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WAR PREPARATIONS RUSHED.
Colombia Engages Foreign Experts IS
struggle Looms.
NJ coNsTANTINE BROWN.

NONo DhoWN.
Colombia Is feverishly preparing for
war against Peru over the Leticia ter
ritory and is hiring military, naval
and air force officers from foreign
countries so as to increase her chances
in the coming conflict with her neigh
Dor.
Some 20 American aviators. mostly
reserve officers who used to be en-
ployed as mail flyers by companies
whose contracts were recently can
celed. have accepted jobs as instruc-
tors in the Colombian air force, with
a salary Of about $500 month and a
IS per cent increase should they
choose to participate in an eventual
war.
News First Denied.
This news, which at first was
strenuously denied by the War De-
partment. by the Colombian Legation
in Washington and by the Colombian
consulate general in New York, was
confirmed by the. State Department
in a statement in which it was said
that "the department understands
that the Colombian government has
engaged the services of American
aviators to act as instructors, and the
contract provides that in the event
of a war in which Colombia might be
involved the contracts will be auto
matically cancelled and the aviators
free to return to the United States"
The State Department made it clear
that that it disapproves of American
citizens taking service In the armed
forces Of . foreign government and
those accepting such service are doing
it on their own responsibility and risk
and cannot look for protection from
the United States while in the service
of foreign countries. Furthermore. 1t
was pointed out that the men holding
commissions as reserve officers will
forfeit them upon entering the services
Of foreign government.
The financial terms offered by the
Colombian government are, however,
so tempting that the jobless American
flyers are taking chance of incurring
the wrath of the State Department.
and will 60 to Colombia despite the
warning Of the Secretary of State.
The State Department is greatly
worried about the prospects of new
war in Latin America. The trouble is
likely to take place sometime early in
July between Colombia and Peru over
the Leticia territory.
On June 10, the League mandate
over that disputed territory expires,
and Colombia, under the terms of the
League arrangement. has the right to
lContinued on Page ., Column -
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BY the Associated Press.

MIAMI, Fla, April IA narrowly
averted accident involving members
Of his party today marked the de-
parture Of President Roosevelt for
washington at the conclusion of q
two-week fishing trip in Bahaman
waters.
A train just missed striking a COM
bination automobile carrying
Gen. Hugh S. johnson, national re-
covery administrator. and other party
members, as they were en- route to the
docks to greet the President after he
arrived on the yacht Nourmahal from
the Gulf Stream fishing grounds.
The trailer barely cleared the tracks
by inches as the train roared by at a
crossing in the residential district
midway between the hotel headquar-
tiers and the docks.
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SNOW TRAILS DUST
North Carolina Mountain Tenn.
perature Drops to SO Degrees.

SYLVIA, N. c., April IL @.-The
Great Smoky and Plott Balsam
Mountains In this area were covered
with snow today, and the mercury was
down to 80. The snowstorm continued
with no letup in prospect.
The snowfall came q few hours be-
hind q heavy dust storm, a rarity in
this section. Both were accompanied
by high winds.
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insult EMbARKS
. ON RETURN TOU. s.
Formal Extradition Will Be
Carried Out on Board
Ship at Smyrna.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ISTANBUL, April 12.-Samuel In
suIl. ST.. was started on his long. in
voluntary journey back to the United
States from q Turkish Jail today.
He was removed under guard from
the Istanbul house of detention to be
taken to Smyrna, where he will be
placed on board the S. S. Exilona,
sailing tomorrow.
Formal extradition will be made
aboard the steamer when Turkish po-
lice hand over the former Chicago
utilities magnate to an American dip
lomat, Burton Y. Berry, third secre-
tary of the United States embassy in
Turkey.
The late afternoon sun bathed the
minarets of Istanbul with glory as
the aged prisoner stepped out of the
Jail, accompanied by detectives.
Embarks at 6:1S Pm.
The uniformed sentinels at the door
presented arms while throngs of Gu
rious maneuvered to obtain q view of
the deported man.
insult was placed aboard the vessel
Adana, which will carry him to Pan
derma. There he will be put on a
train for Smyrna. He went aboard at
6:18 pm.
The party emerged from the old
Turkish quarter a few minutes after
leaving the jail and sped by automo-
bile across the long Karkakeuy Bridge
to the Galata section.
On the bridge the 74-year-old fugi-
tive had the Golden Horn on the left
and the Bosphorus on the right, rated
as one of the worlds most inspiring
views.
As the car whizzed along the streets
to the dock the Maiotis, dingy little
freighter on which insult vainly fed
from Greece, could be seen anchored
at some distance.
Comfort Is Arranged.
At the Adana there was no more
formality than at the jail. The pris-
oner was taken Immediately aboard
and . cabin was assigned to him.
Every arrangement was made for
his comfort.
insults boat was to sail at Z pm.
Although the weather had turned
murky in the late afternoon, the sun
filtered through the clouds as the
former utilities masnate started back
to the city where he once was mighty
to face trial on criminal charges.
Earlier in the day the Turkish
Court Of Appeals had refused to con-
slider his plea against extradition.
The decision blasted the last hope
of the famous fugitives lawyers TO
halt his extradition.
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RIOT AT OPENING
Ten Injured and 60 Arrested at
Knitting Mills Clash.

PHILADELPHIA, April IL R-
Reopening Of the Bergman Knitting
Mills, In Germantown, today resulted
in q clash of workers and strikers
and others during which 10 persons
received minor injuries and 60 men
and women were arrested.
The mills, which manufacture
sweaters and other knit goods. had
been closed for three weeks because
of labor troubles.
Milk bottles. bricks. stones and
other missiles were hurled at workers,
and a riot call brought extra police
men.
Evening star., 1934-04-12
Seamen Strike in Denmark.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April IL
R.-Seven thousand .seamen and
firemen went on strike today, de-
manding wage increases Of IS per
cent and shorter hours.
The seamen asked an eight-hour
day. the flremen . six-hour one.
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80 j. s. AV|ATORS
SAIL FOR COLOMBIA
Will Train Air Force as
Plans Are Rushed for
War With Peru.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April PA group
of so American aviators-pilots and
mechanics-sailed for Colombia today
to enter the Colombian air service.
They said they had signed con-
tracts with the Colombian government
to remain in the service for six
months, at $500 month. the con-
tracts to be voided in the event Co
lombia becomes engaged in any war.
WAR PREPARATIONS RUSHED.
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CONTINUED on Page 2. Column ~
Evening star., 1934-04-12

70. q. Weather Bureau ForecastJ
Fair and colder, with lowest tempera-
ture about "a degrees tonight; tomorrow
fair, with slowly rising temperature.
Temperatures-Highest Sc, at noon
yesterday; lowest, 40, at am. today.
Full report on page s..
Evening star., 1934-04-12

SContinued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star., 1934-04-12

The Stars Carrier system covers every
city block and the regular edition Is
delivered to city and suburban homes
as fast as the papers are printed.
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until and including the 21st Of April is
carried through to completion, which
Is not to be doubted. Not even the
experiences Of the initial speaker, DR..
Glenn Frank, president Of the Univer-
sity Of Wisconsin, who opened this
forum last night with talk on Amer.
icas Hour Of Decision" and who de-
clared that the meeting was one Of
organized embarrassment" are likely
to check the free now of thought on
subsequent occasions.
A Washington audience, especially
at time like the present, when the
Capital is well filled with specialists
on all sorts Of questions Of public
moment, domestic and international. is
well qualified to put speaker through
thorough inquisition if given the OPP
portunity. Under the plan of 1.-THE
Town Hall" this opportunity is afford
ed is indeed organized, but, of course,
with the restraint of due courtesy to
the speaker. In such circumstances it
Is assured that these twenty meetings
will be productive Of much valuable
information and will surely serve to
clarity public thought.
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dermine the regime dominated by
Josef Stain. The victim Of the crime
was q widely respected Communist
leader of demonstrated devotion to
the revolution and uncommonly popu-
lar with the proletarian rank and file.
Within the far-hung legions Of the
Soviets' nominal supporters through
out all the former Russias there are
doubtless malcontents in considerable
numbers, but there is as yet little or
no foundation for supposing that the
Staying of one Of Stains lieutenants
means that the fires Of revolt are
smoldering beneath the system which
has held sway at Moscow for seven
teen years.
Recent abolition of bread-ration
cards and a decree raising wages by
ten per cent suggest that the bolshe-
visit bosses are finding it advisable to
make concessions, but there have
been no signs that anything is brew
ing in the Soviet to explain such ex-
eesses as political assassination. Pos
sibly more thorough investigation of
the motives which inspired the at
tack upon M. Kiroff may develop a
situation Of greater significance than
anything hitherto suspected.
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War Veterans Are Watched
AS Saar Plebiscite Is Near

and the implied values Of the saar
affair. In shaping that course, Lit
vfnov will have his definite part. That
is one Of the reasons, we gather.
why Germany now regrets having left
the League"
The League of Nations should be
able to conduct the balloting with re-
suits of which neither France nor Ger
many can challenge" in the opinion
of the Providence Journal, which COM
ments further: UNLESS the unex-
pected happens, the Saar seems des-
tined to be again under the German
flag. But before the decision is
actually registered, either in favor of
Germany or against her, there is GER
tain to be a series of intensive and
provocative demonstrations, and a
continuance until the day of balloting
of the propaganda battle that has
been raging for the past two years
particularly. In such circumstances
it would not be surprising If some of
the Saarites might not live to see cleo
ton day."
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Illusion of Isolation.

Prom the Raleigh IN. CO. News and OBJ
server.
Certainly most peaceful Americans
share the sentiments which prompted
Senator Joe T. Robinson Of Arkansas
to assure European leaders that IF
there is another war in Europe, the
United States will not supply men,
munitions or sympathy to any nation,
but will try to protect itself as best
it may, and remain at peace with all
the world"
1t Is tribe sad to contemplate that
these sentiments newly expressed were
shared by thousands of Americans on
that day 20 years ago when the World
War grew out of the assassination Of
an Austrian archduke in Serbia. Al
though plenty of munitions had been
sent abroad at a profit before 1916,
much of the same sentiment expressed
by Senator Robinson now was felt by
the American voters who reelected
Woodrow Wilson because "he kept US
out of war"
Sentiments In peacetime, however,
are scarcely to be depended upon at a
time of growing, immediate threat Of
war. II war should begin in Eu-
rope tomorrow, who doubts that. in the
name of our great army Of unem-
ployed, our factories would quickly
and gladly begin the business Of fur
nishing the munitions Of war once
more to warning nations. II that proc
ess began, who can doubt that our
interest in the outcome Of that war
would grow. Indeed, In this complex
modern world. he Is hopeful Amer
lean who thinks that We could long
remain aloof.
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A Soviet Assassination.

Assassination of important govern
ment figures as political weapon
has been conspicuous by its absence
In the Soviet Union, compared to the
relative frequency Of such outrages
in Capitalist" European countries
during the pre-war era. Since 1918,
when a couple of minor leaders were
killed and Lenin was the victim of
wounds from the effects of which
he died six years later, there has
been no notable case of political MUIR
der in the Soviet, or attempted MUIR
der, of which the outside world is
aware.
Last Saturday witnessed at Moscow
an assassination Of apparently polit-
ical origin, when Sergei Kiroff, one
of the ten members of the all-powerful
political bureau" which is the really
ruling force in the Soviet, was shot
and killed. His assailant was at first
described merely as some one who
was "instigated by enemies of the
working class" Since then the as
sassin has been identified as a thirty
year-old Russian Communist named
Leonid N:colieff, formerly employed
by the Workers and Peasants Inspec-
ton Bureau. What inspired his act
has not yet been disclosed.
There is at present no reason to
believe that M. Kiroffs assassination
has deep-seated political implica-
tons or betokens q conspiracy to un-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
The Town Hall.

That Washington is not surfeited
with discussion of public questions af-
fecting the economic and social condi-
lions in America and international
relations was demonstrated last night
at the opening OF THE Town Hail."
when the forum chosen for this series
of twenty meetings was filed to over
flowing. And it was also demonstrated
that the unique method adopted for
the immediate analysis of the offerings
Of those selected to fill the twenty
dates Of the program serves well to
effect complete understanding of the
contribution to public thought and
opinion. The speaker is in effect put
on trial for his Judgment. A special
panel of questioners sits beside him.
When he has concluded his remarks
he is put to the quiz by these analysts.
After this gauntlet has been run he
may be challenged from the floor.
There is no chance for effective reti-
cence or evasion. The speaker, indeed,
has no better chance for concealment
of his opinions and judgments than
has the traditional goldfish. Yet it
is not an unseemly performance
Rather, indeed, is it q contribution to
full understanding, and thereby it
aids in the stimulation Of public judg-
ment upon matters that now press
for the intelligent opinion of the
people.
The Town Hall is an adventure in
public education" It will surely prove
to be such II the program As now set
running on successive Sunday nights
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-12-03
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.

Our Heroes,
Why not forget the old-time ways
Which heartily we used to praise.
And new apparel bravely scan,
Since it so oft proclaims the man?
The foot ball hero, kind of heart,
Runs many risks to do his part.
Why not let him wear whiskers white
Like Santa Claus in quaint delight.
The pictured heroes who appear
Have costumes always quaint and
queer.
Let Santa Claus, who braves the
storm,
Come in foot ball uniform.
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The Great Water Fight.
From the Portland Oregon Journal.

From the Portland Oregon Journal
National guardsmen ready for mob
ilization to assert Arizonas claims at
Parker Dam, on the Colorado River,
revive memories of a picturesque
struggle.
Powerful forces have been in motion
for a generation, contending for the
vital water and, incidentally, the
power of the Colorado. Bringing its
current from the Rocky Mountains, in
Wyoming. Utah and Colorado, the
stream flows into a desert country
with an audacious population. With
out water there Is no life. With water
and power, the opportunities are as
colorful as the sun-painted desert.
So the struggle, in the first instance,
was between the United States and
Mexico, and Mexico's claims were
largely urged by American investors
in the narrow strip between the inter-
national boundary and the mouth Of
the Colorado in the Gulf of California.
Then Los Angeles learned that, de-
spite heroic efforts to command a
water supply from the Owens River,
there would be a water famine If
growth of the city continued and un-
less a supplemental supply was pro-
vided. The Colorado, deep in its
canyon, offered the only adequate
source.
But at the mention of power as q
part Of the development the big cleo
trio utilities took alarm. Their rep
reSentativeS were at all the promotion
meetings, at congressional hearings
and everywhere else that polite OPP
position or secret strategy could be
applied.
Thus the compact among the
States touched by the Colorado was
bitterly fought. From the beginning
Arizona demanded thick slice of the
power revenues and q substantial
ALLEGATION of the water. Arizona has
never been satisfied that her claims
were met before the building of
Boulder Dam began. Her official ad.
ministrations have charged high
handed procedure against the Federal
Government and something a little
less than brigandage against Los
Angeles.
That is why troops were summoned
ready for action by Arizona's Gov
ernor, Moeur, at Parker Dam, which
is concerned with the Los Angeles
water supply. That is why Gov.
Moeur spoke disdainfully of court
rather than military settlement. It
was previous experience with slug
gard adjudication that caused him to
say, They might divert the course
Of the Colorado River and drain 1t dry
before we could obtain results In the
courts"
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The New" White House.

necessary aodlt1onS having been
completed, President Roosevelt has
the pleasure Of inspecting a "new"
White House. Such, in any case, is
the attitude of the New York press
toward the old and much amended
Executive Mansion. But perhaps the
building is not quite SO new" as
might be expected in view of the many
changes to which it has been sub
jected.
A work of architecture may be en-
larged almost indefinitely without
damage to its elemental integrity, pro-
viding only that those responsible for
the work are mindful of the structures
basic character. The great cathedrals
Of England and France were in proc
ess of construction and reconstruc-
ton for centuries, and yet it was only
when innovations deliberately were
introduced for their own sake that
any damage was done. The Capitol
is another and much more convenient
example Of an edifice repeatedly
corrected" in consonance with in
creased practical need, but without
drastic impairment of artistic har-
mony.
OF course, mistakes occasionally are
made-Wren's towers on Westminster
Abbey, for instance. But the Presi-
dents House has been fortunate in
that respect. Few, If any, of the
changes which it has experienced have
hurt it very much. Instead, it has
been expanded naturally and without
violence, with the result that degree
of balance has been maintained and
the White House today probably is a
more beautiful structure than it was
originally.
The mansion, as first planned by
James Hoban, was not especially
notable. Its cost was more than 1t
should have been, and the period of
its construction, 1892 to 1901, was too
long. And when it was declared
finished it was anything but an ideal
residence. As early as Thomas Jeffer-
sons time a supplementary office
building was required. The British
probably did the Nation and the city
a service when, in 1914, they burned
the place. In the reconstruction,
certain obvious faults were corrected
and the dull brown walls became
white-as they should have been from
the start.
In 1923 the south portico was
erected, and in 1929 the north portico
was added. Gas lighting was installed
in 1848, a better heating system in
1858. The first west terrace was laid
out about 1857. In 1902 the east
front and the west were remodeled,
the new executive offices being intro
duced on the latter side, while the
main public entrance" and cloak
rooms were arranged on the former
Later changes came in response to
the demand for room to accommodate
increased business incident to the
participation of the United States in
the World War.
The people, meanwhile, have pre-
ferred to think Of the mansion as
old, rather than new. In general
they have agreed with Theodore
Roosevelt:
The White House is the property
of the Nation, and so far as is
compatible with living therein it shall
be kept as it originally was. for the
same reason that we keep Mount
Vernon as it originally was.
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this country. In England In 1925
lace and embossed paper was first
manufactured. The first valentine
made of this material to appear in
America was sent to Miss Rowland,
who lived in Worcester, Mass, where
her father and brothers were in the
stationery business. Miss Rowland
improved on the valentine imported
by her father. Her brother, who
Travelled for the firm, took samples
on business trip and returned with
$1,000 worth of orders.
@. What is the death rate of World
War veterans?-F. C. F.
A. World War veterans are dying
at the rate of more than 30 every day,
or about 10000 year.
@. What is the proportion Of tele-
phones to the population?-L. M.
A. On January l, 1888, the popu-
lation Of the world was 2,040, 000, 900.
On that date there were approx
mately $4,000, 900 telephones, or / for
every 81 persons.
@. How many institutions Of higher
A. There are now so Chinese uni.
versities and technical institutes.
@. Where is the Escurial?-M. C. R.
A. The Escurial, the royal resi-
dence built by Phillip II of Spain, is
% miles distant from Madrid and
contains a palace, a church, a monas-
terry, schools and mausoleum. 1t is
the largest structure in Spain.
@. What is the height of the
Natural Bridge in Virginia?-S NIB.
A. The height of the natural arch
over Cedar Creek near the James
River is 200 feet.
@. What has become of Yedo?-
M. EN-.
A. Yedo is the old name Of the
city of Toxic. The name was
changed from Yedo to Toxic in 1868,
when the imperial court was trans
ferred to the present site from the
old capital, Kyoto. The name Toxic
means eastern capital.
@. Does Mexico inflict the death
penalty?-S. j.
A. There is no death penalty in
Mexico and mental alienists take the
place of a jury in criminal court
cases.
@. Where are the Netherlands In
! dies?-S. T.
A. This is the official new name for
the Dutch East Indies.
@. How did the term whipping
boy originate?-F. M. H.
A. A whipping boy was formerly a
boy companion to prince, who was
educated with him and punished in his
stead.
@. Where Is w. H. Hart, who was in
motion pictures, living?-B. s. B.
A. He is living on his ranch at New
hall, Calf.
@. Is the architect Of the Lincoln
Memorial at Washington, D. c., living?
w. M.
A. Henry Bacon. who was the archi-
tect, died February l6, 1924.
@. Who was the first president Of
the D. A. R.?-K. G.
A The first president general of
the National Society of the Daughters
of the American Revolution was Mrs.
Benjamin Harrison.
@. How long has the American
Hebrew been published?-C. E.
A. 1t is now celebrating the hfty-
! fifth anniversary of its founding.
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Eugene Fields poetry is still recited
In all kinds of assemblages. Field was
80 versatile as to respond either to
sentiments Of Home and Mother" or
''Where Is My Wandering Boy To-
night"