong.
The duty became effective immedi-
ately. It is Hongkongs contribution to
the British imperial preference plan re-
sulting from the recent trade confer
ence at Ottawa.
Foreign dealers here regard the tax
as telling blow against their trade,
which heretofore was more than $780,
600 year. Ninety per cent of this was
American trade The effects of the new
levy were accentuated, they said, as
result of the present depreciation OF
silver.
Italian agents for Fiat cars already
have begun to consider removing their
South China agency to Canton. Other
foreign agents are expected also to take
similar action, in which event Honk-
kong business generally would suffer,
since the colony would cease to be the
autcnotive distributing center Of South
China, which it has been heretofore.
Eengkong previously was free port,
except except for levies from liquors and
Evening star., 1932-10-14
.PENNSYLV SAFE,
REED TELLS HOOVER
Senator Says He Will Answer Glass
ON Gold Scare in One Of
Three Speeches.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senator Reed. after q conference at
the White House today, said he had
assured President Hoover that as far
as Pennsylvania being Republican Is
concerned he needn't give 1t another
thought, straw votes to the contrary
Notwithstanding"
Arrangements have been made TOR
Reed to speak at Buffalo, Wheeling,
W. Va, and Providence, r. !. He said
that in cne of these addresses he would
answer a statement by Senator Glass,
Democrat, of Virginia, that the United
States at no time was In danger Of
going of the gold standard.
The Pennsylvania Senator said he was
holding himself open for political
speeches in his home State and would
probably appear bcth In Pittsburgh and
at a Republican rally in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
REFUSAL TO SUPPORT
HOOVER Is VOICED
BY SENATOR JOHNSON
Continued From First Page)

ticularly to Californians. and that there
was no necessity again to express
them in this campaign.
For many years in the politics Of
this Nation two distinct political
PHILOSOPHERS have constantly clashed.
and in the present economic crisis
these two conflicting PHILOSOPHERS stand
out the one against the other in bold
relief On the one hand is the pro-
gressive, ON the other the ultra-con-
servatiVe.
Il am a progressive Republican,: M.
Hoover is not He has justly earned the
title of ultra-conservative. The dine; :
ence between the two may be described
in a generalization. and could be par
ticularized in hundred acts OF the
existing national administration.
Views Contrasted.
THE progressive believes this Govern
ment belongs to all its people, not to =
favored or privileged few. and that II
should be administered equally and i'm
partially for all, high and lew, rich and
poor alike. The stanopatter, paying lip
service to common humanity. makes q
mock of his words by his court OF spe-
cial classes. and his subserviency to spe-
cial interests. and his indifference. as in
the instances of the power trust and
the sale of foreign securities to trust
ing American investors by international
bankers, to the ruthless exploitation Of
our people. u
The progressive thinks in terms Of
human beings, the Standpatter has lit
tie thought or concern for them. When
MIR. Hoover became President, his
philosophy Of government became ap-
parent. Before that We knew little or
nothing of his policies or politics. Ny
views are those Of long lifetime. His
have been acquired in the very brief
period he has resided among us,
In your telegram, apparently, YOU
stress party regularity. In this crisis
stress loyalty to the American people.
You say you are the representative OF
70 Southern California newspapers.
If you were the representative of 1000
newspapers, or just one ordinary Amer
ican citizen, my answer would be the
same.
First Allegiance to People.
II was elected by men and woman OF
all shades Of political opinion, Demo-
Gratis. Progressive and Conservative Re
publicans-by the people OF the State
of California. My first allegiance Is to
all the people Of this State. l would
not faint my record nor stulify myself
now by abandoning the principles for
which have battled increasingly dur
ing my career-the principles for which
the sovereign people of California
! elected me in 1928.
The Republican party is not at stake
in this campaign. 1t is only the am
bition of one man who but little more
than decade ago did not know which
was his party. and who before that had
| no American party at all.
In the present cataclysm with H.
0,000 unemployed. and suffering and
want on every hand. the man who puts
his party fealty and his hope of political
preferment above the welfare Of our
| people does the worst possible disservice
to his country. / recognize that each
individual. according IS he sees the
light. must make his choice. I make
mine. cannot and will not support
Mr. Hoover"
Evening star., 1932-10-14
PRESIDENTS HAND
CUT AT RECEPTION
TO SUPREME COURT
Continued From First Page

NAOulAlueQ from f1tSL rage.
night. 1t was announced oficially today.
When he retired from the reception
after an hour and forty minutes. it was
not due to faintness or exhaustion. but
because blood had begun to flow from
the cut on his hand and the President
preferred to call off the remainder Of
the handshaking rather than spoil the
white gloves Of the women in the line
OF guests. At that time there were
about 1000 persons left in the line.
When the President and Mrs. Hoover
retired to their living quarters, Mr..
Hoover's indisposition was known to
only . few Of the guests.
DR.. Joel T. Boone, White House med
ical ofiicer, upon whose advice the
President quit the reception, said to-
day that the Presidents hand ailment
was nothing serious.
General Condition Good.
'Mr. Hoovers hand was bruised from
so much hand-shaking," DR.. Boone said,
and so far rs can observe there Is
nothing else wrong with him. He has
been working exceptionally hard, but
he Is in better physical condition than
when he entered the White House
nearly four years ago. Mr.. Hoover has
kept himself physically Mt by regular
exercise. and his fondness for hard
work has not seemed to impair his
health"
DR.. Boone called at the White House
early this morning and bandaged the
Presidents hand.
This Is President Hoover's second in
disposition since he became President.
The first one was during his first Sum-
mer in the White Houe. when. while
fishing on the Rapidan River in Vir-
ginia he acquired a black eye when
the branch Of . small tree struck him
in the face.
Mr.. Hoover put aside his speech writ
ing about $50 am. and went to- is
desk in the executive ONCE to enter
upon routine business.
A short time afterward the President
held his customary bi-weekly NEE. Eg
with the members of his cabinet.
viii Not Hamper Trip. y
The Presidents hand will not inter-
fere with his plans to leave Washington
early tomorrow on the second trip Of
the campaign. Accompanied by Mrs.
Hoover and a small party, the President
will leave ON q special train of the
Baltimore Ss Ohio Railroad, reaching
Cleveland tomorrow evening
The train schedule has been arranged
so as to permit q number Of stops en-
route, which will permit Mr.. Hoover to
appear on the rear platform and occa-
sionally to make . brief campaign
speech.
It Is understood that stops will be
made at Martinsburg, w. Va; Cumber-
land. Md; Connellsville. McKeesport,
Braddock and Newcastle. Pa, and
youngstown and Akron. Ohio. It was
not said at the White House today at
what places the President will deliver
speeches, but 1t Is understood that one
Of these rear platform talks will be
given at Akron, where Harvey Fire
stone. automobile tire magnate. has ar
ranged for q tremendous rally at the
railroad station.
The Presidents Cleveland speech will
be given in the Municipal Auditorium.
In which Calvin Coolidge was nominated
for the presidency In 1924. Immedi-
ately after his spesch he will return to
Washington. He will reach here dur
ing the forenoon Sunday.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
BRITISH AND IRISH
RESUME PARLEYS
Land Annuities and Customs
Fight Taken Up as De Valera
Reaches London.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 1.-THE Anglo
Irish Economic Peace Conference was
resumed today at the cabinet Offices in
Whitehall in an effort to solve the Irish
land annuities dispute, which precipi-
tated fierce customs war between the
two countries.
President Eamon De Valera, whose
personality attracts attention wherever
he appears, represented the Irish Free
State and with him were several Of his
ministers.
Among the British negotiators were
]. H. Thomas, secretary for the domin-
ions: Neville Chamberlain. chancellor of
the exchequer, and Lord Hailsham, sec
retary for war.
Sir John Simon, foreign secretary. also
appeared for the FIRST time at one Of
these conferences, giving rise to specu-
lation As to whether the scope of the
conference might extend beyond things
financial.
Today was De Valeras 50th birth
day anniversary. People on the street
turned to look at the tall, striking,
black-c!ad figure as he strode ener-
getically along. smiling broadly under
his wide-brimmed felt hat while he
chatted with q colleague.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
INSULL WINS RIGHT
TO LEAVE GREECE
WHENEVER HE CARES
Continued From First Page.)

surprised at your letter Of yesterday
informing me that the State Depart
ment had instructed you to take up
my passport.
1T seems that they don't know in
Washington that my passport Is valid
until February. 1894, and that by its
authority can stay out OF America
in any country choose.
Would Revoke Citizenship.
Since the passport was issued by
the country OF which ! am citizen,
its Withdrawal is impossible, especially
while I am travelling through foreign
countries.
Because genuine citizen Is trans
formed by his own country, against
every sense of its obligation, into a
scamp who can neither stay anywhere
nor 60 anywhere, withdrawal Of pass
port is equivalent to withdrawal Of cit.
zenship. Therefore, 1t is unnecessary
for me to add that ] cannot recognize
your right to cancel my citizenship by
surrendering to you my passport before
It's expiration.
Holds Life Honorable.
Further than that. I protest vigor
Cusly because, contrary 10 lhe nfst duly
to an American citizen who has liV
honolably and whose life is history
Of his ewn country you try 10 deprive
him indirectly Of his citizenship since
withdrawal OF passport without any
right has no other significance
Il hope you will understand my
grievance against proceedings which
cannot be allowed by law, proceedings
Whirh have haay renaated seyepaI tipe
during my trip with q view to taking
away my liberty against any law.
Il regret, while reserving all rights
not to be able to satisfy you"
FINED IN INSIILL FLIGHT
Evening star., 1932-10-14
BRITAIN SEES TRADE GAIN.
Increase Of S7O, ,OO0, 900 in Annual Trade
With Canada Is Forecast.

LONDON, October II (P).-While ef-
fects of the imperial trade agreements
invoked in Canada are still in the
realm of speculation. British commercial
observers expressed the belief that Brit
ish trade with Canada would be boosted
S7C,000,000 annually-mostly at the eX-
pense of the United States. American
officials, however. were inclined to view
this figure as optimistic
But the American authorities ad-
mitted the possibility that British trade
eventually might be benefited to that
extent. They saw threat to American
commerce, also, when the British Par
lament takes action on the Ottawa
agreements.
The principal American commodities
expected to suffer as a result of the
agreements are fresh fruit and canned
and dried fruits, rather than wheat.
The United States exports of fruit into
Great Britain have amounted to $40,-
100000 annually. Canada has been driv
ing hard to substitute her own fruit
products for those grown in the United
States and shipped from there.
Russian Competition Hurts.
Concerning wheat, American COM
mercial authorities pointed out that
United States exports to Great Britain
alreaQy were cut IN nail curing the ldSt
two years. They said the causes for
this were twofold-United States prices
were out of line and Russian cOmpeti-
ton cut into American markets.
One reason for this belief is that the
United States ships some wheat to
Great Britain with which Canada is
not in competition. This Is the So
called soft wheat used for feed and
blending with hard wheat to make GER
tain grades of -four.
Competition for Canadian markets
between the United States and Great
Britain is especially keen in chemicals,
iron, steel and coal. American COM
mercial observers declare that with the
cards stacked" by Ottawa, the United
States can expect to suffer restricted
markets in these commodities.
Macdonald Plans Statement.
Immediately after the House of Com
mons opens Tuesday, Neville Chamber
lain, chancellor of the exchequer, IS ex-
pected to open debate on the legislation
making the new trade pacts effective.
Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald
will make statement Tuesday night
and the debate will be continued Wed
nesday Severe criticism is looked Tor
from the followers Of Sir Herbert
Samuel, Liberal free trader who recently
led a group of Liberal ministers out OF
the government, and from the Labor
opposition.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
KIDNAP VICTIMS MOVED.
British Man and Woman Taken to Nor,
Accessible Place,

NEWCHWANG, Manchuria, October
II tR.-Mrs. Kenneth Pawley and
Charles Corkran, British subjects, who
were kidnapped by bandits several weeks
ago. have been removed to a new place
Of detention in the neighborhood of
Wang Chia-Fu.
The shift should make 1t easier for
the authorities to communicate with
them. but heavy rains are delaying
messengers.
Latest reports said Mrs. Pawley was
in fair health, that she was bound light
ly, but that Corkran was always Sc
curely tied. Another thing that gives
Corkran trouble Is that his beard has
grown rapidly and the bandits make q
practice Of pulling 1t as they pass him.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
Youngstown Optimistic.

YOUNGSTOWN, October IA (P).-The
YOUNGSTOWN district will suffer very lit
tie in a direct way from the new Ca
madam tariff laws, steel men here said.
I'VE do very little direct business with
Canada" an official of one OF the large
steel concerns said. Small tonnages OF
strip and tin plate and very little pipe.
all of it ir large sizes. have been exported
from here. We may lose what little tin
plate and strip business we had. but We
understand the large pipe, which is not
made in Canada, will remain on the
free list
sec fc1.ioa. .ors such a. T-u1con Steel
Evening star., 1932-10-14

percentage for its services as an operat-
ing medium.
1t is understood that the most vital
clause in the agreement authorizes the
south Manchuria to extend its present
lines anywhere in Manchuria.
British interests here foresee compN-
cations II Manchukuo should attempt to
absorb the 388-mile line from Mukden
to Peiping, which was built with British
capital.
At present there are 3,si7 miles of
railroad In Manchuria. The Chinese
Eastern controls l,069 miles and the
South Manchuria 600 miles. The rest
Is under Chinese or Japanese or Joint
Sno- Japanese control.
Ii Yi-Hsun, staff officer OF the Man
chukuo privy council, who was hacked
with an AK yesterday by Gen. Chen
Shieh-Yuan. former governor of Hei-
lungkiang Province, died today.
Gen. Chen had not been arrested up
to this evening. but Manchukuo authori-
ties were discussing a suitable punish
ment.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
INJUNCTION REQUESTED
TO REGAIN EMPLOYMENT
Cumberland Trainman Files Suit
to Enjoin B. & O. From I'm
porting Workers.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, October IL
John E. Sullivan, local trainman, filed
suit in the Allegany County Circuit
Court for an injunction against the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He
seeks an order to have the railroad
company reinstate him in its employ
and to enjoin the railroad from bring
ing employees from Keyser and other
yards to replace local employees in viola
ton of the seniority rights Of the plain
tiff and others.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
HOME LOAN LAUDED
AS MORTGAGE AID
Treasury Official Says Work
Must Be Directed in
Right Way.
By the Associated a Press.

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. October IA
The home loan bank act was praised
as an aid to the mortgage field by a
Federal Treasury official who addressed
the Mortgage Bankers of America here
yesterday.
The speaker, John Jay Hopkins, spe-
cial assistant to the Secretary Of the
Treasury, warned. however, the law was
full of dynamite" unless directed in
the right direction"
He said the bankers should consider
the plan as a permanent institution and
that its temporary credit relief features
were secondary TO the permanent
aspects.
The law will not put real estate on
its feet. he told the convention, be-
cause it will require both tax reduction
to help lift the burdens Of the real
estate business.
Mr. Hopkins reviewed the efforts OF
President Hoover in fighting the depres-
sion. and said the Presidents high
ability and leadership could be count
ed upon to guide us in the reconstruc-
tion period ahead.
This was the final day of the con-
vention. s. B. Nye Of Buffalo, N. Y,
was elected president. Vice presidents
are r. G. Lambrecht Of Detroit. L. A.
Mclean of Louisville and Thomas F.
Clark Of New Haven, Conn.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
GOLF FINAL REACHED
BY MRS. HAYNES
Columbia Country Club Player De.
feats Mrs. Wilhide Of
Baltimore, 5 and 4.
BY a STAFF Correspondent of The Star.


BALTIMORE, Nd, October l4.-Mrs.
j. Marvin Haynes Of the Columbia
Country Club reached the final round
of the Middle Atlantic womans golf
championship at the Rogers Forge Club
here today, defeating Mrs. c. w. VIII
hide of the Baltimore Country Club
by and L.
In the other semi-f1nal match Mrs.
Betty P. Meckley of Indian Spring was
up at the seventeenth hole on Mrs
c. K. Osborne Of the Army-Navy
Country Club.
The final round will be played to-
morrow, with Mrs. Haynes defending
the title she won last year.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
FINED IN INSULL FLIGHT.
Milan Hotel Proprietor Failed to Re.
port Guest

MILAN, Italy. October IA OP.-The
proprietor OF the hotel where Samuel
insult stayed while he was here q few
days ago was fined yesterday for not re-
porting Insults presence TO the police
as is required in the case of every hotel
guest.
He explained to the magistrate that
he had not tried to conceal insults s
presence but because of the careless
ness OF one Of his clerks. he did not
have on hand any Of the forms used
for such reports. He had told Mr. In
sull, he said. to get one of the blanks
himself at police station.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
CITES DISCRIMINATION.
Bank President Says Loans Should Be
for All.

NEW YORK, October IA LP).-Frank-
lin w. Fort Of Newark, N. j., presi-
dent of the Federal Home Loan Bank
Corporation, told the Life Underwriters
Association of New York at its monthly
dinner last night that there now is no
excuse for institutions which lend on
mortgages to refuse loans to home
owners
Fort said the home loan banks func-
tion is to do for the life insurance
companies, savings banks and building
and loan associations what the Federal
Reserve Bank has done for the CONNER
cial banks in protecting them against
depletion of their cash reserves by with
drawals due to the economic situation.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
STEEL MEN NOT WORRIED.
Pittsburgh and Youngstown Leaders
See Little Direct Reduction.

PITTSBURGH, October ID P.-E.
# Wier. chairman of the National Steel
Corporation, yesterday said that he does
not believe the new Canadian tariff on
steel will materially affect the American
steel industry.
shipments of steel to Canada have
hlfn exceedingly light. recently. as Ca
ncdian mills have been turning out most
of the steel used there" Weir SAID.
shipments which have been sent to
Canada have been chiefly of steel prod
ucts which they do not manufacture
themselves"
Evening star., 1932-10-14
PAGEANT FINAL TONIGHT

Postponed last night because Of in
clement weather, the third and final
presentation of the Bicentennial harvest
pageant, THE Vision of George Wash
ington," will take place at 8 O'Clock
tonight at the Sylvan Theater. 1t was
announced by the District Bicenten-
nial Commission, sponsors.
The festival includes in its cast more
than 500 players from the leading dra-
matte and dancing groups of the Cap.
ital. according to Dr. George c. Ha-
venner, executive vice president Of tht
commission.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
MARTIN INsULL GETS DELAY.
Remanded Until November 4, Postpon-
ing Extradition Action.

BARRIE. Ontario, October IA LP).-
Martin ]. insult, indicted In Chicago in
connection with the collaps> of the
utilities interests which his brother
controlled, today was remanded until
November I. the date on which his bal.
Of S50,000 expires
Thus he will not have to face extra
dition proceedings before that time
When he was arrested here on October
and subsequently released under bail,
the delay until November was by ar
rangement between his counsel, coun-
sci for the State of Illinois and Judge
Holmes of Simcoe County
Before court convened today, Judge
Holmes announced 1t had been decided
to wait until November I to begin ex-
tradition proceedings. j. C. McRuer,
Toronto. Is representing insult. The
State Of Illinois Is represented by Z. w.
Bayly, deputy attorney general Of On
tario.
Mr.. insult did not come to Barrie
toda.', but remained at Orillia. az miles
from here.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
FOUR-POWER TALK
APPROVED TO END
ARMS DEADLOCK
Continued From First Page J

NSOItiIlucu FTOfH ClISt TdScJ
to the arms parley with no intention
to diSarm.
Air Minister Italo Balbo charged the
three powers with "a colossal effort
to pull the wool over the eyes of those
nations that acted candidly in good
faith"
British official spokesmen here today
were emphatic in insisting that the
British action in proposing the four
power conference was in no way in
tended to incroach on the work of the
League as a whole, but was only aimed
at ironing out the difficulties with Ger
many in order to make the Disarma-
ment Conference a success
The British government was repre-
sented as confident that four-power
conference could remove the deadlock
arising out of the German demands.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
SENORA GALES VERY I'LL

MEXICO CITY, October IA GP).-The
condition of Sonora Leonora Llorente de
Gales, who ives operated on for brain
tumor in Boston last June, was reported
very grave today. She was under the
care Of phyvicians ct her home here.
! She Is the wife Of former President
Plutarco Elias Gales.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
DIsAPPROvES. OF GENEVA.

BERLIN, October II LP-Gsrmany
is entirely willing to meet the other
European powers for disarmament dis
cussions ct London or anywhere else, it
was said today in an official quarter,
but il Geneva Is chosen as the meeting
place. the matter Of Germany's demand
for arms equality must be settled first.
Otherwise, 1t was said, Germany
might find herself, so to speak, pushed
through the back door into the World
Disarmament Conference again with
this point still unsolved. That situa'
ton, the government believes must be
avoided.
Evening star., 1932-10-14
M. J. WEIGAND DIES
Watchman Stricken With Acute
Indigestion at Home.

Indigestion at Home.
From the $50 Edition Of Yesterdays starJ
Michael J. Weigand, 43, died sudden
ly at his home, 8lO F street southwest,
this afternoon. He was pronounced
dead by a physician from Casualty
Hospital, who said death was due to
acute Indigestion.
Weigand, a watchman for the Penn
sylvania Railroad, stationed at Land
over, Md, IS survived by his mother
Mrs Mary Weigand. and three sisters
Miss Anna Weigand, Mrs. Lena Cole
back and Mrs. Mary Werden, all of
Washington.
Evening star., 1932-10-14

Co.. have their own afiliations in Can
ada. General Fireproofing Co. has an
assembling plant there. Schedules on
steel office furniture, however, are not
as yet known here and officials refused
to comment.
Evening star., 1932-10-14

Scotland Yard has ordered that Lon.
don taxicabs shall not have speed
ometers.