Weather ly fair today; tomorrow r, somewhat warmer. LY Official Publication Of The Summer Session ~~Iait Editorial Germany's Preparedness I ,. .. _ . . _ _ . JLIX. No. 24 Z-323 ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1939 PRICE FIVE MYR 'aA A4 . Europe Waits Soviet Attitude In Russo-Nazi Trade Parleys Pact Of France-Britain And Russia For Mutual Aid Seen FadingPossibility U S* S. R* Stresses Naval Cnstruction MOSCOW, July 22.-(P)-The pos- sible significance of the resumption of Russian-German trade negotia- tions against the background of lag- ging negotiations for a British- French-Russian mutual assistance pact became the center of discussion today in diplomatic circles. Most observers, however, were cau- tious about making any predictions concerning the trade development, it was announced last night. There seemed to be a disposition to wait to see whether trade negotia- tions with Berlin represented a new trend in Soviet policy or whether the announcement they were resumed was a gentle warning to London and Paris to conclude a mutual assistance pact on Moscow's terms without fur- ther delay. Meeting May Be Heldr There was no interview scheduled today among Premier-Foreign Comn missar Vyacheslaff Molotoff, British Ambassador Sir William Seeds, spe- cial British envoy William Strang and French Ambassador Paul Emile- Naggiar, although new instructions were received from London and Paris yesterday. It was understood there might be a meeting tomorrow. ' Meanwhile, those who interpreted the resumption of Soviet-German trade talks as the beginning of a new phase in eastern European de- velopments pointed out that Ger- many at present was in a better po- sition to supply the Soviet Union than she was a year ago. Reich Needs Cotton The acquisition of the great Skoda' arms factories of Bohemia, for in- stance, vastly increased the German arms export capacity. Germany also was understood to be in a better position to ship tex- tile machinery wanted by Russia. On the other hand, cotton produc- tion has been increased greatly in the USSR'and Germany could use cotton as well as various Russian ores and timber. . ff Berrien Gives Lecture Today Latin-American Chamber Music Is Subject Of Talk Chamber music of Latin-American- ,composers will be the subject of a lecture today by Prof. William Ber- rien, visiting instructor in Spanish1 from the University of California, with illustrations by members of the1 faculty and graduate students of the School of Music. Included among the illustrations will be Fraser's "En El Tiempo De Chicka (Danza Chiena" for Violin and Piano by Thompson Pyle, violin, and Paul Jons, piano; Castro's "Ser- enade" for Violoncello and Piano by Marie Jean Klebsattel, cello, - and Paul Jones, piao.- Others are Mignone's "Omatros1 pecas brasileiras" for String Quar- tet by George Finch and Thompsont Pyle, violin, Adelbert Purga, viola andt Asher Gordon, cello; and de Raco'sc "Sonatina" for Clarinet and Piano by William Stubbins, clarinet, and Ernest Hares, piano. Gratia To T alk On Virus Study Authority On Bacteriologyt Begins SeriesTuesday Ultracentrifugation, bacteriophages and viruses will be discussed in a se- ries of lectures beginning Tuesday by Prof. Andre Gratia of the Laboratorie, de Bacteriologie, University of Liege,i Belgium. Professor Gratia will explain thef use of the new ultracentrifuge de-l veloped by Henriot- Huguenard for, the senaration of non-filterable vir-x High School Clinic Band To Give Second Concert This Afternoon. Ralph Rush To Be Guest Conductor; Combined Concert Will Be Friday Including 110 boys and girls from Michigan and five other states, the Fourth Annual High School Clinic Band will present its second concert of the Summer Session at 4:15 p.m. today in Hill Auditorium. The program will be under the direction of Prof. William D. Revelli, with Ralph E. Rush of Cleveland Heights, 0., as guest conductor. Members of the band, all high school students, rehearse five hours daily. They have been in session at Danzig Return To Reich Seen In Near Future Citizens Confident Change Will Be Peaceful; Ten Armed Poles Arrested FREE CITY OF DANZIG, July 22. -(IP)-A feeling of confidence that the Danzig problem would be solved fairly soon-and solved without war -grew perceptibly today in the Nazi- dominated Free City. All but a few shared the belief that Danzig would be regained by Ger- many peacefully but it was impossible to find a tangible reason formthe new expectancy which was apparent everywhere from the Danzig Senate down to the docks where men said "It's coming soon." Danzig authorities asserted ten armed Polish youths had been ar- rested last night when they "invad- ed" the Free City's western frontier. The youthful prisoners, who said they had crossed the border unwit- tingly from a Polish vacation camp, were surrounded by an angry crowd at the village of Ochsendorf, officials said. They were taken off to jail to prevent trouble. Danzig Nazi optimism. about re- turn to the Reich seemed to have been inspired by a hint from Berlin but no one in official circles would admit that was the case. Their confidence that the change would be accomplished peacefully was emphasized by the newspaper Vor- posten, which said "The word war never has been injected into the Dan- zig question by Germany. "The German demand that Danzig must be restored to the ReichW with- out war is a firm political reality. There can be no change of attitude on this question." Daily Readers Take Heed! It Still Can Happen Here WYANET, Ill., July 22.-(AP)-Sub- scribers to the Wyanet Record, a weekly, received their papers today with one page of a four-page section blank except for the following small type: "Don't laugh. We had a helluva time filling the other three pages." the University since July 10, and their course will last through Satur- day. Friday night they will play at a special twilight concert, combined with the regular Summer Session Band,hat Ferry Field. Last summer the event drew an audience of over 9,000 persons. Their program while at the Uni- versity includes, besides band in- struction by members of the music school faculty and visiting faculty men, outdoor recreation, social func- tions, and private lessons. The program for today's concert follows: Overture, Tuitazel .... Wm. J. Skeat Selection of Beethoven Themes .. . Beethoven-Lake Cornet'Trio: Polka Dots ... Buchtel Slavonic Rhapsody No. 1 . Friedmann Father of Waters, from "Mississippi Suite"...................Grofe Overture, The Traveller ....Buchtel By the Light of the Polar Star, from "Looking Upward Suite".. -.-.'. - . . ... .... ..Sousa A Whistling Novelty: The Warbler's Sernade ..................Perry Fantasia-Three Days.......Lotter United States Coast Guard March- Semper Paratis.......van Boskerck Guest Speakers Feature Church Services Today Michaelides Will Address Student Group; Dunning To Preach On Utopia Guest minitsers, speakers and or- ganists will be heard at many of the morning services in the Ann Arbor churches today. Dr. John W. D. Dunning, president of Alma College, will be the guest preacher at the First Presbyterian Church this morning. His subject at the service 1.at 10:45 a.m. will be "Utopia-Culture Plus Christ." Dr. George P. Michaelides of the Near East School of Theology, Beirut, Syria, will speak to the Summer Ses- sion student group at B:15 p.m. The group will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Council Ring for a cost supper. - Morning worship will begin at 10:45 at the First Congregational Church. Dr. Leonard A. Parr will speak on the topic, "I Challenged an Axiom." This is the closing service for the summer. Mrs. W. H. Stubbins will be guest organist and the choir will be assisted by members of the visiting High School Band Clinic. At the morning worship at the First Methodist Church, Dr. George P. Michaelides of American Universi- ty, Beirut, Syria, will preach on "Is- lam and Christianity." Services be- gin at 10:40 a.m. Rev. Lester Mondale of Evanston, Ill., will speak on "Religion and the (Continued on Page 3) Folk Dancing Continued Lessons in square and country dancing will be given for the fifth week at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Union ballroom. Baltic Nations Reject Offers Of Assistance Latvia, Estonia, Finland Fear Soviet Aggression; Trust Own Neutrality Three - Power Pacts Shunned In Advance RIGA, Latvia, July 22.-(P)-A flood of suspicion, distrust and re- sentment has been aroused in Latvia, Estonia and Finland over reports that British-French-Soviet negotia- tors are considering "guarantees" to the Baltic countries providing auto- matic assistance in event of direct or indirect attacks upon them. Rejects Guarantee Jealous of their independence and proud of their national existence, these three countries, which were carved out of Russian territory after the World War, look toward Mos- cow like determined small bulldogs.. In advance they reject any guaran- tees such as Soviet Russia is report- ed to have demanded as part of her price for entering a mutual assis- tance pact with France and Britain. They fear that Russian aid would mean Russian reoccupation of their soil. "We are neutral and intend to stay neutral," leaders of the three nations say. "We do not want guarantees from anybody and we are prepat ed to defend our neutrality if neces- sary." Though there are variations in their political and geographical po- sitions, there is thorough agreement on one point-if Finland, Latvia and Estonia want or need assistance they prefer to ask for it, not have it thrust upon them. Situation Seems Impossible Their view is that such guarantees as Moscow is said to desire would give the Soviets the virtual privilege of deciding when and if neutrality of the three little nations is threatened and of acting accordingly. Such a. situation is impossiblein the Baltic view and would be resisted to the last. Weaver To Give Vesper Service AddressToday Mattern To Lead Hymns, Blakeman Will Preside At Rackham Building The second summer Vesper Serv- ice will be held at 8 p.m. today in the Rackham Auditorium. Presided over by Dr. Edward Blakeman, counselor in religious edu- cation, the program will consist of an address' "The Function of Cul- ture in Our American Democracy" by Prof. Bennett Weaver of the English department, hymns led by Prof. Da- vid Mattern of the School of Music, and scripture and prayer read by the Rev. Theodore Schmale of the Beth- lehem Evangelical Church. The opening prelude will be played by Mr. H. Schaffer, organist, followed by two hymns "For the Beauty of the Earth" and "We May Not Climb the Heavenly Stairs." The string quartet will then play "Andante from Quartet No. 3" by Johann Christoph (Fr. Bach). Members of the quartet are Frank Fisher, first violin, Clare Florence, second violin, Harold Hen- derson, viola, and Joseph Childs, cello. Scripture and prayer reading by Reverend Schmnale is next on the program followed by the hymn "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name!" "Agnus Dei" by Bizet will be sung by Miss Leah'Lichtenwalter with Kelvin Masson accompanying on the violin. Those Three Itty Fitties Have Went On A Spree BALTIMORE, July 22. -(A)- A highball literally big enough to float a battleship was mixed here today- the recipe was 25,000 gallons of im- ported whisky stirred into Chesa- peake Bay. Customs officials supervised con- oritin ' "Paui unvan' ssnifter" when Ransom Hope For Kidnaped Pastor Wanes American Held By Arabs As British Troops, Planes Scour Palestine's Hills Anonymous Phone Call Proves False JERUSALEM, July 22.-(P)-Bri- tish troops, warplanes and police prepared tonight to seek Rev. Gerould R. Goldner, kidnaped Ohio pastor, as failure to contact his Arab abductors diminished hope for ransoming of the American. United States Consul - General George Wadsworth said action was being taken to launch the search probably tomorrow in the Moab hills, wherethe 29-year-old Mogadore, O., preacher has been held since Tues- day. Search Is Fruitless The latest disappointment came to- night when a search of the Bethle- hem countryside, touched off by an anonymous telephone call from Beth- lehem, proved fruitless. The message from Bethlehem said the Arabs were ready to release the American, but Bedouin tribesmen were unable either to trace the call or to find any clue to the where- abouts of the kidnap band. A. A. Miller of Sioux City, Ia., general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. in Jerusalem, said the. failure of this lead destroyed hopes of establishing contact with Goldner's abductors be- fore morning. Negotiations Attempted The pastor, who has a wife and child in Cleveland, was kidnaped Tuesday and his father, Dr. Jacob Goldner, Cleveland pastor who was captured at the same time, was sent on to Jerusalem to try to raise the $5,000 demanded as ransom. Aried search was suspended while friendly Arabs endeavored to negotiate for tMe son's release without ransom or for a smaller sum. The elder Goldner, who was con- ducting his son through the Biblical Holy Land he visited alone 35 years before, collapsed under the strain and went to bed at physician's orders just as he was preparing to seek the kidnap band himself. "I am confident my son is safe and will be released shortly," the father said. But Wadsworth intensified efforts to establish whether the young man was alive. He carried his appeal to Mustafa Bey Khalidi who was mayor of Jerusalem before Turkey sur- rendered the city to the British on Feb. 9, 1917. a Renaissance Group Will Hear Brooke Regularly scheduled for Wednes- day, the weekly luncheon of the Graduate Conference on Renais- sance Studies will take place at 12:15 p.m. tomorrow, at which Prof. Tucker Brooke of Yale University will speak on "Latin Drama of the Renais- sance." Professor Brooke will speak par- ticularly of William Gager, a contem- porary of Shakespeare, who was the leading dramatist at Oxford Univer- sity from 1582 to 1592. He wrote his plays in Latin and made use of clas- sical themes such as the tales of Dido and of Ulysses. Annual Conferencn Sessions Tororro Shaw s Saatire Of And roces' To Open Here George Bernard Shaw's satire, "Androcles and the Lion" will be the fifth presentation of the Michigan Repertory Players, opening Wednes- day at the Lydia Mendelssohn The- atre. In this play, Shaw takes the story of the man who is thrown into the Roman arena and is befriended by the man-eating lion, and from this theme makes a biting indictment of established religion, imperialism and conservatism. Shaw openly admits taking the British empire as his model and this play, set in ancient Rome, is applic- able to 1939 as well as the first cen- tury A.D. He draws a parallel be- tween Roman persecution of Chris- tians and persecution of all new ideas by any organized status-quo. Shaw emphasizes the two means by which established law and order stamp out opposition: arousing cruel mob in- stincts through propaganda and by going to war which distracts both sides. The production is under the direc- tion of Valentine B. Windt with Whitford Kane assisting. Special music, composed for a pre- vious production of "Androcoles and the Lion" in Detroit, will accompany the play. A 10-piece choir and or- chestra will augment the cast. Music is under the direction of William McNeil. T ucker Brooke To Speak Here On 'Elizabeth' Yale Professor Termed 'Unpredictable'; Lecture Is At 5 P.M. Tomorrow Prof. Tucker Brooke of Yale Uni- versity, termed the "unpredictable" by, Prof. Leicester Bradner,. visiting professor for the Summer Session from Brown University, will speak at 5 p.m. tomorrow in the Lecture Hall of - the Rackham School on "Queen Elizabeth." This lecture is the regular Univer- sity lecture, sponsored this week by the Graduate Conference on Renais- sance Studies. Professor Brooke took his A.B. and M.A. degrees from the University of West Virginia, and was a fellow in German at the University of Chicago. He was the first Rhodes scholar at Oxford from West Virginia. After spending a year as instruc- tor of English at Cornell, Professor Brooke went in the same capacity to Yale in 1909, and has been a profes- sor at Yale since 1920. In 1920 he was exchange professor at the Uni- versity of London. From 1928 to 1929 he was a research associate with the Huntingdon Library. Professor Brook is the author of several books, Near East Is Emphasized In I'lans For Meet; To Last Through Friday Guest Lecturers To Be Featured Turning attention to the drama of the Near East, "where religions. meet," and featuring three promin- ent guest lecturers, the fifth annual. Summer Conference on Religion will open here tomorrow, with sessions lasting through Friday. Planned for students and faculty of the Session and for guests from over the state, the Conference will bring to Ann Arbor Dr. Paul W. Lectures to be offered today by guest lecturers in the Conference on Religion will be as follows: 12:15 p.m. "Where Religions Meet," Professor Michaelides. 3 p.m. "Orthodox in the Near East," Professor Michaelides. 8 p.m. "The Romance of Ara- bia," Dr. Harrison. Harrison, famed medical'missionary to Arabia, Prof. George Mihaeides of the Near East School of Theology, Beirut, Syria, and Rabbi James Hel- ler of the Wise Temple in Cincinnati, Visitors May Attend "The Romance of Arabia," given by Dr. Harrison at 8 p.m. in the Rack- ham Buildig, will highlight tomor- row's opening day program. Profes- sor Michaelides will speak at a lun- cheon in the Union on "Where Re- ligions Meet" and at 3 p.m. in the Alumi Memorial Hall on "Orthodox in the Near East." Two seminars in the afternoon, on "Old Testament Prophets" at 2 p.m. and "Religion's 'untion with Youth" at 4 p.m., will complete the day's sessions. Visiting ministers, teachers and others professionally interested in re- ligion may also attend courses given in the University's curriculum on re- ligion. Students may attend any of the sessions, and the general public is invited to the lectures. "This emphasis for a week on a theme with a religious significance is one of the important things that we do during the summer,. Dr. Louis A. Hopkins, director of the Summer Session, declared yesterday. "It is our objective to sponsor a program on some phase of religion of an in- formative character. Luncheon Talks Featured "If we in America were not so in- terested in the events going on in Europe or in the Far East, we would be giving a lot of our 'attention to the Near East. It is the center of impact of three great generations. Near the Red Sea is the Moslem Mecca, and there also is Jerusalem, religious center for both the Chris- tians and the Jews. Besides the great wealth of religious and cultural tra- dition, the Near East offers, it also presents serious contemporary prob- lems for consideration." The general daily program of the Conference will consist of participa- tion by the visiting guests and others interested in the University classes in religion during the morning. At noon luncheon talks will be given on some phase of the field of examina- tion, and seminars and lectures will be held in Alumni Memorial Hall in the afternoon. Dr. Harrisoni's lecture will be the only evening event. The Conference is under the direc- tion of the Rev. Gordon Speer of Ypsilanti, Gertrude Bierma and Dr. Edward Blakeman, University coun- selor on religion guests who will take part in the 'formal program in- clude, besides the three guest lec- turers, Prof. Henry Battenhouse of Albion College, J. Bur Bouwman, ex- ecutive secretary of the Michigan Council of Churches. The Rev. Wanzer Brumelle of Bu- chanan, E. L. Hughes, director of so- cial science of the Detroit Council of Churches, Henry I. Jones, director of the Dodge Community center of Detroit, the Rev. Henry Lewis of Ann Arbor and John McCracken, of the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education in Michigan. Tea To Honor Members Of Religious Conference 'Most Successful Surgeon' Gets Almost Nothing For Operations "One of the world's most success- ful surgeons is Dr. Paul W. Harrison. He has practiced for 28 years and the most he ever asked for a major operation was $15.00. For a perfect cataract operation that might bring a bill of $1,000 from a New York spe- cialist, Dr. Harrison usually asks $1.85. If he is lucky, he gets 37 cents. Thus does Jerome Beatty start his description of Dr. Paul Harrison in his article, "Desert Doctor," which appeared in the "American Maga- zine" of October,'1938, and later in 'fReader's Digest." Dr. Harrison will visit Ann Arbor in conjunction with the Conference on Religion and will give his first lecture in this country since his return this summer on the "Romance of Arabia" at 8 p.m. to- morrow in the Rackham Auditorium. The "desert doctor" is known the length of the Persian Gulf for his services, of healing to the Arabs. He is known internationally both as a surgeon and as a missionary and traveller. In the United States he has proven a popular speaker before service, educational, church and al- most every tyne of 'audience. Shaikh Bin potentate. From his Saoud, leading Arabian close contacts with the .. Speaks Tomorrow Conference On Latin-American Land Tenure Opens Tomorrow An important week of organizing and discussing research materials and lines of investigation in the field of Latin-American studies will be concluded here tomorrow and Tues- day with the opening of the Confer- ence on Land Tenure and Agricul- tural Systems. Led by Prof. Carl 0. Sauer of the University of California and former member of the University geography department, the conference will be aimed at disclosing what should be known about systems of land tenure in Latin-America and the procedures by which -such knowledge should be gained. It is hoped by bringing to- gether authorities in the field to or- ganize information and find out what secnsnne nsent onn problems. Tomorrow' s sessions will be devoted to a discussion of the classification of the forms of land tenure in Latin America. Tuesday morning the conference will examine forms of land tenure in the areas of the highland Indian culture from Mexico to Peru, and in the evening the meeting will be devoted to discussion of the forms of land tenure on the Argentine humid Pampa. Tenure in that region will be compared with that of the grasslands in North America. Mep who will take part in the Con- ference include the following: Prof. Charles W. Hockett of the University of Texas, authority on land tenure in Mexico; Prof. Harold A. Innes of the University of Toronto, specialist DK. PAUL W. HARRISON life and culture of the Arab peonle