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"OUR GENERATION HAS A RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY,"-Roosevelt “OUR

WATCH YOUR STEP' WARNING

TO DICTATORS BY U.S.

Democracy Must Be Prepared To

PRINCE KONOYE

Defend Its Tenets

WASHINGTON, JAN. 4.

RESIDENT FRANKLIN D.

PRE

ROOSEVELT

TO-DAY ADDRESSED THE 76TH UNITED STATES CONGRESS ON THE STATE OF THE NATION.

He referred to previous occasions when he advised Congress of disturbance abroad and the need of putting their own house in order.

"I face storm signals from across the seas,” he said. "A further warning is necessary at the opening of this 76th Congress. A war which threatened to envelop the world in flames has been averted, but it has become increasingly clear that peace is not assured.

"The storms from abroad directly challenge the three institutions which now, as always, are indispensable to Americans. The first is religion, which is the source of the other two-democracy and international good faith. "In modern civilisation all three complement to each other. #Where the freedom of religion is attacked, the attack has come

from sources opposed to democracy.

FASCISM COMES TO JAPAN

LONDON, Jan. 4. THE EVENING PAPERS make a feature of the resignation of the Japanese Cabinet under such headings as: "Fascism Defeats Japanese Premier,' but as yet there has been no editorial comment.

"Where democracy has been overthrown, the spirit of free worship has disappeared. And where religion and democracy have vanished, good faith in international affairs has given way to strident ambition and brute force.

"The ordering of a society which relegates religion, de- mocracy and good faith between the nations to the background, can find no place within it for the ideals of the Prince of Per ce. The United States rejects such ordering, and retains its ancient faith.

THERE COMES A TIME

"There comes a time in the affairs of men when they must prepare to defend, not only their homes, but the tenets of faith and humanity upon which their churches, govern- ments, and their very civilisation is founded.

"The defence of religion, democracy and good faith between nations is all the same fight. To one, we must now make up our minds to save all.

"We know what might happen to us of the United States if the new philosophies of force were to encompass other con- Japanese circles in Londontinents, and invade our own. We, no more than any other much regret Prince Konoye's nation, cannot afford to be surrounded by enemies of our faith resignation, saying that on the and our humanity.

whole he held the balance fairly,

and resisted the worst demandsį of the extreme militarists, especially after the fall of Nan- kow,

"We propose to do our share of protecting, from the storms from any quarter, this hemisphere, and the ideal of democratic government, and peoples functioning together in mutual respect for peace.

"This does not imply that the United States republics dis- Disappointment in the complete associate themselves from the nations in other continents. It failure of his peace offer to Chira,.

to which he is believed to have does not mean that the republics of America are against the rest pinned great hopes, was probably of the world.

the Inst #truw inducing Prince "We stand on our historic offer to take counsel of all the Konoye to resign.

other nations to the end that aggression between them may be Baron Hironuma, who is exterminated, and the race in arnaments cease, and pected to succeed Prince Konoye,

is described as an ultra nationalist renewed."

of the most extreme type, popular in Japan.

The President proceeded to say that if any government,

Mr. Ikeda's disappearance is much bristling with the implements regretted, as he is generally regarded of war, insists on the policies of us a moat able Finance Minister, and anxiety is felt in London as to who Power, weapons of defence would wlil succeed him.

give the only safety.

will

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"All this has been done without! any dictator's power of command, without the conscription of labour, the confiscation of capital, concon- tration Camps, And without scratch on the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, or the rest of the Bill of Rights. "We are on a race to make demo- cracy work so that we shall be

"We

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

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SHIPS BOMBED IN SPAIN

BARCELONA, Jan. 4. THREE BRITISH SHIPS in the Barcelona harbour were hit during an air raid this morning, They included the Stanwell, which was being repaired after being sunk in an air raid last month.

I suffered a direct hit, but is not believed to be seriously damaged.

The other vessels were only struck by splinters, and there were casualties-Router Special.

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America Hands Note To Italy

ROME, Jan. 4.

IT IS OFFICIALLY an- nounced that Mr. William Phillips, the United States Ambassador, handed to

Mrs. Dolly Brown And Her Baby

PEOPLE mind their own business in Trinity- road, Tooting,

So no une took much notice of the new tenant of the basement flat at No. 103 when she arrived,

She said her name was Mrs. Dolly Brown, said she was married to a commercial traveller.

No one saw her receive any callers. Few people ever saw her leave the flat.

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In the ground-floor flat at No. 103 Mrs. Brown's landlady, Mrs. Landes, conducted a servants' registry. But she never heard ʼn sound from Mrs. Braten, The floor was sound-proof,

None of the five other people in the house ever heard anything either.

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Then telegrams began to arrive for Mrs. Dolly Brown. Mrs. Landes ried to deliver them, but the door of the flat was locked.

So eventually they sent for the palice,

The police broke open the door of Mrs. Brown's flat. They found her dead in bed,

In a cot beside her was her four months' old baby girl. She, too, was dead.

Doctors say that Mrs. Dolly Brown died five days ago, from natural

causes,

They say that her baby died from starvation. She had cried for her mother but no one had heard.

And the pillow of her cut tuas stained with tears long since dry.

'SCARFACE' CAPONE

Signor Mussolini, in the GAINS HIS FREEDOM

presence of Count Ciano, a

message concerning Euro- pean and Jewish problems, and possible solutions of a

NEW YORK, Dec. 4.

SCARFACE AL CAPONE, America's No. 1

general character.-Reuter. | gangster, is to be freed on January 19 after nearly

five years in Alcatraz, America's Devil's Island.

For a few hours he will

OUTLINES U.S. ATTITUDE

ROME, Jen. 4.

In course of yesterday's visit

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nation changed since

to Signor Mussolini. Mr. William he left Chicago City, which he ARMADA OF Rome, is believed to have outlined has given up the bootlegging

Phillps, American Ambassador to ruled with a gun, a nation that

the American attitude to the world situation, in the light of his talics that made him a fortune and has

with President Roosevelt and other hunted down gangsters of which

Amerlean ambassadors.

he was the pattern.

Then he will go back to prison again in the suburbs of Chicago for one more year.

NEW SHIPS FOR NAVY

LONDON, Jan. 4. THE BRITISH NAVY will be

Contrary to reports, it is thought that he brought no special message from President Roosevelt to Il Duce,

The United States is known to be Because he has behaved himself increased by 100 vessels of vari.

anxious to see the course of events develop peacefully, and is especially concerned about the Far Eastern situation.

Mr. Phillips also discussed the position of American Jews in Italy, who at present are granted exemp. tion from the racial laws, upon ap plication-Renter Special.

in prison, Capone's original eleven- year sentence in 1031 for incomeous description in 1989, accord- Violation has been cut, but he must ing to the "Evening Newa,” serve another year in a Chicago jail which adds that the Increase for another offence.

will affect all types of ships, in- When Capone is finally released-cluding 10,000 ton cruisers. and he may never be because of his mental condition-he will De (Continued on Page 4.)

On the other hand, still larger ves- sels under construction will not be completed until 1940,

The paper states that the following ships are now being bullt, apart from the big 35,000 ton battleships:

Five aircraft-carriers, of which two will be ready this year,

22 cruisers, of which three of 10,- 000 tons each will be placed in ser- vice this year.

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23 destroyers, of which 20 will be completed during 1930,

15 submarines, of which 13 will

SAILORS FROM HMS. KENT marching through the streets yesterday to take part in the March Post shortly be ready at Happy Valley. The Commander-in-Chief, Sir Percy Noble, took the salate.-Kahn Photo.

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In addition to the above, three auxillary silps, four mine-Jayern, three patrol ships, one submarine de- pot ship, two river gunboats, and 34 smaller vessels will be put into ser- vice in 1930, while independently of soven new cruisers will be ready dur ing

present you

your. The paper further states that of The third execution by beheading the five 35,000 ton battleshipa now when Rudolf Stories of Leipzig was and the remaining three in 1941. this year

pccurred this morning, being built, two will be ready in 1940, Two other battleships, the construc- He was sentenced to death in not yet commenced, will, bays the tion of which has been approved, but

Nazis Behead A West Front Spy the naval programme for 1939-40,

"the

It is predicted that the two great democracies of the world cannot for Japanese political partics,

nght overmore let pass, without effect efficient in peace, and secure in self- Seiyukul and Minselto, violently, as they did in the autumn protest, acts of aggression against defence.

way sister nations—acts which automa- of 1930 and the spring of 1937,

can compete with the dicta- against the Army chiefs' plans for cally undermine all of us.

had learned

old tors in bringing Idle men and Idle They the formation of new party on lesson that the probability of attack capital together, and at the same time Fascist lines, which, In effect, would reduce the Diet to a rubber was mightily decreased by the assur- remain within the bounds of what we

ance of an ever-ready defence. The consider civilisation."" stamp Assembly.

When they were seeking to increase President muld that he would send a Il is thought that the political speelal message to Congress in a few production and consumption, said the parties will have the support of the days recommending measured for President, it was illogical for the

Government to consider Japanese people in this fight.

adequate defence.

£1 drastic curtailment of its own investments.

Peiping, Jan. 4. Observers do not expect the new

UNITED DEMOCRACY

At the bottom

The Ministry of Finance of the of their hearts, Japanese-sponsored Chinese pro

Houston, Tex. Ministry to last long.

Industry, agriculture and

"Extra-curricular" activities of W. Continuing. President

finance vincial government here announces Chinese opinion, expressed

Roosevelt wanted Congress to do whatever was that from February 20, the currency C. (Bill) Fleet has made him a popu- ..."Reuter”, was as follows: "It make #aid: "If another form of govern- necessary to raise the national Income of the Chinese Nailonāl Government (1pr bus driver. He wakes early risers | axecutod. no difference to us who is in power the attack on democracy, the attack solution to the problem was the price Be subject to a further 30 per cent bus going back to town, fakes care of September last, the indictment stat paper; h

ment can present a united front in to $80,000,000,000 a year. If the full circulating in North China, will with hot blasts so they can catch his In Tokyo. We fight on just the same, must be met by a united democracy: for preserving their liberty, no form- discount as against the Federal children for buy mothers, brings ing that he had Bed the country to in but it is possible that a more extreme such a democracy can, and must lete, wolfish fears can stand in the Reserve Bank curranty Japanese Government is better for exist in the United States.

way,

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path water ice from town," buys" "groceries, and anger and Jud joined the secret this generation of Americane had a discount ofcally. In respect to the

services to spy, or the fortifiontions on number of Bavagantuon at pro

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Berlin, Jan. 4.

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