Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1925, Page 49

EDITORIAL PAGE ] EDITORIAL SECTION S he %umlwg %hlf BB i Part 2—14 Pages WASHINGTON, D. ., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1 DWIGHT DAVIS, WAR HERO, s : : LOCARNO PARLEY’S ROLE ATHLETE AND STATESMAN Ambassador Page Tells of His Efforts ~ IS TO END GERMAN FEAR : e To*Sell” Lloyd George Austrian Peace y, New Secretary of War Was Famous 1 Be Success if It Indicates to Van- is Plaver, Twice Cited in France and FIFTEENTH INSTALLMENT. alfour's mission, for Which 1 thanked him. e ascomicons 0 m arter M veauest w1 quished That Nation Is Recognized = remarked: “1 do not know how Balfour can now should take up with him informal subjects nl“ Kdited by BURTON J. HENDRICK. he spared, but nokhing else is so important as high importance; for he is practically dictator. as Nitalio) Peace . giving your Government all the information we All that was left me to do was to pursue him | a 3 X (From Ambassador Page’s Memorandum Book.) hive.” He feels content with the present mili- relentlessly, since I could pursue nobody else- | Rl i s tary situation in France, but he is much con- or to give it up; and I had no idea of resting | ( I — BY G GOULD LINCOLN. dent’s cabinet. He began his 13 March, 1917 (Tuesday.) cerned, as evervbody here ix who knows the with the answer he had ziven me. ! Editor's Note : The following ar- | fore. But when Leader in Civiec Movements. service there in 1903 ax chairman of | It's well to be patient in judgment, surely. fuctx, about the submarine warfave. He spoke | The very next day 1 had what seemed n| ficle (',’,",‘,,,'.';:',rf,:',,';,' ',l.::.'r-”'”” conclu clvions. which sei the public baths comm: on. In .fllr!ll—l][unl on the President’s tame and vague in with the grestest appreciation of )(llll“ ast |):m>-'- of good luck. T wi le invited Y"\ a member J “ tion to providing free public baths wuzural and appar wandering of o speech in Congress and of your leadership. of the nment to dinner a few evenings : e S s oo st darmmiasion’ undestobul o DERIHESREEEE FERIRS O (Rie R e o e hout || | satecthel mrithe miRIaeE Wil come . Afie BY FRANK H. SIMONI i e oaiiions u”“{-x:\)“lfxl\wnnzwh'l" peltel Phard on these came a few days ago « definite | absolute monarchs: there ix no monarch, thank dinner 1 talked azain with Llovd George HATEVER the actuxl Fansformed in municipa zovernmer nd devel| qiorieis, where a large per 3 announcement that American ships will be arm God, in Europe, who has the power of th thing to say further yet he suld, 1 Aiétement . Bl hitter people S to his experience in Bis e it population was forek ed fore and aft and that other ships, President haven't had @ chance o go over the s carno Conference, and |1 “vidde wh, Huine chviofist Lalis Sides Dl | Grdually community centers were [ will be admitted t our ports! And 4 His conversation troughout was full of with the men 1 had in mind.” Then | got up e necessirly wiiting in O established under the enthusiastic | sion of Congress i< called for April S preciation rac little ner vself for | to which | invited advance of the adjourn s leadership of the youthful chairman. | (hars the souff! | the Jellicoes, the Bryces, and several other | ment, it is clear thatl it must he T enteh ok Where the children sathered for play [ under the divection. of trained super treaty” wis WIGH . DAVIS, newly ap: Bointed Secretary of War soldier of the World War U sportsman internationally known and Ahority on i burden and 1o the lat comer o the eabinet, Mr Divis is the vounzest in years —he i< H 4 He has ousted Secretary Jardine of the Department of Azriculture from this distinction. The Kanstn wins | et ey sere P Grigust stx monthsa before: M Davis, | S TINEY BETeAREnto e clann, hlic opinion. but there have come and the declaration of war against Gern ? aside wnd remarked on the ease with which While Mr. Davix is young in vears nd irs standards. Band stands were t various German intrigues, for example, On d g 3 wo months couples of hizh degreo asked n ter be taken as o date in Meanivhile 6t ohly. {the Zimiermannihote Why did President Witson® 1t two mont) | uph £ high degr Aguin 1 asked him, {0 4TSI arm AR Tstat th MeXicoihna iohaiite (pxe between the dismissal of Hernstorfl “What news? He shook his hewd. 1 took him | Pean history and it may vers well be cepted as the date which marks the PEDBOSC o the Germany: to possible U to empl ; nsition from an ol new ern venson for the President’s delay appears EreAt men and great governments make mis . upraan Ol do o Do e and Nicaragua 1o get into in an important letter written Mr. Wilson on tukes. Liovd George ix perhaps the easiest n German sta 2a 8 : 4 picalic Gen e o GO aaion s : A U soruction sometimes lectures. row with the United States. Look out for the Felruary The President was attempting | to talk with (mot n wrily to convince) of all ut the zreen table with the states. | o000 us cabinet officers 2o these days. he = erected, where music was ziven and get Columl 15 By o means voung in experience. Ll takes charge of ithe War Den i Mr. Divis wais also @ member of the Leunaps Then the practical « Sty obias on to detach Austria-Hungary from the ¢ - men that hold hizh places. He has little dignity. | men of other nations, enemies of the SN paiee With 1S Prol inublic Sreoreation commiimiva tof thed [iEing aen Rl e L e e alliance and cause that empire to make | S He has no present, except as an orator. He recent war, and the subject of discus city planning commission and finally § (1 EVEER - The United States did not sever\diplomatic swears familiarly on easy asion. But he has :":‘“ h"‘\ ir‘:‘v: ";"'" "h m'}fl:l)l"fll“;"'"‘F which cn \ssistant Secretary of War. and dur- | OF .:;’:liv-»l\‘lv”nk.\- G e e e & camgieis meeril ot Ahe Sisven ions with Austria-Hungary when it sent #s quick a mind and as ready speech as any | ghe Past b EgaRzationi ot ithe Ly ine ix months he has heen | gone = i N licceeded. in ! ment's position about admitting armed mer Count Bernstorff home: and. in fact. the man that 1 ever encountered. It ts impossible | “"I'" i ken 4 tong time hel cretinin the absence of his| g St. Louls the best plavarounds | chantmen. Hence a compleie (almost complete) United States did not declare war aguinst the to realize that his casual deliverances are the ‘to come at this even partlal readjnst chief. Secretary Weeks. and free bath system in the United [cessation of trade quarrels with Great Britain, dual menarchy until December, 1917, voice of the British Empire. After more talk.! ment, indecd the extent of time h podE tennis and civie work have heeh | States, with swimming pools In many | such as filled the whole sky when T was iIn Just what the effect would have been had in which he had injected an h or two. I been unprecedented. s comparison | yier o e I i e > of the parks. When he hecaime park [\ chington last Autumn! Even the President Austria-Hungary separated from Germanv in pade bold 1o say “Good God! prime minister “‘;h similar_periods in past history | pavk’ had commissioner. Mr. Davis tore down | & i mov el Feruary, following the American b i have you forgotten that the whole object of | Wil show. There is in realitv, onlv |y he vas app: x ] G A was full of indignation at the British zovern . A E one real parallel, and that is the after - < nd V\I:yrl- “ikeep off the grass™ sizns. As he !, one tor these atrocious crimes. Nobody saw or conjectual: it might have been extremely im- the war is (o reduce Europe to peace, ifiontired) I”" ANt o ader Two ve ons explain D anittias nin people and | Would believe that the Germans stirred up all | POFLNt in fact. there was a possibility that here may be peace that you are rejecting—how | gimau” Immediately. France. as. co s in the parks, we will have the | this, then! such o development in itself might have do you know?" But I got no satisfactory re-!irasted with the Napoleonic rezime, | iat their desirition wne the single ment. s ie o do so. | BTSS! 4 Ghtions coinclaense: Hernatorbrendnelitana hrought the European war to an end. One pos- sponse. This was my third interview. resumed its place in the councils of | ahjective of their conquerors: the a He takes ary of Wan | "SRR 06 ol spesialieltort L0sestat: Lint Novwas. on {he ~ery [ay e e hed sible outcome would have heen the shifting of | 1 still refused to believe that this was to be | the great powers and Talleyrand wus | Jiex amd 1 il e eand trie when ']":'luh playgrounds for the children of | Havana! the Ttalian army to the western front—though the end of the matter. Now, queer dents | 4 factor on the morrow of W crid 1 f the charzes that | N The Air Service is not what it should he. He i ition that alls for Germin lems and orkin For the last presentiy two and a half vears he has been itnal i litieally the mas Stice just now that tment is his one of hard months he has War’ Departs| ed the dev nent these five vears. The Germans were convineed poor who had only the streets! Bu.i.d fell on Sunday_-the and of the Ger this is indeed doubtful: at least it would have happen when vou keep steadily on one quest The fundamental distinction b infwhich to play and) for small panks | SESC 5 T e et BHIENET S8 CEE &) e O made unnecessary British and French activi and see many people and hear much talk, and ' \Ween the last and the present World | hind outward o siheresyay within easy walking distance of theiri ;0 5 Toive thae up, ties in Ttaly, and the energies of the British by an aceldent T found out that Curzon was ‘,If‘\'h;f\‘_"i“’m‘“':: oA ) almost ex-| hudden the v t all again on s aaces 8 altiation that homes W08y I apolie at ithe unvelling (inISE Panilis) Navy in Mediterranean waters could have heen opposed to discussing peace with anybody and . of the victorlous allies 1oward the e |0 T Experience Useful. S T e transferred to the arew south and west of Ire. had talked with the prime minister, and that ! feated. A centurs azeo the Kinge . As Seeretary of Was Mr. Davia has [ % "o Princcss Towe pulllas toe e, Land. This in itsell would have heen a great Jellicoe was eager for peace with Austria and had conquered Napoleon and The promotic { Mr. Davis has | wide authorlty over the park system | .o oy . = " S80S 08 RES 0 S gain. The elimination of Austria would have had not been able to talk with the prime min- OVerturned his empire represented e1t commended fromi onle end of the |of the National Capital I;lln‘d his ex- by Bl iR nesati GRllAnet GO GTari It Ao ister on the subject. That very night 1 dined | themselves tn be friends not enemies |y « of family, | one of the acute problems today is to | and exempts all Amevican ships, we shall now With Germany severed. woulg have been help without Lord Curzon. Lady.Curzon, marded | Wundredi Days; that-France wi jo. e He is. how- | provide public bathing beaches s00n have war—unless peace come by an almost less and a speedy prey to the allies. This would just a month, began life s an Alabama girl, and | 1o the Bourbons. Thererore s and of a pro. Along with his civic work. Mr. Da- | sudden collapse. which hardly seems likely have ended the favorite pan-German “Mittel- | yeu can vet distinguish the Alab intona- only re-established the monarchy, it One of his | vis mixed in business and politics. | \voy "o et o in, when we go in. “with Europa” scheme, and destroved long-cherished tions in her speech as you now and then hear 1hey proceeded to give it oved conditions for | e was elected in 1907 a member of | (L0 00 WRimiof o Gaime T S nih e A AP T T the ohoe in an orchestra. support. mmigrants themselves. e controlled and there were |Sir George Askwith et 4l speculated on whet The separation of Austria-Hufigary from HE had toopend che evening with (e huline | Mgcegwer vwithin siatesmanlBbivie | oot A chara the Secretary of | more saloonkeepers than society men | Lloyd George will last as premier till the war Germany, could it have been accomplished a minister.” That sounded somewhat discouraz- jon which was not repented 8 191a | Aed 1 War that particularly impresses alin the city government. Mr. Davis|ends. The underhand Intyigue that almost every that time, would have been a great achieve- s they perceived that the sole hope of | treneth. visitor to the department is his pleas- | fought the ng” and supported ! group and party indulge in—Good Lord! deliver ment, and the plan naturally enlisted the The next day was Sunds recalled that ' maintaining the Bourbons in Franes 1 ant manner al It |every progressive measure that came o The Dardanelles report was published (1s hearty cooperation of Page. There was., of Adriva), JeNiéoe Jete his «s watch at| of eradicating the Revolution and the | om 15 said that he neve becomes m!“wl up for consideration. He was a mem-| 0\ ouith old cabinet think) in order 1o dis course. practically no chance that it could sue the admipaliy every Sumt 2 on at 5| Napoleonic Empire. was 1o make rhat ;“‘:M.\:u‘:\;::‘ polse. 4:::|v:1""|n“:\1‘}'\: x',l.:’,il‘n'{“,;;.»nl. of ""f"')"'r‘.'.‘,"quL','ffl credit them. Tt has diseredited them, whether ceed. Ttaly was an irreparable o fle. The fock and went heme 1o meet his friends at 1 PEgte, on terms Thich di ot caryy | Junker very pertinent and peinted questions | veas : v ey Sma! [ that were the purposs or not torms she would demand of Austria would be tea. At 3 o'clock, there MTEPEEE-and 1! o feer 10 restore France 1o 1ts it ot and acts with decision n Club. March: <19 terms that Austria. desperate as was her con were there to pay our respects. 1 could not | ermment The new Secretary stands well over In 1916 Mr. Davis quit his civic jobs The Russian revolution holds the attention dition at that time. could hardly be expected €ix feet. is lroad-shouldered and | in St. Louis and entered war relief | engages the speculation, and fills the news to grant. But the incident has great interest, if rman surrends WInff and that be Promotion Commend world ih done Gern their steady e i W Danger of Harsh Terms whols 20v- | helpless r as promptly as possible. | s 0 vet mention the subject to the admiral. but, consequence, while all the congueste sl i A 1 gave him-a chance to mention it 1o me. Not ' of the Revolution and the Emy, culminated ir on_conference shed a word did he say about it. He told me only | Were remorselessly separated from and the [ has kept close to his desk for months. i the neutral Scandinavian coun an things—the three American upon the methods and the temperament of Mr that fismngi(tor sutmacines)wasiprett sood "wvl‘\"'): nlwhy)|\fi,;;‘~m.'f< i St workinz long hours, he has all the | iries, Norway. Sweden and Denmark. | SHPS. news' of whose sinking came on Satur ”"‘.'l-"mm st o hatis alt ferent from those of 1789 and on the | wmr o wrw b appearance of an outdoor man and | When the United States entered the 1a¥. seem really to have stirred the people to The jproposal a¢ frst guas not cordlnlly re A full week had passed and I had 20t N0 ! \hale France emerted siicmin 1or ; an athlete. While he has practically | war he was in England. He caught |4 m0ood that may possibly cause them to run ceived by the prime minister. Page has lefi further than 1 had 2ot at my Arst interview. ' and much more comeolidsied ih but she given up tennis, at which he was |(he first vessel he could for home, and | the Presdient. Evervbody is now fearful lest, this record of his conversation on the subject 1 resolved to zo and see the prime rinister ' fore the quarter of : contury dne effor formeriy one of America’s st he on his arrival in this country imme- | if we “Set info the war.” we'll get in with only ? again at his office. 1 rehearsed my arguments, Which .she had fouzht all manages to get exercise riding horse- | giately voluntered for service in the | one foot—will go submarine chasing, and when He demurred at once. No: if Austria-Hungary ek, walking and occasionally golf- | \ymy. Prior to going to Europe for |the British navy has driven the submarines inz. This enables him to keep in 200 | ar relief work he had attended the | physical trim % i x\|_1lllu‘a7|\ rrxu;l‘nlnL‘ . ¥ ljlr‘hl:(\‘»:i’;; expedition to catch Villa. That. however, can we wish to grant, etc.: etc.—all rapidly, like a most unbidden. He had somewhat medified his Has Travelled . nm\“-e""”“‘('l“" n. Leonard Wood. | hardly be it Germany declares war on ux machine gun. And he asked me for the present views, he said--provided—provided the greatest Tn his 46 vears Mr. Davis has trav- | He helped to raise and organize the | Which she may not do, because of this not to mention the subject to any one, not even secrecy could be maintained. By this emphasis eled far and accomplished much. He | 5th Missouri Regiment of Infantry. a hope. to any member of his cabinet, wias educated at Smith ademy in | volunteer organization in which he| We haven't broken with Austria vey Peace St. Louis 1 at Harvard University. | was commissioned captain. Later this! he Washington business of the strongly. built. His dark hair, still | work. He was engaged especially in i pape for nothing else for the light which it . . & i | pay heavy, is turninz zrav. Althouzh he | the relief of war prisoners in England | \( for Ame financial side ils ddif- | prozram whic vope. | in t which seemed to me irrefutable, and I was de- | AZain. three vears after Waterloo the ton seve make peace that will open the blockade on the termined to fight to the last ditch. To my sur. Allles “decided | 1o withdraw “their | German . we'll quit war—a la Vera Cruz. a so we shall have to gra e e AR on S aily, ni< Armies of occupation. althouch thej of ex home quit war la Vera Cruz, and the uth: we shall have to grant her more than prise, he vielded at onc tully, easily, al=7 g5y pag been fixed for Tive g In sum the victors of 1815 decided = mann to let Napoleon be the scapegoat. Not 1ot as the suspe France, but Napoleon was condemned # criminal v he gave me the cue to his thought and mood. s the enemy. This was., of course. 'ves of The German proposal of & peace conference ' Sheer nonsense. for France had fol. noi on a posi 5 chanc TO TH a little while ago, which. because no wm»"‘;‘“"" Napoleon zladly and accepted nature of the of which he became a graduate in | regiment was known as the 138th In- | has fallen off much. The State Department | American Embassy. London were named, was regarded by the British as & | b e g ople completely. such ultimate issue was wh 1900 with A. B degree. Then he | fantry. He and the regiment trained | g o0 o : 5 rejection as there had hee they were pern 4 s & zaged with othe SSTebruars 18 : = v » n only came pert studied L' at the St Louis law {a¢ Camp Doniphan. Mr. Davis was | & ther things. 22 February, 1 trick. steeled the natlon and the government |in”(he final years when the parsonal | £ue, and their school of Washington University. He | promoted from eaptain to assistant Dear Mr. President in particular against all peace talk il the ambition of the BEmperor ne loneo v Was mcatluated in! law not williiche | TRISE aEatailiangl tHeRILS oalir. (He | (b Al = Fresidant TWilkon asved! Conprens I telegraphed so fully aboul my interviews Spring campaign and the submarine war decide ' incided with the nutional interest. Tt fdea of practicing the legal profes- [and the regiment sailed for France | (o declare that a siate of war existed heluween with Lloyd George concerning a possible Aus something. The very word “peace” was han 'the victors recognized that [*ranes sion, but to equip himself for @ busi- | iy 1918 the United|States and Germany. On Al 6 the trian peace proposal that | need write only ished trom the English vocabulary. Lloyd ' Woull continue and could easily he | As w0 co R e e e o jor ol Cited for Gallantry. (Wo nutions were at war. ertain minor iluminative incidents. AU my first orge himsell in several speeches hud declared vin i deadly peril it weated oo | Germany 35 Craiiile nndiie. AMIGHE LS bR | SDuShE s tics INTRF ne. seore Interview I expressed my ustonishument at his that there could vet be no peace no thought e s et e Probably 1o very few persons butside | tury: Davis. was twice cited Zor gal conclusion- that Austria was u greater hind- of peace. This was his stute of mind when 1 : T : tors were not satistied with any sing- allies sou of St Louis, s taken from his | lantry in action in divisional orde TOTHE PRESIDENT rance to Germany as an ally than she would first brought up the subject amd the state of iehs iy ot { ond i L course. Although Germany Lurge Gernany achieved by mother's family, and his grandfather. | and was awarded the Distinguished London, April 1 # neutral. To my arguments he simply mind of the nation. Peace men had been hooted |1y at their hehest had transtormed 1o | the first time < 2 Oliver D. Filley, was mayor of St Service Cross. The citation for thix| Secretarygof State, repeated bis conclusion —with amazing rapidity. in the Jonse of Commons and suspected pexce zovernment from u monarchy, frem | (reaty of peace Louis from 1838 to 1861 L honor s well worth repeating and Washington. D. C. The most hopeful thing that 1 dd then in meeti had been dispersed by the poli His | many moy hies 1o one republic. | of optimism in Ger His grandfather. Samuel . Davis. | reads: 6018, April 17, 3 p.m. Confidential, for dnce him to say was that he wonld take sorne emphasis on se ¥ made his fear plain. No | 21though the sovereizns were in exile, | reflected in the was the founder of a widely known ‘Dwizht 1. Davis, lieutenant colo the President. of his associates into his confidence and tell Aoubt it he could announce Anstria’s surrendey he #llies could not in the last analysis | nomic con ns whalesale dry = firm under the | pel. -Infantry. then major, General! <he King summoned me to Windsor Castle when there was anvthing more to sav. But on that would be a szreat stroke. But if it decide to accept the revolution as the mental conditi name of Samuel . Davis & The Aff Corps. assistant chief of staff, ; : " 5 | RO oy e Empe 15 respo e Iy and surprisin *firm Ix no longer in husiness mn”iv % ‘l)l‘\'l; P ; ot »‘ln’ ordinary | 10 spend last night and zave me & private andi- top of this he forbade me 1o mention the sub. abroad that he were “dickering” with Austris ,'|(." 12 "n‘ll e A hientor 1] ~..'.’ Sl theven - ence of more than an hour. and talked with me | eet to any he past. and undertake by moderate A . the g was a pioneer m in St Louis and | heroism in action hetween Baulny and " members of the government *‘for roanvhody else about peace he would 1ose | {reqime: and prompt welcome into Action. due 1o the failure A sreat distributor for that territory. | Chandron Farm. France. September Again at some length after dinner. He is most the present.” That for the time being balked his dictatorship overnight. He wa 1 of :;w”my.::»'n, .!Lim'.'..'f".L e Iv contril. | to quit Cologne. Onee more 1 ssi Secretary Davis' first leap into 1918, After exposire fo severe appreciative of onr help, which he very frankiy me. It was as if an Ambassador at Washington the subject. But having discussed this particu- | ute 10 the permanence of the new re. Fmists raised their voices and argued fame came as a resnlt of his tennis | shelling and machine zun fire for | confessed ix much needed. He hoped the naval, had taken up a subject with you, had got vour lar possibility of eliminating Austria with some ' zime. Instead. the delegates wha | that Germany was being swindled Rigwess: He won the intercollegiate | three days. durinz which time he dis-imilitary and technical men of both countries answer, and had asked leave to discuss it with of his colleagues. he “had somewhat changed |¢ame to Paris to make peace in the that despite momentary panses. the “':‘;‘!"‘ S C” -”m”";"‘ 1{‘14'\'“'|“la_"”:'\"(l: e "")’.‘:‘ ':vm;fl»:;" will o fully and frankly confer as to prevent members of your cabinet. If you had sald **No, his view."” name of Germany, were inclosed he ’\.‘:,',',',,',',' »‘,)\“] e '.'fiv paired with Holeombe Ward he won | the face of intense enemy machine | ©US Submarine situation. the dire need of ship: penalty of forfeiting vour confidence if he had = i e e Wiostiover six veartlGr maisforine the national denbles championship. | gun and artillery fire, proceeded to'#nd the fear lest Russia make a separate peace =one further. It ocenrred to me then that per. Note: The sixteenth installment of the Pas. Sentence Most Severe. and allied severity. Hinden Davis and Ward rvepeated their 1ri- | various points in his brigade sector.were his chief topics. He expressed hizh appre- haps 1 had made a mistake in going to him letters will be published tomorrow in The Kve. The ntence itself. too. was hyv | elected president as i consequence nmph in the national doubles in 1900 | assisted in reorganizing positions and ciation of Admiral Sims’ visit and spoke of Mr. first. Yet any other course would have heen ning Star. comparison with that of 1815, severe and reaction scored i considerable nd 1901 and Davis was ranked at |in replacing units of the brizade, this | — - Tal i il et Aol b it G S S e ol Devond all words. It not only swept | tor ind No. 3 in the first 10 sinzles | self-imposed duty necessitating con- . v. all the lands. momentarily. aeot ¥etittantiatibe, covnted perman list in those vears tinuous exposure to concentrated en ».LAIR FORCE% AND “AIR SERV[CE” LABOR E‘lPLOYER UN]()N IN IT L pled during four vears of war. three to the credit of Dr. Luther and Gave Davis Cup emy 'mn eptember 30, 1918, 8 I\ A Y ..]rl\\n.. were on lh:; \\);nlr» [..;ufi.. “'l::“b;))uu.n "h‘vl neve n»vu\; ‘-".‘; le. & ing that a strong counter atts i N T = r o | Able to German arms. but it took from | Shite the zrave ¢ es which e n.:.‘u‘flfjl e scsta Diviipes ) launched Dy the enemy agiins TERMS THAT (AONFUSE LAYM}\ (,ALLED "MOSF HOPEFU L S]CN’ Germany, or mare exactly from Prus | finued 0 surze up. thes steadil uln Rid, ndwas pr £ sia. the fruits of nearly two centuries ! Kept in mind th undaental faet essfully, he voluntarily org AT 5 = e ——— of expansion. The Germany that was | that the condition of Gevnn survival s in the 1 Tawn tennis trophy. to he competed for by tennis teams of the nations. | such special duty men as could oo . . o left was one-seventh smaller in | was re peace with the enemy of the hSLce Lol Coongliion the l raiinaian vl finen rushed forwa One Means Independemt Fighting Aircraft, “’thl(’"(loa]ilio“ Declared Severe Blow to Commun 114 and the continuiis of i amd that pad pee as o ' cup. the fame of whic S| to reinforce the unde. o G Wi et ahtaE Dy tained ‘only by evidence of traveled around the worll, until this seltidth sty 3 e F e el o 5 S S Sy Taithi and yacne Hoses BoEh e e e D el : ervice”” Fleet Simply Acts as Eyes of Less ! Forces—Strengthens Conserva e neulende (Soime ataliiiines [ IREEC ANl N6 haniaty eve: Pt ps it p 5 o1 | . pectedly to the German people, who bafter the Vondon iference that Davis presented the' cup, and that | Soled them e nota on in von acathy Mobile Arms on Either Land or Sea. | in Other Land: were only dimly, If at all, consclous of | ullied purpose was not to des year he was @ member of the Amert | . {he state of mind which more than | Germany, that an understandin can team whichaleteated the Rritish. | | e = ot s Nedte OfEwir b orenken among | Mosaible L on, houn ) £ jmaichesls i { the enemy peoples. 1 well remember Nation Unconvineed. azainst - -n. b > ¢ he German delegation | and 1. Roper Barrett a%e 2nd Bleusnier Spud e rranan | (L TS R IS s e with Ward defeated the s 1 There are those who will see in.the | WOYkman does a great deal of think- | Gun® 1® 10 L el Who came alons the donples, adoing hi= Il S shere { on arrival testified to their pleasure at toward the defense of America’s right O e ih Pariantito, thelgantl ! cipation of again enjoving the French rior numbers - mustered out of the 7 o returned to his BY DONALD W. MILHINEY, | at each other when mutually invisible | BY ROBT. UNDERWOOD JOHNSON, | 3t. Louis. [le participated Formerly Editor Aviation. and the use of 16-inch rifies is rendered | Former American bassador to Italy. | m of the American ¥ o 5 practical in land operat | na was elected first post com. | The investigation now being con- |V he funttion of an force ix | ng. mander, St Louis Post, No. 1. of that | ducted by the Presidents air board | (o strike the enemy wherever and|Tecenyly announced co-operation be-| 1Mo ved organization. * He resigned this officc | makes it plain fo every one that Some | whenever he Is encountered. The air-| tween the Confederation of Fascisti| The motive of the strike was a_de- to the traphy. 1n 1901 and 1902 Davis | when he announced his candidacy for |of the terms used by the witnesses| craft fn this instance serves as a sort | Labor Unions ind the Confederatiow'| 5 et e Jook Into the business Jos peain a member of the Ameri | e Republican nomination for Sena. have various meanings placed upon | of gun' platform for - machine zuns | of Industry. composed of emplovers. |30 that demands for a juster parti.; (iPation of gEain FRleving M Trenh can bavis cup team, though in the |jor fn 1990 opposition to the late (hem. The average lavman I {re-|;ind’ bomb or torpedo dropping gear| merely a skillful move on the part | O} Tast they e be formulated. © But| (o™ amerged from Versailles and B e M \yaen. | Senator Spencer. He entered the race | quently confused by this ambizulty | und these weapons are emploved in # | of one or the other to strensthen its| 2( 125t they saw. and with great good | fitoir’ detention there was as much = e aied s glplcombe: Ward. | for the nomination laie. too late to | and many persons who oppose the de-| anner that i uniquely a character: | hold on political power; but those who | Sene acknowledged. ‘that this ‘was| St AENON IENE, WOE 08 UG T Thes were defeated b the fmons make much of o canvass. Bui he velopment of alr power capitalize | jstic of aerial warfare. The local| have studied the great strike of meta | Impossible A poremier Giolittl, when | ™ “pyriq the Germans were denied | ¥ : : Doherty brothers of Enzland rolled up a very considerable vote in | this confusion. It is perfectly possi- | tactical situation does not control the | workers in Northern Italy in 1920, i"g'h::’t"‘ dflm! they were weaken-| (o right to speak, to discuss. they | 2! '": ""“(‘ uate the Cologne. zone Seoreriy sl e pedited. too | the “primaries. thereby establishinz | ble to build an apparently logical and | use of these weapons in any wav and | as T was obliged to. will see in this| INE hastened the climax by offering | Mere i the “ond Storced b hcemp | was almost a fatal mistake. which has Tereren i e Wi ae et | himself as a_potential political factor | conclusive arsument upon u misuse | they may be used at any point with- | coalition of interests the most hope-| (ST Sympathetic promises that, how- |y (T, Snich the whole nation de-| ORIY in part been counteriilanced by reverse twist service. which so baf- 1ot no small importance. ! of these new and somewhat unfamiliar | in ‘the range of action of the air-! ful sign for the Peninsula since the | gL ‘ne\el carried out. The les-| 1 nced as fatal to German existence “1m o hnw):v EEm ‘Hvfl and me of the Enzlish players! b terms. J teratt, 1t s this characteristic of an|close of thesGreat War. To get ity | {00 \ISY learned—and this brings us|ng" fndependence. as a death sen.|WHl not be completely abolished until whom he was matched that Named By Harding. In discussing air policy with non-yair force which differentiates it from | signifiance one must hark hack to| 0 the present arrangement—was that | finte "they were also forced to con- e ot e T et mnd it them saveral zames to zet ) President Harding brought Mr. Da. | aeronautical persons, I almost invari-jan air service, as an air service, in ! that -colossal strike. | communist des: 2 Lxpected of the | feqy fo criminal responaibility for the | The Course of Luther and Strese. into the zame at all while he was|vis to Washington first in 1921 as a ably find that they have no clear idea order to fulfill its mission, must con That y of 1920 was a perilous o e dea of class antagonism. | tor 5 ‘confession then and now in | Sotitical but physieal Tife in. insieting servinz director of the War Finance Corpora- | of the difference between “alr service” | form to the tactical plan of the or- | one for Italy. The Soviets, laden with | 50 they melted back again fnto the | toni contradiction of the nation DIV a ketiloment v ith (he allics. ok \hen Secretyry Davis came to iion. which was engaged in the Woik {und "air force.” These {wo terms are | ganization for which it brovides an | Russian monex and talgng advantage | "OFmal life of Ttaly lef. Whatever may be sald of the | PhCr C 3 e L O e thein Washington in 1921 1o serve as a di-[of aiding the economic readjustment | really very well chosen and thelr ghservation platform. of the natural and proper discontent | I 1% 10 be placed ta the credit of | other clauses of the Versailles Treaty. | Retoemination 1o va onie e eI yector of the War Finance Corpora- | of agriculture and industry during the | meanings should be quite clear, but' " The idea of an air force is a new | of the metal workers, some of whom I tBea sti that they have establish- | thiq seems to me, on mature reflection. | {poir fiteience Wt Lotaiho s s tion. appointed by the late President | post-war period. In 1923, when the ! due to the sometimes willful misuse!one and no air force has ever heen | were recelving but h dollar a day, | 'k"“""" in the confidence of the | apn indefensible circumstance. IRl tor be vanE=d A4 amone ihe Harding, he bad ot for many vears |office of Assistant Secretary of War!of them this original clarity has been | emploved to.any great extent as such. | endeavored to, transform the resulting | XOrkmen iin_such n measure as to| Sty were the Germans treated and | Loy poeat sk o jmons, the competed i tennis nationally or in- | hecame vacant. President flardinz | obscured. An “air service” impliesian air force Involves aerial combat, | strike Into a revolution. They per.|Pave the way for the announced regarded as a “parlah people” by the |deeds of the post-war period and may ternationally He still kept up his{picked Mr. Davis for the place. and |the use of afrcraft to serve other arms, | a5 its secondary function is to protect | suaded the workmen to take posses- l!‘el;y of alliance along lines of arbi- allied countries, but they were com-|jperhaps entitle them hereafter to he game, however, for (he love of it and | former Representative Mondell of | while “air force” implies the use of | our own forces and territory from the | gjon of the factories and to hoist above | tration and mutual aid. Not only | pelled to acknowledge the Justice of | balla the Toue Saviors ot Gomm oo, the exercise. Jle bluved here on the | Montana succeeded him as a director | aireraft directly against the enemy. enemy's air force and prevent his|them the red flag of communism. It | {d0¢8 this. for the first time in Italy, | fhis indictment over their own signa- | Before: Tocarua: ot Locrenm i e courts of the Dumbarton Tennis Club | of the War Finance Corporation. Practically speaking, in the United | interfering with our own operations. | the Bolshevists had had their way | VOIVe friendly co-operation between | qure. Locarno, their zravest obstacle will he ind Chevy Chase Club. making one | As Assistant Secretary of War, Mr. | States at the present time we have | This work is done by fighting planes | = — —————————————| capital and labar along lines advocat- : the very zene conviction among of the Washington tennis team in the | Davis gave particular attention to the | only an air service, and the plan of [ which attack enemy aircraft wherever ed by our National Civic Federation, Breach Widened. their fellow countrymen that the idea lotehkiss Cup matches, plaved amons | development of the plan for the mobil- | organization of the Army and Navy|found and attempt to keep them on|necessary to annihilate the enemy if |but it shows that the Italian work.| Henceforth the breach between the |of & settlement ie a delusion, that the \Vashinzton. Baltimore, Richmond and | jzation of industry in this country to | provides for no other use of aircraft.| the ground. In neither this aerial|you prevent him or his guns from|man, once for all, turns his back on |allied and German worlds was more |hope of peace is vain, that the con. Norfolk. It was found that the fa-|meet war emergencies. He has ac-|It is this condition that has precipi-fighting nor in the main use of air | eating. This may seem to be a large | the selfish and specious doctrines of complete than even in the bitterest | queror still remains resolved to de mous sout] v tennix star had by no | complished o great deal along this | tated the present erisis. force, that of firing on enemy troops | order, but any one who has served with | communism. The importance of this | days of the war. Very far from credit- | stroy Germany. Luther and Strese means lost all of hix cunning and |jine. and it is expected that this work | The principal function of aircraft|or munitions centers, is there any at-| the Army or Navy and observed the | event cannot he overrated, either in|ing the new republic with any honor. | mann did ngt mo (o Lovarne with free drivins power. and he won i numberwill be continued vigorously. He|when emploved as air service is to|tention paid to a front. It must be | intensive use of rallroads and high- | itself or in {ts repercussion upon the | able intentions, very far from perceiv- | hands. A t they went with a rope of his matches in both sinzles and | is not expected to deviate greatly from | provide an observation platform. This | realized that the air force will be in|ways that Is necessary to keep a|rest.of the world. Doubtless it has|ing that its destruction would insure |about their neck, mot th ihies. In 1923 he was elecied pres-fhe policies with regard to the War { observation is carried on by ohservers;action whether there is a front or|modern army or navy going, will ap- | already strengthened the hands of the |a return of the old regime. the allied | Their greatest problem was ta o ident of ihe United States Lawn Ten-| Department and the Army laid down |and by aerlal photography and so well [ not. and will invariably be operating | preciate the trouble caused by apparent- | conservatives In the labor circles of | governments proceeded fto ftreat it | terms which thes conld nis Association, and held that office | under Secretary Weeks. He will in- | developed Is it that modern armies are | Jong before the fleets or armies could | Iy minor disturbances. One hombing | England and America. upon which | with exactly the same harshness that | home. Their greatest danzer was (he until his work as Assistant Secretary | sist upon economy and efficiency, how- | compelled to make all movements at | possibly get into action. group is perfectly capable or disor- | Moscow within a few days has made | might have been emploved in the case | possibility that they mighi have 1o re- of War made it ‘impossible to give |over, and s_businesslike administra. | night and camouflage everything in| In the face of a properly conducted | ganizing an army corps and keeping | desperate but futile assaults, of the Hohenzollern regime. rms personally re the time and attention required of | tjon ‘of the National defense. order to avoid disclosing their com-lair force it would be impossible for | it disorganized as long as It does not| Thus Italy, which in 1920 held “the| That the victors could have made | as ause of the state the president of the lawn tennis | Secretary Davis and Mrs. Davis| plete plans to the enemy. - One of the|either an army or a4 navy to estab-, have an opposing air force to con- j right of the line” against the madness | peace on terms which Germany would | of the German mind. zherger ac- ciation | have quived 2 handsome home | most important uses of the excellent | lish a front. The reason for this lies) tend with. In the event of a conflict | of the Bolshevists, has done the world | have accepted as just seems to me im i""!'_‘f"'_ the ety ';f‘ ‘l”' ailies and he Began A< Commissioner. {on the Tockville ‘pike. dust”be | observation platform afforded by the | in the famous saving of Napolean that | hetween tivo powers provided with air | another service by @iving the Marsian | Possible. The very territories, the lows | Was assassinated, Rathenan advoca ed But 1o et hack o St Louis and | yond Rethesda. Md. The house has|airplane or halleon is the regulation | “an army marches on its stomach”:|forces, the winner of the aerial bat- | iden the greatest defeat it has yet | Of which Germany most protests, were (4 I v # he was Mr. Davi inus lahore, which | #mple zrounds around it and is well!of artillery fire of all kinds. By this|in a modern army thiz applies ta artil-| tle has the surface forces of the loser | gustained. restored to Poland from whom they dered._One must. then. recognizs r. Davie more serious lahovs, whic ounds N LU 3 m have finally b ht him to the Presi (Continued on Third Page.) means battleships are enabled to shoot ! lery, tanks, etd., am well. Tt is un-!absolutely at his mercy, -~ tCovsrizht, 1998.) had been wickedly stolen a century be- (Continued on Third Page) ave finally brougsh o sf- : -4 e 4 - there w riot of sabot Yet their problem then ar s been to deal th a nation which had been convinced that its ruin was liherately sought by the conqueror and to restrain those political forces which sought to exploit national de spair for political ends And aznin one is bound to say that the allied nations have not made the task wholly easy. On the contrary, the