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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22

A meeting has been called for to-
morrow at which the entire situa-
ton is to be thresned out. It
would have been summoned today
Immediately after departure of the
King and Queen if such action
could have been taken gracefully.
Responsible for the pressure
brought to bear on Ossusky was
ViScount Halifax, British foreign
secretary, who accompanied their
majesties here from London and
brought ominous information &C
centuating French fears that the
Sudetens may launch "revolt"
any day unless their demands are
granted.
Neither Britain nor France any
longer doubts that such a move
ment would be the prelude to gen,
eral war.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22
Secret Negotiations Carried on Behind
Pageantry of Kings Visit
BY KENNETH T. DOWNS
(CopyriRht 1897

PARIS, July % )-Resignaon of several important
figures the French and Czechoslovakian may
be the sequel eversh diplomatic negotiations regarding the
sudean German question which proceeded during the visit of
King George Queen Elizabeth Of ENGLAND it learned
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22
ROOSEVELT SET
+ 0 R RECEPTION
'OF OLD NEPTUNE
Helps to Plan Rites As
Ship Nears Equator

ABOARD THE U. S. S. HoUs-
TON, En- Route to Galapagos Is
lands CVia Navy Radio, July %
GNSD Preparations for the re-
ception of Neptunus Rex aboard
the U. S. S. Houston sometime to-
morrow we're the chief worries of
President Roosevelt today as he
rested aboard the presidential
yacht"
Mr.. Roosevelt was taking a keen
interest in the ceremony which
will initiate members of his party
into the mystic order of Shell.
backs" as they cross the Equator
late tomorrow, and some of the
schemes being prepared for the
lowly "Pollywogs" had a distinct
Rooseveltian touch.
DROPS BUSINESS
Plans to make life miserable for
the uninitiated tonight with soak
ings in the "spud locker" manning
the rail to watch for the arrival of
"Davey JONES'" and the court
martial before Neptunus Rex'S spe-
cial ambassador were being per-
sonally okayed by the President
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22
FIGHT TO SAVE
BUSINESS LEVY
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Continued from Page II
mon, assistant corporation coun-
sci in charge of tax matters, Dis
trict Auditor Daniel j. Donovan,
and 10 v. Morgan, the Districts
one-man Board of Tax Appeals.
Seal announced, following the
conference, that the District will
go to trial on the merits of the
case, yesterdays decision having
been a preliminary skirmish based
on a demurrer.
In the event the United States
District Court Sustains Justice
Jennings Bailey's decision, the Dis
trict will take the case through
the District Court of Appeals and
then, if necessary, to the Supreme
Court.
Seal Emphatic
Asked what course of procedure
the District will follow if the case
is sustained by the Supreme
Court, Seal said:
1--WE haven't decided that
yet" and then, smiling, he
added, but the best thing to
do then, 1 suppose, is to get rid
of the nine old men,"
Seal was emphatic in saying
the District will make no refunds
as result of the Bailey decision
yesterday.
Business firms which will at
tempt to obtain refunds will have
to prove in court that they paid
the disputed taxes not only under
! protest, but under duress and
threat of arrest, it was explained.
Yesterdays ruling held that the
District cannot tax business done
in interstate commerce because
this jurisdiction is similar to a
J State, and therefore cannot reach
out for taxes beyond the confines
of its borders,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22
Hamilton Defends
RFC at Law School

The RFC was called a govern
mental organization set up and
operating as a successful private
business" reaching every phase
of economic life" by .aude E.
Hamilton, jr., general counsel of
the RFC, before symposium on
Government corporations at the
George Washington University
Law School last night.
when private non-governmen-
tai enterprises for one reason or
another hav1 been unable to meet
the demands upon them, the RFC
has filled the gap" Hamilton de-
.clared.
The symposium will continue
today until p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22
International News Photo

as he placed thoughts of official
business behind him and plunged
into the pleasure at hand.
Clipperton Island, 67O miles off
the west coast of Mexico, where
Mr.. Roosevelt spent yesterday, sup
piled the most interesting day of
the Presidents vacation trip.
FISHING GOOD
Fishing was so good the ships
crane was called into service to
lift the catch aboard, and the
presidential party was ready to call
it a day within a few hours after
setting out to explore the quiet
lagoons.
Five sharks, the largest measur
ing six feet from tip to tip, were
landed by the President, in add
ton to food fish in such numbers
that the supply officer had diff
Guilty in finding place in his re
frigeEatorS to store them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22

on our relief rolls and I think ]
know how these workers feel about
politics. He added:
The answer is obvious. You
can't tell 'em how to vote-that
Is a lot of eyeWaSh. People vote
according to their interests"
HAMILTON REPLIES.
To this Hamilton replied sharply:
Mr.. Hopkins. the employer of
those on relief" throws out the
suggestion it is his will that they
vote for Mr.. Roosevelt. When?
Why, in 1910, of course.
In view of this development
reasons become clearer for the
constant increase of the Fed
eral relief rolls (relief roll fig
ures have been on the increase
during recent months) - now
reaching a new high record
and the failure of the Roosevelt
Administration to take steps to
stimulate private industry"
Hamilton devoted the conclusion
Of his statement to a prediction
President Roosevelt would run for
another term in the White House
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22
RAINED IN
Indian Fete Shifted
From Park Grove

Showers soaked the Pierce Mill
picnic grove in Rock Greek Park
today, so the National Capital
Parks Office announced it's camp
fire program devoted to the Ameri,
can Indian will be held at 8 p. m
today in the auditorium in the
north building of the Interior
Department.
Darcy ,McNickle, member of
the Flathead Tribe of Montana,
and an associate of the office of
Indian Affairs, will discuss the part
the red man has played in the
founding of the nation. Also on
the program is talk by Palmer
Byrd and motion pictures.
Previously. the program had
been arranged for out-of-doors at
the park.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22

today.
AS the result of British and
French pressure, the Czech gov
eminent will be compelled to sub
init nationality statute to Nazi
agents of the Sudetens before it
is presented to parliament.
Prague previously had turned,
down all suggestions to this ef-
feet as incompatible with the
honor of the government. Such
action now is expected to force a
number of official retirementS,
possibly including that Of Presi-
dent Edouard Benes Of Czecho-
slovakia.
MOVE TO AVERT WAR
AS the King and Queen con-
Guided their visit to France, de-
tails Of the diplomatic converse
lions carried on with the in
tensity of a high-stake poker
game behind the facade Of the
weeks royal pageantry were re
vealed for the first time to this
correspondent.
During the discussions, Foreign
Minister Georges Bonnet brought
strongest pressure to bear on
Czechoslovakian Am b a SIS a d OF
Stefan Ossusky to induce his gov
eminent to recognize the Sudeten
claims as the only means OF avert
ing a new European war.
In his action, Bonnet was
backed by Premier Edouard Dala
der, and both moved without
consulting other members Of the
French government. AS a result
Minister of Justice Paul Reynauo
and Minister of Colonies Geroge;
Mandel are expected to resign Il
the proposal goes through.
SESSION TOMORROW
Extreme tension was reported
in the ranks Of the French cabinet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22
Japanese Threats
Ignored by Russia
Maneuvers Mark
Soviet's Invasion

TOKYO, July 22 0.N.SD.
Soviet troops are now in
such complete command of
Chengkufeng and the Tumen
River area within the Man
chukuO border that they are
staging military maneuverS,
the japanese press reported
today.
Military aircraft staged a
mock battle over the river
this morning, it was reported.
Approximately 400 Soviet
troops are now encamped on
the hill.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22
10 MILLION BENEFIT

At least 100000 persons &C
cording to Hopkins figures bene-
fit directly and indirectly from
Federal relief.
Hopkins. who has consistently
discredited charges of politics in
relief" said at his press conference
that there are 100000 persons
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22
Ang|o-U. 5. Pdet
Faces Collapse

LONDON, July 21.-COl-
lapse threatens the Anglo
United States trade agree
ment negotiations, British
quarters intimated today.
The difficulty, according to
British sources, arose from
proposals by the United
States for q drastic reduction
Of the British timber tariff
which London Is unwilling to
concede out Of Difference for
Canada.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22

slider such evidence and render
an opinion.
But the present calm existing
along the frontier could only be
broken by the Manchukuo side,
which must be prepared to take
the responsibility for its actions. I"
The Russo Chinese treaty of 1885,
proved Soviet ownership of the
hill, Litvinov commended.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22
HULL DEMANDS
M EXICO SETTLE
FOR SEIZED LAND
Arbitration Is Proposed
on appropriation

GNS.) The United States to-
day adopted stiff attitude toward
Mexico's seizure of American
properties and demanded prompt
and just compensation"
In an indirect approach to the
question of Mexico's seizure OF
$3.50, $50 900 in American oil lands,
Secretary of State Hull delivered
lengthy note to Mexican Ambas-
Sador Francisco Castillo Nejera
asking settlement of the question
OF appropriation Of agrarian
lands.
TREATY INVOKED
The note invoked the Inter.
American Treaty Of Arbitration,
signed in Washington in January,
1929. Hull proposed the matter
OF payment for the appropriated
lands be submitted to a board Of
arbitration composed of impartial
representatives from the various
American republics.
The whole structure of
friendly intercourse, of interna.
tional trade and commerce. and
many other vital and mutually
desirable relations between ma.
lions indispensable to their
progress rests upon the single
and hitherto solid foundation
or respect on the part Of gov.
ernments and of peoples for
each others rights under in
ternational justice" Hull re.
minded the Mexican govern.
ment.
"The right Of prompt and
just compensation for expro-
priated property is a part Of
this structure.
"The government Of Mexico
has profesSed it's support Of
this principle Of law. It is the
considered judgment, however,
of the Governme emit Of the
United States that the govern.
ment Of Mexico has not COM
piled Herewith in the case of
several hundred separate farm
or agrarian properties taken
from American citizens.
ASKS ARBITRATION
"This Judgment APPARENTLY is
not admitted by your govern
ment. The Government Of the
United States therefore proposes
that there be submitted to arbi-
tration the question whether
there has been compliance by
the government of Mexico with
the rule of compensation as pre-
Scribed by international law in
the case of American citizens
whose farm and agrarian prop
critics have been appropriated by
the Mexican government since
August 30, 1927, and if not, the
amount Of, and terms under
which, compensation should be
made by the government Of
Mexico"
Some 1000, 10000 acres Of Amer
lean farm lands have been ex-
propriated by Mexico since 1915.
Since 1927, Hull stated, additional
properties, chiefly farms Of mod
crate size, have been seized. These
were estimated in the note to be
worth $10,132,388.
The note made no mention Of
Mexico's seizure Of American and
British oil lands last March. How
ever, Hull explained following the
oil land seizure that the question
of appropriation Of American
properties is far more deep-seated
and was first raised by the
agrarian seizures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22
Soviet Speeds Up
Fertilization of
Disputed Area
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withdrawn, Moscow and Tokyo re-
manned at loggerheads.
Unless the Soviet troops are
promptly withdrawn, Japan is
always ready to take the neces-
sary steps," said the foreign Of
flee spokesman. Some measures
already have been taken"
Threats Denied
Then, assuming more concilia-
tory attitude, the Japanese spokes-
man denied Ambassador Mamoru
Shigemitsu had threatened use Of
force in his conversation with
Foreign Commissar Litvinov yes
terday in Moscow.
Litvinov might have gotten that
impression" said the spokesman,
but it was not Shigemitsu's in
tention to convey it.
The SovietS, rejecting two Jap
anese protests, contended the stra-
tegic hill which they are now forti-
flying is in Siberian, not Manchu.
kuoan, territory.
A Russian communique quoted
in semiofficial dispatches from
Moscow said japanese threats OF
force would not meet with sue
cess.
After a sharp exchange of words
with Shigemitsu, Litvinov an
nounced in the communique:
If in the future Japan pre-
sents any real data possessed by
Manchukuo in support Of its
claim, the Soviets would con-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-07-22
RELIEF IS USED.
TOBOOST THIRD.
Term, CHARGE.
Hopkins Is Accused
By Hamilton

INS) The fiat charge that
President Roosevelt in 1910 would
run for a third term and that re-
lief machinery would be effectively
used in an effort to put him back
in office. came today from Ma
tional Republican Chairman John
Hamilton.
Moreover. Hamllton's statement
followed by only a few hours a
claim by WPA Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins that nearly
three million persons directly
beneftting from Federal relief
money would vote for Mr.. Roose-
welt when called on to do so.
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Memorial 10 Dr.. De Vries
Unveiled al Cathedral

A tablet in memory Of the late
Rev. DR.. William Levering De Vries.
for many years canon precentor Of
Washington Cathedral. was unveiled
in the Bethlehem Chapel there yes
terday.
The Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington, presided
over the ceremonies, assisted by the
Very Rev. Noble G. Powell, dean Of
the Cathedral; the Rev. DR.. William
Bradner, successor to DR.. De Vries
as canon precentor. and members OF
the Washington Chapter of the
Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity, of which
Dr. De Vries was national secretary.
Calling attention to the fact that
the memorial was being dedicated in
that portion of the Cathedral which
had been the scene of his labors,
Bishop Freeman explained that DR..
De Vries birthday-November g.
had been chosen for the unveiling.
The late canon precentor died on
March IA. 1887. He had been asso-
ciated with the Cathedral for a
quarter of a century.
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Washington Observations
U. S. World War Hangover, Black Tom
Case, Breaks Into News Aoon

Chairman Hamilton and his cohorts
call the net results-Republican con-
gressional and gubernatorial gains
here and there-a mighty straw,
showing indubitably how the 1910
wind Is blowing. The G. o. P. at
no time during the campaign in
dulged in any dreams of overthrow
ing Democratic control of the House
or Senate. The elephant must wait
at least another three years before,
by any possible combination of
events. 1t can recover supremacy in
the Senate. With this weeks
defamation Of New Deal strength in
the House as starter, Republicans
believe it possible for them to CAP
ture the lower branch in 1940-
along with the presidency, super
optimists among them now hope.
If the Chamber of Commerce of
the State of New York has its way,
an attempt to repeal the Silver
Purchase Act of 1884 and to termi-
nate at once all buying of silver
bullion by the Government will be
one Of the major fights Of the in
coming Congress. The New Workers.
assert the silver law has failed to
achieve any of its major detectives
and has proved of no economic
value whatsoever to the Nation"
United States efforts to bring about
international cooperation for the
wider use of silver as a monetary
metal have, it also Is claimed, been
a complete flop Even China, an
intended beneficiary of United States
silver philanthropy. is described as
victim and has been driven to
managed currency.
Former Iowa Democratic Repre-
sentative w. D. Jameson, who
practices law in Washington, but
continues to issue a breezy weekly
news letter to subscribers in the
corn belt, revives a Woodrow Will
son yarn apropos election day. In
his current Window Seat" Mr..
Jameson says Wilson was fond of
telling about the time he slipped
away and quietly visited the monu-
ment to Mark Twain on the Mis-
sissippi bluffs. Nobody there knew
the great humorist The World
War President asked a native If
he remembered Tom Sawyer"
Never heard of him" was the re-
ply. Then, DO you happen to re-
call 'Puddin head Wilson," "Yes,
sure. l voted for him twice!"
Clinton N. Howard, editor of the
International Reform Federation's
news letter on current events, has
just given worldwide circulation
to a broadcast on The Disposses-
sion of the Jews" Special copies
we're addressed to King George,
Prime Minister Chamberlain, other
members of the British government,
and all members Of Parliament.
DR.. Howard declares the treatment
now being accorded Jews in Ger
many, Italy, Poland and other
countries under Nazi influence lis
no longer Jewish problem, but
a world problem, and concerns ev-
cry nation calling itself civilized
or Christian"
Evening star., 1938-11-09
Western Union Wage.hour
Ru|inu Promised Soon
~ the Ax,oe,.tsd prssa

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Nov s-Elmer r.
Andrews, wages and hours admins
traitor, here yesterday to vote, said
he expected to give a decision in the
Western Union case by the end OF
the week.
The Western Union Telegraph Co.
is seeking exemption from the Wages
and Hours Act as it affects mes
sengers. Some of the company's
messengers in the Bronx struck to-
day; and Mervyn Rathbone, presi-
dent of the American Communica-
tions Association &C. I. o., said mes
sengers in the other boroughs would
walk out unless the company agreed
to pay s11 week instead of the old
scale. which he said averaged $6.
There are about 5000 messengers
in the greater city, Mr.. Rathbone
said. The company said only about
Is per cent OF the boys in the Bronx
were on strike, whereas Rathbone
said the majority" were out.
Evening star., 1938-11-09

eered the destruction of war plants
in New Jersey while we were still
neutrals. Oral argument on the
rival briefs will be heard by the
commission on December 20. The
fresh proof adduced by the United
States includes a photostat copy OF a
letter from Carl Ahrendt, North
German Lloyd representative in this
country, to Paul Hilken OF Baltimore,
a member of that city's well-known
American family which for
two generations acted for the famous
Bremen steamship line. The letter
definitely establishes that Ahrendt
and Capt Friedrich Hinsch were
guilty of perjury in their testimony
before the commission just previous
to the Hague award in Germany's
favor in 1880. The United States
has proof that Paul Hilken visited
Germany in 1916 and conferred with
the imperial general staff concerning
sabotage here The new evidence
on which it is hoped finally to
establish German responsibility for
oldlh 1OlIl OH dAl dloO SOllSCl llS
operations of the Eastern Forward
ing Co.." an American corporation
formed to facilitate the alleged COM
mercial cargo activities Of German
submarines.
New Dealers, prepared for losses
in yesterdays elections, contend that
the Democrats, though bruised and
battered in many sections of the
country. emerge from the fray with
heads bloody but unboWed. They
are back from the wars with their
shields, and not on them" For the
third term in succession-'34. '36 and
'38-the cause which Franklin D.
Roosevelt personifies, they say has
stood the test at the peoples assizes,
and survived The New Deal is
shorn Of no considerable portion of
its former congressional strength,
but Samson has plenty of hair left.
and is still capable Of carrying on.
Republicans, naturally, interpret
yesterdays Democratic reverses in
altogether different terms. They
view them as trend" victory of
undeniable significance. National
Evening star., 1938-11-09
|HeadIineFoIk
And dWhut
TheyDo
Won RinteIen Repeats
SociuI Success
In London
By LEMUEL r. PARTON.

Capt. Franz Won Rintelen, who did
a wartime stretch in Atlanta and
was pardoned by President Wilson,
is repeating in London his social
success in America, where, as q
gentleman saboteur," he kept the
home fires burning.
He is the author Of book telling
how he put "fire-fingers" into the
holds of American ships. With this
literary introduction, he addresses
the London book fair, deploring tho
"farci-tragicaI' spying efforts of tina
present Reich, revealed in the pres
ent trial, as contrasted with the
good old-fashioned way. He cites
Italy on the uptake in the 1888 re-
flnements and subtleties of keyhole
diplomacy. He implies that Nazt
Germany is just an innocent bungler
at that sort Of thing.
Tall, bald, elegant. suave and en-
gaging, an Emily Post honor student.
he has become fayorite in London
social and literary "appeasement"
circles. His boyish pranks of the
war years seem to have been for.
gotten, although 1t was in England
that he was nabbed and shipped to
Atlanta, via the New York Tombs.
One of his close friends is Sir Regi-
nald Hall, Englands great wartime
decoder.
In March, 1915, he went from
Berlin to New York with $500 900 in
a suitcase. He made the mistake of
getting chubby with David Lamar,
the Wolf of Wall Street." in fur
therance Of his sabotage In his book.
The Dark Invader" published in
1888, in which he tells many rolick-
ing tales Of ship and bridge explo-
sions, he said he didn't have dime
OF that S500,000 when his business
association with Lamar ended. But
there was plenty more where that
came from, and the socially renas-
cent Herr Won Rintelen is carry
over of some of the most exciting
| melodrama of the war as he fills
us In on who blew up this or that.
He doesn't admit completely in the
Jersey City Black Tom explosion,
but says he had some impish
thoughts in that connection.
II could not help urging upon
myself" he writes, "the advisability
Of giving Black Tom a knock on the
| head"
He had been in this country, OF
and on, since 1906 and had pene-
trated deeply into many citadels OF
social exclusiveness in Newport.
Southampton and New York. Much
was made of his supposed kinship
with the Kaiser, but later accounts
rank him in family of prosperous
Burghers, mainly engaged in the
banking business. He was a lieu
tenant in the German Naval INTEL
ligence Service when he came to
New York. A disagreement with
his fellow saboteur, Won Papen,
made it advisable for him to live In
England.
tCopyrisht. 1850
Evening star., 1938-11-09

hope third Toilette and La Guardla main
their the blow the New Dealers project WILL be
all but rreparable.
Ordinarily third term for
ordinary united of his
hardly expect help from the
Democratic conservatives he ordinary President There
probably apocp of how Harry Hopkins frightened the
life of his Saratoga friends by telling him.
this through head We're going spend and spend
reelect reelect and
reelect until dead forgotten If he made such
remark Hopkins joking Yet his joke does reflect the New
Dealers pepetuae the New Deal And it's
imaginable determination will shared by the President