The Archive · 1938

Argentine All 21 States at Lima Now Said Agreeing Proposal

Lima, Dec. 22.

The United States delegation to the Pan-American (Conference reported yesterday that it had compromised with Argentina on the question of a Declaration of opposition to aggression on the American Continent, As a result of the reported compromise, it seems likely that the Declaration will have the unanimous approval' of the 2F States attending the Conference.

The final draft of the Declaration, it is understood, eliminates the phrase referring to "aggression from without."

It clearly provides, however, for consultation, and resistance to aggression against any American republic.—Reuter. shown how the deceased fell from the building.

Fingerprint Expert Questioned caused by someone standing on it.

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The other witness questioned during yesterday's hearing was Sub-Inspector Cedric Arthur Mason, athed to the Fingerprint Bureau of the Shanghai Municipal Police.—He stated that on December 14, 1938, he took a photograph (exhibit No. 2) of a chair shown to him, and standing on the roof of the hospital. He had already examined the chair on December 12, and found that it was impossible to discern any fingerprints as the surface of the chair was too rough. Witness also stated that he found the seat of the chair broken in a way which indicated that a heavy weight must have rested on it possibly Miss Martin, had been on the staff of the Police Hospital for about sixteen years and was only recently decorated for her bravery during last year's hostile During previous hearings of the inquest, it was found that all her papers and documents as well as the accounts of which she had charge prior to her death, were in perfect order. One of the witnesses heard at an earlier hearing also said that the day proceeding Miss Martin's death, the whole nursing staff of the hospital was somewhat depressed over the death of Miss A. Z. Davies, the assistant matron, who had died in the Country Hospital on December 9.

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