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12 THE MANCHESTER GUARDIAN, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1932 STOPPING THE SHANGHAI WAR Neies from Abroad THE DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE ARMED RISING IN! FINLAND Buildings Occupied FASCIST REVOLT Military action involving, according Mr. Henderson's neutral position has proved a most valuable asset and is responsible for his election. FREE STATER FUTURE Labour's Policy BRAKE ON MR. DE VALERA Plot Rumours and Reply (From our Irish Correspondent.) Dublin, Scsday. The week-end brought no new development of first-rate importance in the Irish Free State.

The Labour party's outline of its policy is much what was to be expected. It will not take office in Mr. De Valera 's Cabinet. It will hold him to his social and economic programme. It points out that the party has always disapproved of the oath and leaves it to be inferred that it will not oppose legislation for GOLFER SHOT IN MIAMI HOLD-UP Mr.

T. P. Perkins USED AS SHIELD BY BANDIT Miami Satckday. itr. T.

P. Perkins, the former British amateur golf champion, who reached the final of the Dixie championship only yesterday, was shot in the hip in the early hours of this morning during a hold-up in the Embassy Club, one of the most fashionable night clubs here. One bandit was killed and three were wounded, one critically. Three club employees were also wounded. The hold-up occurred at the peak of the evening's gaiety.

The gang, iu evening dress, entered qui-Ky. The chief weDt up to the leader of the orchestra and told him to stop the music. Unfortunately for the bandits two police officers, Oakford and Dais, happened to be in the kitchen of the club They entered the room, and while the attention of the gang was diverted ior a second by an attempt to bar the door, they opened fiie. The bandit leader fell dead at the first shot. His companions had preceded him into the Casino, where many guests had hastily scurried into cover.

Apparently deciding that the game was up, the bandits in the Casino started to leave the premises by means of the ballroom. One of them seized Mr. Perkins as a shield, while the other spraved bullets across the ballroom, wounding an employee of the club. Mr. Perkins was hit by a stray bullet and fell to the floor.

Both bandits then dropped critically wounded by fire from the policemen. Mr. Perkins was shot in the hip. and he was at once taken to hospital, where the bullet was extracted. Mr.

Perkins said "It was not my first 'stick and after my experience with gangsters in New York I knew that the best thing was to do just what they told me. One of the bandits singled me out. and getting behind me me to walk in front of him towards the door, using me as a shield. walked calmly as I was bidden. The fellow must, have been nervous, for he shot me from behind and I fell." Mr.

Perkins was still dazed from the effects of the anaesthetic which was given him before the extraction of the bullet, but he was able to joke about his inability lo play in the golf finals. Political Committee Chairman NEW POST FOR MR. "HENDERSON Notable Decision (From our own Correspondent.) Geneva. Sunday. All five committees of the Disarmament Conference were constituted yesterday, including the Political Committee, the creation of which was decided upon on Thursday.

Mr. Henderson was appointed chairman of the Political Committee, a position he vill hold in addition to the chairmanship of the General Commission, the (Steering Committee, and the presidency of the Conference itself. His election to the chairmanship of the Political Committee ivas proposed by the United Stales Delegation and supported ljy Sir John Simon. The election of Mr. Henderson is widely regarded hr-rr as indicating that Kncland, the United States, and the majority of the other delegations are not of the opinion that the Trench success in hainir the Poltical Committee appointed ih to be regarded as advancing the of the French disannament thesis.

FRENCH SUCCESS "NULLIFIED" Hetiter's (teiieva coi iepnndent savs Hint I-V'in-h piic-iess in getting the cicafion of a s-jior-ial Polilicil Committee i- vhtunlly nullilied by the election of the same executive as the (icneral Com-inittfe, lieiause i( now be omes merely a duplication of the General Committee. WHY THE CHINESE LEFT KIANGWAN Intolerable Condition of the Town Shanghai, Sunday. To-day has been marked by the complete relimiuishmont of Kiangwan by the Chinese troops ar.d by another Japanese aerial attack on Hangchow aerodrome. After fighting ictain Kiangwan for more than a week the Chinese troops have voluntarily nlj.indonpii it because of the intolerable conditions within the town. It is slated that the are littered with dead fivilians.

Itillnd hy the Japanese bombing plnucs Chiiif.p ofTR-inls declare liiut in iho f-tit-cts ulorie 1.G0O dead civilian liavo hern counted, while tiie debris of what was once the town nn- dotibtodly rovers hundreds more. The town is believed have had a population of 150,000 le fore the war befjan. The ilead bodies have polluted the watei and Hi makes it. impossible fur the I'hini-sp to remain in the town, while the constant attacks from aitillery and aeioplanes pievent tlio burial of Hie dead. The Chinetc tioojis have therefore evacuated the town and occupied line of enticnchinciits limnediately west of KiuiijfMiiii.

There was fihlin nlnnc this new front this afternoon, but the Japanese failed to the Chinese fiom their new which weir tiinily held. JAPANESE REINFORCEMENTS Meanwhile 1.500 men. the advance cuar.l of the lltli Division of Jap-inese tronp. linve arriv.vl at Woosung i oin Japan. Thov came on board a flotilla of overs, anil at five o'clock HiU afternoon the Woosuiv ruder coves ins Hio they landed on the railway wharves of the Sino-lriti-li Sliaiiiihai-Woosuns railway, out-r-uli! the Sot tloment, where thev are'spend-niir the nijrht.

At 15 this evening the first transpoit brincina troops of tlie Japanese 11th Division tied up at the Japanese whan inside the Settlement, and at 11 20 was unloadim: troops. Other transports are expected lo come up the river in the moraincr. In an interview with the Japanese naval authorities the Press Association correspondent was this evening: civen clearly to understand tiiat tliev had no intention of moving the fljeslnp Idzuma frc-m her present With, despite the request of the tour Powers to Tokio. It i the Uayship which drew the Cluncso fire on lo the "settlement. authoritaiivcly that the.

I lined spates omitted th expression of appreciation of Japan's efforts fighUns at Shanghai outside the Settlement, which was contained in tue memoranda presented by the other three Powers. Furthermore, Washington requested that all Japanese warships should -be withdrawn from the vicinity of the waterfront there whereas the French and BritUh Governments requested that if thU were not possible Japan should at least mov-uio flagship. LEAGUE COMMISSION IN TOKIO Tokio, Monday. The Leapue Commission of Inquiry into ilanchuria reached here this morning. The cbief function during their twelve y.

stQy ln tJis countrv will be luncheon to be given in the'ir honour by the Emperor and Empress on March 2. Other functions will include banquets bv the Prime Minister, the Foreich Minister, the War Minister, and the Navv Minister. It is exnerted that the Commission will embark at Kobe for China on March 11. Keuter accordance with what she believed to be the wishes of the League. More than once, at the behest of the League, she had refrained from taking strong action.

From the outset she 'bad professed her readiness to place her whole casd in the hands of the League nd to accept the Leasrue's decisions. We cannot," he said, evade the conclusion that throughout this matter China has aoted as a loyal and honourable member of the League of Nations, flfirt monrr nt fool fllflf. it WOllld be verv grave exaggeration to say the same oi japan. Pressure Lord Cecil expressed his strong opinioa that some form of economic or diplo-t matic pressure might succeed in stopping the war. and that this policy should, if possible, be considered and tried.

In ny, case, the iirst ihms he t.i to th fighting that is actually proceeding, That would involve a formal demand on behalf of the League to Japan to agree to an armistice and to the establishment of a neutral zone between the two armies to be occupied by neutral troops. That was a very moderate suggestion, and the first thing that should be asked. Whatever we do." he continued. is not to be done by this country alone but by the League of Nations acting in concert with the United States of America. That is essential and vital." Many questions were then asked by delegates.

The difficulty uppermost in the minds of everybody," said Miss Nield. of Bury, is this, are we at this moment going to hold hy the Covenant and in event of thtt failure of diplomatic or economic action are we going to war? That is what our blanches want to know." Lord CVcil said that the question as to how aiticlo lti wa to be operated was -ubject to the discretion of the Council. The idea was not that full diplomatic or economic pressure was to be exerted at once. The pressure could bo steadily increased, hut only so much as was tu -ded for tlie purposo. No country was to he held bound to take action that would impose on her a gr.ive danger.

He added that it would be'of no use for only one or two countries to exert pressure and that it would be absolutely essentia! to have the co-operation of the United States. "1 do ho said, "share Miss-Nield's view that the application ot economic pressure necessarily involves any military action." Lady Layton, who has just returned fiom Geneva, said: "Our task to-day is to make our Government realise that we. with the Council of the League, recoe-nise that an is in tho wrnncr At. Geneva it seemed to me that the Britiyli JJplepation was moro reluctant to recognise the ruth than any other nntion. All the nations at Geneva arc quite clem-about Japan.

I believe there are movements going on in Japan to-day thai, would ho very much strengthened it they knew tliat England and the wholo of the Empire were behind the determination that Japan should cease, aggression. There is a trcmendouslv important meeting of the Assembly of the League next week. Its result depends on tK- attitudo of the English." The Resolution Most of the afternoon discussion, which was very lively, dealt with a resolution moved by Professor Gilbert. Murray, which, in the opinion of several speakers, lacked the forcefulness of the resolution passed on February 11 by tho Executive Committee, of the union. Tho majority of the delegates supported this view.

The amended resolution, which was passsti unanimously, lirst eiprefified approval of the February 11 resolution and went on to promise widespread and powerful support for the Government in. whatever measures it may be willing to take to secure tlie co-operation of thu Stales members of the League, as well as of the United States of America, iu a united effort to bring about the immediate cessation of hostilities, to vindicate the Covenant of the League of Nations and the Pact of Paris, and eventually to effect a just settlement of all the issues between China and Japan. The also called on 14ie union's organisations and members to use all lawful mean to support this policy, and reaffirmed the faith of the General Council in the League and the Covenant for the prevention of war and the organisation of peace. COMPANY DIVIDENDS AND REPORTS FeeK, Freen, and Company. Balance ot profit thte London Lisrmt manularliirtri tor 1031 atlir dednctiac provision ontiuirenclep.

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Lai Palmaa Mario CcosUtudon Magician aua Bancher Calcutta Gunrer Hmehcater Tetar Vokohama Anttaor Daisy Ansa AnatM Part Imc Irpocl "at. Vincent Britiah Scout Eccles Ardeoxa Bordeaux Amaaia Dem erara Fanefield Barry Clan Graham. London Bnrma Baasein Serala Rsn Clan Alpine Cbittaronf runirea Cardifl eumore Brail SerUno Alexandria Adriatic Kmr York Bini MtuchtT League Pressure on Japan LORD CECIL'S VIEW Diplomatic or Economic Steps (From our London Staff.) Fleet Street, Saturday. Lord Cecil presided to-day at an emergency meeting of the General Council of the League of Nations Union, held at the Caxton Hall, for the purpose of mobilising all the resources of the union for the cessation of hostilities in the Far East and the vindication of the Covenant. Delegates were present from almost every part, of the country, and all those who spoke indicated that their branches were deeply concerned about the present crisis.

Lord Cecil, who spoke for nearly an hour, said that the purpose of the meeting was not to make an attack upon anybody or to embitter the relations of this country with any foreign Power, or to attempt to force any detailed upon the Government of the day. They wanted to take counsel together regarding the prin ciples they wished to see observed in deal ing with a crisis whose gravity it was not easy to exaggerate What seenied to him amot encouraging event was the appearance that morning in the "Times" of a letter over the signature of Viscount Islui and five other distinguished Japanese citizens. As representative for a long time of Japan to the League of Nations Viscount Ishii. he said. had Rained the respect and friendship of all lus colleagues and tiad seived both his country and the League with (treat dis tinction and success.

Anything that comes trom mm, said Lord Uecii, win be certain of the most respectful attention in any assembly of this kind. The sub stance of the letter is Hist Japan has been entirely misjudged, that she has no idea of -pursuing an aggressive policy, that the conception that she is out to establish anything like military domination of -tuna is entirely mistaken, and that she only desires to live in peace and amity with her Chinese neighbours. I heartily welcome thnt statement. am quit- eure that if Viscount Ifrhii had heen in control of the policy of jiis countrv during the last four or five months we should have een in a different situation." The Aggressor Lord Cecil, after noting the main course of events in Manchuria and in Shanghai from September 18. said that whatever might have been the truth of the original clash, there could bo no reasonable doubt that from February 3 Japan was not acting on the defensive, but that in any ordinarv, reasonable sense of the word she was tlie aggressor.

Last year there was undoubtedly a strong movement in China to put its house in order. The dawn of a new era seemed to be in progress, and no doubt that was partly why when in September last China stood for election to the Council of the League her election was unanimous, thing that, had never occurred before. Japan voted for -her, so at that time even in the view of Japan the Government of China was worthy of a place on the Council of the League of Nations. That fact should be remembered. Another fact to China's credit was that though from September 18 there had been the greatest excitement in China, and violent anti-Japanese feeling through all that period until the murder of the monk in the etieets of Shanghai, so far as he (Lord Cecil) knew, no Japanese subject was killed, though they were scattered all over the greater part of China.

These facts, he said, ought to be considered when unlimited abuse was being poured on the heads of the Chinee Government. Lord Cecil said there could be no question that China had acted throuehout in WOMAN ROBBKD BY CAR BANDITS A motor-car bandit snatched a handbag containing a 100 note and twenty 1 notes from a Blackpool woman late on Friday night. The abandoned bag was later found in another part of the town about two miles away with the 100 note still inside and the rest of th; money missing. The woman, who suffered froM shock, was Miss E. A.

Bentley, of War-breck Drive, North Shore. In an interview she said I was returning to my home when a motor-car passed me and pulled up a little way in front with tlie engine still running. A young man got out and asked me tho way to Layton. Before I could answer he snatched my bag, ran to the car, and jumped in. The car was driven off at top speed.

I screamed as soon as I recovered from the shock. People came running out of the houses and the police were informed by telephone." Several people in the district state that they Baw a car of a Morris Cowley type rusbing at top speed towards the centre of town. A car answering the description of the one seen was stolen earlier in the night in Blackpool, and early on Saturday morning a motor-car was found abandoned in the Devonshire Road district, near where the bag was recovered. C.P.A. PREFERENCE DIVIDEND Payment of tlie half-year's dividend due on April 1 on the cumulative prefer ence stock of the Calico Printers' Asso ciation.

has been DOstDoned nend ing the termination on June 30 of the company's financial year. No dividend was paid on the ordinary stock for 1930-1 or for 19W0. but the preference dividend lias hitherto been paid on the one date3. The postponement is discussed in our Trade Notes. NEW COMPANIES SalUi St.

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eeda Bemi BiiiSrdr M. TARDIEU LEAVES FOR GENEVA Back on Tuesday (From our own Correspondent.) Pahis, Stodat. 51. Tardieu, the French Premier. will leave for Geneva to-night, and it is officially announced that he will be back in Paris on Tuesday moraine.

not Wednesday as waa previously stated, ihere is to be a Ministerial Council on Tuesday moraine at ten o'clock, and before it M. Tardieu is to see M. Pietri. Minister of National Defence, and M. Guernier, Minister oi jruojic works and Mercantile Marine, to discuss with them the organisation of their respective departments.

Late this afternoon Lard Tyrrell, the British Ambassador, called on M. Tardieu at the Quai d'Orsay. SOVIET AND GENEVA CONFERENCE (From our Correspondent.) Moscow, Sunday. Soviet reaction to the Disarmament Conference finds vivid expression in to-day's Izvestia" in a cartoon showing representatives of the various Powers faced with the Soviet disarmament proposal and the question Who is for general disarmament Raise the They are unable to raise their hands, which are loaded with cannon and other lethal weapons. The "Izvestia" considers significant the appointment as chief rapporteur of thf fipnprnl Benes.

who incarnates all the most cnaracteristic traits of the hypocritical, bankrupt Geneva LEAGUE ASSEMBLY AND JAPAN Probable French Policy (From our own Correspondent.) pAKig, Sunday. The relations between Russia and Japan are the subject of to-day's foreign leader in the Temps." The opinion of the paper is that in spite of the uneasiness at Moscow about the action of Japan and the refusal of the Russian Government to allow the transport of Japanese troops on the Chinese Eastern Railway, there is no danger of a grave misunderstanding between the two nations. Soviet Russia, the Temps says, is unable to embark on an adventure which would no doubt bring about the end of the regime. The policy of the Russian Government, in the opinion of the Temps," is to gain time in the hope that the moment will come when it will be "armed and equipped for the final conflict "presumably against the whole world. Yesterday the "Temps" again opposed any action by the League of Nations in the Sino-Japanese conflict, repeating its previous opinion that the Council of the League should never have dca.lt with the matter.

The Temps expressed its belief that neither Washington nor London was thinking seriously of an adventure. It would appear from this leader in the Temps that the French Government will not be in favour of anv action by the Assembly of the League. Indeed, it has already been suggested by more than one semi-official French correspondent at Geneva that the right pohev would be for the Assembly Council matter back to the THE PEACE ARMY Views of the Rev. "Dick" Sheppard The suggested peace arrnv was discussed last night at the Guildhouse, Westminster, between Dr. Maude Royden.

the Rev. H. R. L. Sheppard, and a congregation composed mainly of women.

Dr. Eoyden expressed the view that in this army it would bo the older, and not the younger, people who should go first. eppard those present mat the proposed peace arrnv va3 a verv oi tninsr. What wt want is the most sincere and earnest prayer that thi3 mav be used of Uod. I think we may be 'tried to our uu auau want an the physical courage that we win from uoi persuade people impetuous! to nnnio t.

a -i. be difficult for them to hold to later. The movement wants to be very quiet, very simple, and very sincere." Dr. Sheppard said that there was little be or Dr. Royden could do until they heard from Geneva.

They were waiting to see whether the proposition was of God, or whether it was not. Thev believed it was going through, although they dare not say so. T)r TinvHon c.ii.l Vin in -w) already joined the movement, including A few days ago Dr. Eoyden. Dr.

A Crouch End), and Dr. Sheppard wrote army to the League of Xations. rfiAir .) wuis -iia. iue sua women who believed it to be their duty siiuum voiuareer to place tnemseives unarmed between the combatants in the Far East. WcdnodsT.

13 M3 141J liui Thanday. 2i Si 143 142 Mliii 14H 1 143 14.34 14H 1441 143i UH i4aj 19iij i9yiti to some accounts, a march on the capital of Finland has apparently again become the policy of the Lappo party, which, in its aims and ideas, is sometimes compared with the Fascist party in Italy. Armed men belonging to the faction on Saturday prevented the holding of a Socialist meeting at Maentsaslae, in Southern Finland, by surrounding the hall where it was to be held ant firing in the air. Yesterday (according to Eeuter) the local municipal buildings were occupied by Lappo men, and several thousands of them were mobilised in different localities in the district. The ostensible object of these proceedings is to obtain the resignation of the Minister of the Interior and the local prefect.

The Government met last night to consider the situation. There are rumours of a march on the capital to influence the The military authorities are inclined to repard the report that 20.000 men have joined the revolt as exaggerated. Thev put the total at 3.000. Although there are undoubtedly manv of the Civil Corns amonest the rebels, it is stated that the Corps as a whole is loyal, as is the arrnv WOMAN KILLED BY MOTOR-CYCLE Three Men Seriously Injured A motor-cycle accident resulting in the death of Susan Mutch (53) and Beriotis injury to John Mutch, her husband, V. Dodds, the motor-cyclist, and John Ward, his pillion passenger, occurred in Liverpool Bond, Higher IrJam, on Saturday night, Dodds, who lives in Primrose Terrace, Davv-hulme.

and Ward of 30 Wellington ltoad, Eccles. were returning tram viarrincfon. nnrt ion iwnr Mori. borough Road, Irlam, the motor-cycle struck the kerb and crashed into the car in fl i f. Tr A I.

returning to their home at 73, The fYai-M-i Trlnm Tn -V. front of the machine and then thrown on to the pavement. She was dead when nii aJ TT 1 i viveix uj. xxtar iiusDBiia received fractures of both legs and head injuries. Ward had a fractured ekull and Dodds suffered from head injuries.

The two laHor tv or a taVan 4 tT-l "un.il iu. uuuca aim XT ai 1 1- croft Hospital, and last night Ward wae --nnj-t viA-l -v 1 i-jjuucu lu it. jii critical concnuon, not llQ villfT TOfTI inn1 Dodds was also stated to be seriously ill. ur. vricn, wno ie j-ears of age.

is linnwiiro flint lii. 1 i vt-uu mo wiic lld HKVU tklll-U. He has been removed to Sal ford Royal wnere ne was siatea last nignt to be fairly comfortable. CAR CRASHES INTO TRAM Two Killed. Three Injured Jen Smith f2l.

of Well Koad. Tch- (relly, and Gordon Tweedie (16), of the Birch Villa. Peebles, were killed in Brunkfield Place, Edinburgh, late on ai.uraay nignt, when a motor-car in iuucu em-dashed into an electric tram. Two other men ana a sister ot the dead woman who were in the car were also injured. FILM MADE AND ACTED BY WOMEN A German Talkie London.

Sundav. The last two piogramtnei ot the Film Sotiety had been mild in interest, liut today two films of importance were shown. Jeat Epstein's Mor-Vran was short, slight in story, but potent in theme, and had the strength and starkneas one would expect when the director of Finis Terra; turned to a picture of the Breton archipelago rocky coasts remorselessly lashed by waes, long curling seascapes, and stricken black figures creeping to church after the toll of a storm. By itself Mor-Vran" was enough to be the central film of a programme, but to-day the programme was supplemented by a German talkie, made by a woman and acted by women. Remarkable in many ways Madchen in Uniform is set in a boarding school for daughters of officers in Northern Germany, The military atmosphere prevails.

Pupils on arrival are put into severely stripe dresses, wit aprons and stiff collars; their luggage is searched for such contraband as books or chocolates, ad a severe i-atc is kept by the mistress to sea that no letters of complaint are smuggled out of the school-In this Institution the only kind person is a mistress, Fraulein von Bernburg, and the pupils worship her. A new cirl. Manuela, i3 grieving over the loss of her mother; Fraulein von Bernburg' sympathy makes her feel her regard is reciprocated. When the mistress tells her she cannot show favouritism she becomes extremely depressed. But being praised by her for her performance in a play got up lot the Head mistress birthday, Manuela becomes elated.

Her elations, aided by birthday cup handed round to the girls, turn into hysteria, aud she screams in the head mistress's face that she is Von Bernburg's favourite. She is taken to the sick-room, and is being reproached for Ber conduct when news is brought of a royal inspection that afternoon. Manuela is made to attend, but allowed neither to speak nor to be spoken to. When Von Bernburg takes her into her study and tries to make her stand her punishment she feels she is deserted all round. She rushes to the top of a high staircase.

The other girls, anxiously searching for her, see her poised, ready to jump. The film ends, a study of hysteria, brought on by claustrophobia. Apart from the action of the story, the daily events of the school's routine are admirably shown. They have an accumulative significance which, prepares one for the storms and equally tense calms of this world, so shut off that it gross in on itself. It is acted and directed with forceful and is a strong example of Germany's return to assurance in the talkie field.

"Sladchen in Uniform is a film of the old German kind, made in the new German way, on a subject no other country would consider bad-any screen pop-lowuEB its abolition, though it may perhaps plead for negotiations to obtain British consent lest the action taken should be challenged as a breach of the treaty. As to the land annuities Labour's policy is to examine and reopen the question by friendly negotiation with England. The manifesto does not pause to consider whether England could he induced to reopen the question unless she on her side were allowed to reopen other questions decided by the financial settlement in the Free State's favour. BASELESS RUMOURS A curious and perhaps significant phenomenon was the action of Mr. De Valera's daily paper in giving promi nence to rumours that certain of Mr.

Cosgrave's Ministers were engaged in an intrigue to prevent the transfer of the Government to Fianna Fail, and that for this purpose they were forming a secret organisation among the mili tary pensioners, who may naturally be supposed to be anxious about Mr. Valera's proposals for the revision of military pensions. Mr. De Valera's paper called upon Mr. Cosgrave to reassure the public in regard to these rumours.

It got what it was asking for in the shape of a number of statements from Mr. Cosgrave and his Ministers describing the rumours and the Irish Press editorial article as grotesquely untrue," "mischievous," "absurd," beneath contempt," "unworthy of serious notice," and "the product of a disordered imagination or a guilty political conscience." These comments are as just as they are vivacious. No one with any understanding of the mind of Mr. Cosgrave's Cabinet could suppose that its members are now in the slightest degree tempted to resort to unconstitutional methods to keep ianna rail out of othce. It is true that the rumours evidently connected up with an article published two years ago ana generauy ascrmea to a Cabinet Minister which very indis creetly discussed the duty of the army in the event of a Fianna Fail Government violating the Constitution.

ur. though in ceitain circumstances certain Ministers of the Cosgrave Cabinet misrht have stood for a questionable line of action it does not by anv means follow that any of them would be so silly as to think it either justifiable or expedient to leave the high road of constitutionalism in the circumstances of to-day. A consideration of the general situation makes it seem safe to assume that the rumours had no solid foundation. IDLE OR WITH PURPOSE? But it 13 interesting to speculate whether they were merely idle or put about with a mischievous purpose. Possibly they were brought into circulation as a counterblast to the use which Mr.

Cosgrave's supporters were materially making of Mr. De Valera's indiscretion iu rais ing the question of the cancellation of military pensions immediately after the election. But it is perhaps worth remembering that a plea that the members of a Government are preparing to fortify their position by unconstitutional action is often used hy revolutionary intriguers to entrap their dupes into forming or entering unconstitutional organisations of which they would otherwise have fought shy. Mr. De Valera and his lieutenants have at this moment no more intention of departing from constitutional methods than have Mr.

Cosgrave and his Ministers. But the secret Wilera nf the I.R.A. must be anxious to be in a position when the right moment comes to bring pressure to bear on Mr. De Valera. Mr.

Cosgrave's constitutional amendment shattered their organisation. But presumably they are now thinking how to reconstruct it. Time will show whether Mr. De Valera'o policy of conciliation will avail to cftange their hearts or frustrate their designs. BEER BOYCOTT IN FULL SWING Berlin, and Hamburg The Wr mrvf.f.

fnll swing in Berlin as well as in Hamburg vsaya neuter, ana yesteraay it was virtually impossible to obtain a glass of Th Rp Anvhr TY1 6r, towns. It is likely that the sale of -uuucu uwr win also cease wni a few days. I i GERMAN COAL IMPORTS REDUCED (Reuters Telegram.) Coogs, Satttrdat. Another severe blow to the British coal industry is contained in to-day's announcement of the Reich Coal Board that all coal imports are to be restricted by a further 50,000 tons in March, ssd by 50,000 tons in April, JAPAN AND RUSSIA Conciliatory Reply to Moscow (From our Correspondent.) Moscow, Sunday. The Japanese reply to the inquiry of Karakhan, the Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, regarding Japanese troop movements in North Manchuria was communicated yester day through the Japanese Ambassador in Moscow, ilr.

Hirota, and published here to-night. It expresses respect for Soviet interests in Manchuria, and requests the permission of the Soviet representatives on the board of management of the Chinese Eastern Railroad for the transport of Japanese troops over the eastern section of the railway to Imienpo, or, if necessary, to Hailin (90 miles from the Soviet frontier) for the protection of the lives of 20,000 Japanese subjects, who are alleged to be endangered by Chinese military activity there. The Japanese Govern ment apparently abandons the cailier I ptOPOSEB I ir iFKi request for its military authorities to be allowed to transport troops to the frontier station Pogranitchnaya. The Japanese reply promises supplementary information regarding the activities of Russian and the character of the new Manchurian State. Karakhan agreed as an exceptional and a temporary measure" to grant the Japanese request, simultaneously placing before the Japanese Ambassador two points in the interpretation of the Portsmouth Treaty which still retains its force as the result of a post-war Soviet-Japanese agreement.

The Portsmouth Treaty forbids the use of the Manchurian railways for strategic purposes and the adoption of threatening military measures along the Soviet-Korean frontier and Karakhan suggested that the frequent transportation of Japanese troops constituted a violation of the treaty, adding that the Soviet Government has reliable information that the Japanese are concentrating troops in the region of the Soviet-Korean frontier. Mr. Hirota promised immediately to telegraph an inquiry on these points to Tokio. IA Press Association Foreign Special telegram from Harbin yesterday stated that the Japanese troops were starting to-morrow mominr on a 75-mile march to Imienpo. as the Russians had ut to that lime refused to allow them the use of the -atilway.

This iare cill now apparently not be necessary. MOTOR-CYCLIST AND PILLION-RIDER HURT Two young people were admitted to the Stockport Infirmary on Saturday night suffering from injuries sustained while motor-cycling. Basil C. Hollin, of Withington, Manchester, was driving his machine along the main road- at Hand-forth with if ay Mulliner, also of Withington, on the pillion seat, when there was a collision with a motor-car. Hollin received a fractured leg, the girl injured her foot, and both suffered from shock.

They were -detained st the Infirmary. William -Bliek (20). of Hartineton Street, Moss Side, Manchester, was" detained last night in Hospital at Alderley suffering from a cut on the head sustained when his motoncyclo collided "with a rV 1 I rt I I A 1 THE POUND DEARER AGAIN New York Prli Berlin Amsterdam Stockholm 13 19t 1Si 142 -wJ- Vi SwanaesL.