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The Washington times., 1937-12-23

LONDON, Dec. % G.N.S)-The
British cabinet-in the face of
jeers in the japanese press-went
forward today with plans for
strengthening her fleet in the
Far East should the occasion de-
mand.
The government instructed the
admiralty to make arrangements
to dispatch any part Of the Brit
ish Mediterranean fleet to the
Orient, necessary, and stipulated
that the ships be ready to move
within "a hours after receiving
their orders.
These decisions were maintained
in the face Of reports here Of q
barrage of anti,British comment
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British Cabinet DefieS
JeerS of Japanese Press

in the Japanese press, termina
Prime Minister Chamberlain
militant and arrogant" and an
nouncing that Japan does not
fear Britain.
I'VE are not concerned by the
British bluff about reinforcing
her navy in the Far East" the
japanese press proclaimed.
These newspaper barbs in
Tokyo served to heighten the
irritation that has famed in OF.
ficiai British quarters during a
considerable part Of the Sino-Jap.
anese conflict. reaching a new
high point following the recent
Japanese attacks on British YES.
sells in the Yangtze River,
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the whole China venture. But that
fact, in Washington's eyes, does
not affect the responsibility Of the
Japanese government in any way.
After all, an American naval vessel
cannot be sunk and American lives
destroyed simply because the Japa-
nese government cannot restrain
its war lords.
PUBLIC IGNORANT
It is likewise recognized here
that the japanese man-in-the-street
is almost in utter ignorance of the
real facts in the case. He knows
only that an American vessel got
accidentally" sunk and that his
government is striving to make
amends. He doesn't know of the
machine cunning Of the survivors
or other brutal details Of the affair,
because the vernacular press in
Japan has not printed them.
No dead-line has been set for
Japan's reply to the American
note, but Washington is becom-
ing slightly impatient over the
delay, and the evident inability
of the Japanese government to
agree, among its various branches
on a version Of the whole business
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
MEXICO CHECKS
NIPPON FISHERS

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 23 G.N.S)
Official orders were issued today
to Mexican gunboats off the coasts
of Lower California and Sonora
to keep a close check on the &C.
tivities of japanese fishing vessels
there.
It was charged that Japanese
photographic experts, maSquerad-
ing as fishing experts, were max
ing soundings in Mexican harbors.
Another order was issued in
structing coast guard vessels to be
alert to prevent PIRACY"
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
21 Sailors Die
In Storm

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. %
GNSO.-Twenty.four members Of
the crew of the Turkish freighter
Hissar were drowned today when
the vessel foundered on the rocks
at Ivra Deresi at the entrance to
the Bosphorus as a blizzard and
heavy weather played havoc with
shipping in the Black Sea. One
member of the crew was saved.
Damage on sea and on land
was heavy as the raging storm
disorganized communications and
wrecked uncounted craft. It was
feared the roll o. dead and missing
would be high.
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Washington is now in possession
of what it considers irrefutable
proof that the destruction OF the
American gunboat by japanese
bombers-far from being the re
grettable accident" that the Jap.
anese masses have been led to be-
lieve-actually was deliberate on
the part of somebody in the Jap
aneSe command.
DELAY OF WEEK
More than a week has now
ELAPSED since the delivery in
Tokyo of the sternest note that
has gone out of Washington since
World War days. In that time,
an American naval board OF IN.
ouirv has met. investigated, and
found that the stories of civilian
eve.v;tnesses were accurate in all
essential details as to the saw
agery of the attack and the ma
chine-gunning of the survivors.
But the Japanese appear to
have been utterly unable to reach
any findings of their own. There
has been no reply to the American
note. japanese army spokesmen
continue to maintain the front
that the bombers attacked the
American ships during poor visl'
bility" and under the erroneous
idea they were fleeing Chinese
troop-ships. All the evidence Wash
ington has refutes this. The
weather was clear, and japanese
patrol had been aboard the Panay
at anchor only few hours before
the attack.
FOREIGN OFFICE ON SPOT.
1t is recognized here that the
japanese foreign office is having
considerable difficulty in fram.
ing a reply that will satisfy the
American Government, and at the
same time save the face of the
high command of the japanese
army and navy.
In Japan, the army and the navy
operate independently of the
civilian branch of the government
and report directly to the emperor
It is known there has been con
stant pickering between the civi
han government and the jingoistic
generals and admirals throughout
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Wuhu. The launches were headed
downstream.
The Japanese, said Nishi, or
dered their launches to go to the
Panay and one Japanese officer
and two or three soldiers boarded
the gunboat just as it's bow was be-
binning to submerge. They briefly
inspected, then abandoned the
shin. he said,
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JAPAN ADMITS
.PANAY WAS HIT.
BYMACH|NE Guns.
Continued from Page II

CONTINUED from Page II
it not for the gravity of the situa-
tion.
N1shi also contradicted Japanese
allegations that the Panay fired
on shore batteries.
The latest version was set forth
by Nishi in his account handed to
japanese authorities at army head
quarters.
TELLS OF CONFUSION
His report, which told Of great
confusion prevailing on the
Yangtze River during the Panay
attack, undoubtedly will have
great weight on the formal Japa'
nese reply to the United States
Governments protest-when a re-
ply is finally made.
The whole burden Of his report
supported the announcement by
the japanese foreign office yeSter'
day that the Japanese launches
had not deliberately fired on the
Panay as the gunboat was sinking
after being bombed by Japanese
war planes.
In many vitality important par
ticulars, it was directly at variance
with information obtained from
American and other eyewitnesses
of the attack and forwarded to
Washington.
SEES U. S. OFFICIALS
Nishi went to China by airplane
December is and returned to
Tokyo yesterday. He had been
specially dispatched on this mis-.
sion by the japanese Imperial
headquarters, which is directing
the China campaign.
Tonight he conferred with Off
cials of the United States EN-
bassy here and then, in the mill
tary lecture hall of the Japanese
army headquarters h avily
guarded compound. Using black.
boards and maps. Nishi traced
and explained the confused events
accompanying the attack on the
Panay and three American Oil YES
sells off Hoshien.
SAW NO FLAGS
He said the japanese launches
accused in the American version
of firing on the sinking Panay
encountered two red.funneled Chi
nese boats, one Of which was cap
tured while the other escaped.
At the same time. Nishi said,
japanese soldiers aboard the
Launches saw big steamers
American oil vessels-which he
claimed were not flying flags and
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
which the Japanese suspected oi
being Chinese troop ships.

However, Nishi declared, the
japanese soldiers were ordered by
their company commander not to
fire, lest by SO doing they should
draw a Chinese attack and be out
numbered.
In the Japanese launches, said
Nishi, were Nipponese soldiers, in
cluding 20 wounded men from
The Washington times., 1937-12-23
Japan's Stalling
On Panay Bombing
Tries /. S. Patience
Evidence IrrefutabIe That Attack Was
Deliberate Act of Military Command
By GEORGE R. HOLMES

INS) American patience wearing little thin today
over Jpan procrasnatng tactics in meeting this Govern
ments demands for satisfaction in the Panay lncdent
Evening star., 1937-11-21

suburbs" the rural regions involved
Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Howard,
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties-have lost farm population in
these 80 years.
Manner Of Building Stressed.
1T we cannot say exactly where
and how the individual suburbs may
build up," Mr.. Wolman said, I'VE can
and should take some thought as to
the manner In which they will build.
There are on the whole but three
types of suburban growth-the radial,
or finger, suburb; the continuous sub
urban or citylike blanket and the
satellite, garden suburb or 'Greenbelt
community. Examples Of all these
are found in the area"
encouragement should be given to
the development Of numerous Green
belt" communities. though smaller.
such Is the new demonstration town
Of Greenbelt the Resettlement Admin
istration built northeast of Washing
ton, the report stressed. It warned,
however, this cannot be done merely
by general public fiat or regulation"
A significant example of one need
Of zoning authority to prevent devel-
opment Of lowlands subject to frequent
flood foundations was cited in connec-
ton with the Bladensburg Peace Cross
intersection. With respect to this
the report said:
Future construction on the remain
ing open land should be prohibited by
zoning, and as much Of this lowland
as possible purchased and added to
the existing adjacent park along the
Anacostia so as to permit free hand
in solving the flood problem at this
point, and to facilitate replanning Of
the dimcult traffic situation at the
Peace Cross intersection.
Such zoning protects the unwary
developer. the home owner and the
community which has to clean up after
q Hood"
Beaches Nearly Unattainable.
One Of the sore spots in the prob
lem along the bay front is that Of
the vanishing beaches" Access Is
relatively easy, it is the land which
Is nearly "unattainable.
Extraordinary situations call for
exceptionable treatment says Mr..
Wolman. THE last IS years have
seen over 81 per cent of all the
available beach frontage occupied by
private use. Private demand for shore
sites, and public use of privately con-
trolled beach areas seem sufficient
indication of public interest.
Shall the State and Federal Gov
ernments daily until all Of the beaches
have been taken?" he demanded.
The type of legislation exemplified
in the Capper-Cramton Act. it was
suggested. might be extened to in
clude parts of the bay front area.
assisting in beach and park pur-
chaseS.
There would seem to be no type
of park area which could be located
| anywhere in the State where it would
serve as large population IN as effec-
tive manner as would beach park
between Baltimore and Plum Point" "
Mr. Wolman said.
Undoubtedly the population Of
Washington would make extensive use
| OF such an area. and it would be
natural to expect the proximity
of such beach to the National
Capital would suggest the appropriate
ness Of a Federal contribution as q
beach demonstration project
| There is no time to lose. Mr.. VOL
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manently preserving taxable semi
public open spaces through partial
''futurization" Of taxes, the aim being
to discourage inappropriate use or SUBJ
division Of such open spaces or to
provide by these deferred tax liens
accrued funds for public purchases.
Fiscal Program Advanced.
Preparation of fiscal program for
definite 10-year program was urged
to indicate priorities for various prof.
ects and the proportion Of funds to
be furnished by local, State and Fed
eral agencies.
Another major planning recommen-
dation was for extension of jurisdic-
tions of the Maryland National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commission and
the Annapolis Planning Commission
and establishment of Q Baltimore
Metropolitan Commission, so as to
blanket the entire B.-W-A area.
The area in question" says Chair
man Wolman, rs not q region in the
sense Of being a natural geographic
unit such as the Tennessee Valley. It
can be viewed As q logical unit for
planning only because Of the domi-'
nant influence Of Baltimore md Wash
ingtou on physical and economic rela-
tionshibs with intercity territory.
ANY steps that may be taken to
secure the best development of the
metropolitan centers also will benefit
persons living in the small commuui-
ties and rural sections.
"Dwindling agricultural values in
soil-depleted areas; spreading Of SUBJ
urbs without regard to their form or
interrelation; mushroom growth of
bay-front developments. with no con-
sideration of needs for public beaches
or adequate public utilities; ugly road
side structures along inadequate
principal highways, involving serious
traffic hazards; all these indicate the
need of planning for intelligent use
of B.-W.-A. area land for the best
interests of both public and private
development"
In conclusion Mr. Wolman said:
"Diagnosticians have studied tho
history Of the case, and have noted
various symptoms. The fact that tho
patient appears in general to be in
average health is no reason for over
looking certain symptoms which II not
properly treated may have increasingly
serious results.
This clinic has recommended rather
definite therapeutics for the several
constitutional weaknesses. It Is now
up to the patient to decide whether he
will have his deficiencies corrected by
relatively simple and inexpensive
treatments, and utilize preventive
medicine to forestall other ailments,
or whether he will allow his sys-
tenn to be undermined by defects
which, taking their natural course,
will undoubtedly lead to serious, costly
and in some respects even fatal con-
sequences.
THE B.-W.-A. area is too valued 4
Evening star., 1937-11-21
MRS. ROOSEVELT VISITS
PARALYSIS SUFFERER

Dy the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS. Tenn. Nov. 2O,-Smilinp
happily. bed-ridden Bobby Holland /
l3-year-old infantile paralysis suf-
ferer. today welcomed his "close
friend" Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt to
the Crippled Children's Hospital.
She gave him a box of candy and
. book. then grayely examined his
scrapbook crammed with pictures of
the President and letters from the
First Lady.
Mrs. Roosevelt has known Bobby
flve years. She became interested in
his case and sent the boy to the Warm
Springs Foundation for treatment.
I'll be ready for my braces soon" j"
he told Mrs. Roosevelt, land then /
can go home"
Mrs. Roosevelt visited briefly other
wards in the hospital, then made a
tvo-hour inspection trip to the Shelby
County penal farm, the Memphis
Fairgrounds where Christmas parade
floats are being built, a school for
Negroes, and P. w. A. slum clearance
projects.
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man warns. The frontage Is being
gobbled up.
Between Plum Point and AnnapOliS

man warns. The frontage N being
gobbled up.
Between Plum Point and Annapolis,
out Of approximately l2e miles Of
shore, there are perhaps IL miles Of
bay front and 10 miles Of estuary
frontage, on which there is Is yet
little or no evidence Of building. OF
land subdivision. Between Anna
polls and Baltimore the situation is
worse. Out of total of 1877 miles
there are similarly only four miles o1
bayshore and l3 miles on estuaries.
Land prices win not decline, may
rise appreciably," he reminded.
Pending eventual acquisition Of
larger tracts throughout the whole
B.-W.-A. area, the report said. &C.
lected stream valley strip parks
should be protected by public .pur'
chase of scenic easements. Up II
100000 acres In the Coastal Plair
section we're proposed, to be acquired
by State or Federal agencies for pur'
poses Of forest management, recrea'
ton and wild life adjustment.
With the 5000 acreage Of the Ex
perimental Forest in the Nationa
Agricultural Center near Beltsville a.
a nucleus. it was suggested that po
tential recreational areas and forest
exist between there and Fort Meade
The Piedmont section, northwest o
Washington Baltimore boulevard, ais
was suggested for recreational ant
suburban development.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
L0YALISTS POUND
GATHERING REBELS
Government Planes Raid New Lo'
cation of Insurgents Army
Headquarters.

BY the Associated Press.
HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish From
tier. Nov 20.-Spanish government
guns pounded insurgent lines on the
Aragon front today to check the form
ing insurgent offensive in Northeast
Spain.
A feet of government planes raided
zaragoza and Fuentes de Ebro. Is
miles southeast Of zaragoza, which
government dispatches said was the
new location of the 1nsurgent army's
general headquarters.
Insurgent dispatches quoted desert
ers as reporting that the government
was evacuating a number Of Aragon
villages in the face of artillery op-
erations
Uniformed London sources de-
clared that Russia. preoccupied
with domestic affairs and the Japa-
nese threat in the Far East, had
been unable for two months to rem
der effective aid to the Spanish
government.)
Gen. Gonzalo Queipo de Llano. sec
ond in command in the Spanish tnsur-
gent army, announced in a radio
broadcast tonight that 40 persons
were killed and $50 injured in a
train wreck at Andalucia, near Sc
vile
Most of the dead and injured, he
said, were war prisoners from the
Asturias on their way to concentra-
tion camps at Andalucia.
London buses are being equipped
with rubber tenders.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
HITLER STRESSES
PACT'SSTRENGTH
Tells Halifax World Must
Accept Alliance as
World Factor.
By the Associated Press.

By the ASSoctated PreBS.
BERLIN, Nov. 20-A usually we'll
informed source disclosed today
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler has told
Great Britain's good will envoy, Wis.,
count Halifax. the German-Japanese-
italian triangle must be accepted as q
factor in world affairs.
This first concrete indication of what
Hitler and the British lord president
of the council talked about during
their 5-hour visit yesterday came
from the obscure press service From
Germany" Government spokesmen
gave assurances this service was "usu-
ally right"
Exchanged Views Frankly.
According to this agency, Herr Hit
Ter and Lord Halifax frankly and
trustfully' exchanged views on the
reasons for the present international
difficulties and misunderstanding.
Der Fuehrer re-emphasized Ger
many's will to peace and expressed the
belief there was no inherent reason
for conflict between Britain and her
friends on one side and Germany and
her group on the other.
He told the British. emissary the
Berlin-Ro axis, as we'll as the Ger
neutrality-suspicious. triangle was a
fact other nations must take as i'm
mutable and as factor in all inter-
national calculations. Germany. Herr
Hitler said, chung to her theory that
bilateral facts were preferable to COL
lective security arrangements.
Neurath Invited to England.
One positive result of Lord Halifax's
visit was a formal invitation to the
German foreign minister, Baron Kon-
stantin Won Neurath, to visit England,
although no date was fixed. Baron
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Planners
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deaths on the big three" highways in
the region.
Acquisition of a number of beaches.
each with considerable acreage and
shore frontage along the Chesapeake
Bay between Baltimore and Plum
Point, primarily for the benefit of
B.-W.-A area people.
The key recommendation of the
Maryland commission, serving as the
archsupport for carrying out the pro-
gram, is for the establishment OF q
co-ordinating committee representa-
tive OF all the planning agencies with
in the region.
TWO OF the proposed motorWays-
four-lane divided parkways zoned
against roadside nuiSances-were rec
commended for immediate construction
on new rights of way between WASH
ington and Baltimore and Washing
ton and Annapolis. For these there
has been longtime agitation. Some
headway has been made in acquiring
land for the former. route.
An entirely new recommendation
Is for wide coastal parkway from
Annapolis to Solomons Island, along
the shore Of Anne Arundel County.
The prime reason for this parkway
Is to replace the winding alignment
OF the present shore road with mod
ern feeder to the increasingly numer-
Gus shore communities. Future con-
sideratton should be given, it was
said, to cross parkway from Fort
Washington to the bay.
For later construction but essen
TALLY needed was proposed a SOUTH
ern express freeway, mainly for COM
merclal traff1c, that would cross Bal
timore harbor by a new bridge and
bypass Washington by new Potomac
bridge at Fort Washington or below.
The expense of the bridges delays
early consideration of this plan.
Suggestions were made also for the
promotion of more facilities for rail
committing between Baltimore and
Washington, with possibly q COM
muting station back of the Depart
ment of Agriculture's new south
building. The latter would relieve
congestion In streets and parking
places in Washington, besides fur
nishing quick service to commuters.
An elaborate program is proposed
for the co-ordinating committee
which would be appointed by the
Maryland State commission. Such
a committee, it was suggested, should
assume responsibility for co-ordinating
all area-wide planning proposals, seek
citizen backing for the program and
secure enabling legislation to permit
State and Federal development and
financial assistance, primarily, to area
projects.
A study should be made, the re-
port said, Of the feasibility Of per-
Evening star., 1937-11-21

member of the family circle to permit
yielding to inertia"
The emergency of the suburban sit
uation was further analyzed by Mr..
Wolman as pointing to immediate cor
rective remedies.
"Washington's phenomenal growth
Of lis per cent since 1900 has been
matched by q growth of Ill per cent
in the 40 election districts of the en-
tire suburban area. which exceeds
Baltimore city's growth of 60 per cent
in the same period" the report said
Moreover. it pointed out, Of these 40
election districts, IS located imme-
diately outside the two cities grew not
less than 200 per cent. One increased
900 per cent. To show further that
the city has moved out and the
farmer has moved in, to meet in the
Evening star., 1937-11-21
MANY TRAINS TO GAME
13 D. c. Specials Among Those

13 D. c. Specials Among Those
to Serve Army-Navy Classic. ..
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20 @. ~,
The Pennsylvania Railroad announced q
today it will operate 43 special trains -.
from Eastern cities directly to the Mu-il
nicipal Stadium for next Saturdays
football game.
The trains will go over newly elec-..
trifled tracks from the main line to
the stadium and will not stop at Phil-.-
adelphia stations, the announcement
said. Twenty-six specials will come
from New York City. 13 from Wash> :
ington, 2 from Baltimore and each !
from Trenton, N. j., and Wilmington,
Del. {.
Evening star., 1937-11-21
Japanese Boycott Declared.

WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. 20 P.A.T
A boycott of japanese goods was des/
clared today by the Wilmington Coun-5
Gil Of Churches at a special meetinsa
called to discuss the Far East situa.l
ton. The council urged the inter-
national cooperation of the Federal ?
Government to eliminate the eco
nomic causes of war" ~
Evening star., 1937-11-21
France Hunting
Foreign Agents
In ReuOlt Plot
Widespread Raids for
Arms Caches Are
Continued.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. Nov. 20.-Hundreds of
surete Rationale detectives tonight
pushed . nationwide hunt for two
foreign agents" in the governments
drive to unmask leaders Of what ap-
peared to be . plot to overthrow
the republic.
surete officials declared the hunted
men were employed by zone or two
foreign governments, the names Of
which were not hard to imagine"
Police raids we're made in nearly
every section of the country in the
search for additional arms and NUM-
tions caches Of the Rightist revolu-
tionary group, but Surete oncials kept
results secret.
Enough stores of arms and am
munition to equip a small army were
uncovered in previous raids growing
out of the governments investigation
Of "les cagoulards," or "the hooded
ones" which was believed to be one
section Of the revolutionary move
ment. Omcials said many of the
arms were Of German and Italian
06Ake. -..-,-
Evening star., 1937-11-21

Won Neurath had Cancelled q previous
visit scheduled for June 21 just h4
lore he was to have left for LondA
AS the British envoy prepared to
leave, the government turned to an
on1cial welcome tomorrow for Hum
garian Premier Koloman Daranf
that contrasted sharply with the ~
serve and stress on the unoficial ma
ture of Lord Halifax's visit.