Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1926, Page 6

Igors of Life on Destroyer | . Off Newport. al Dispatch to The Star. - NEWPORT, R. I, July 14. —Yolfl.h “ful sea warriors of the Naval Reserve of the District of Columbla are being Thm a taste of the rigors of Navy in time of conflict, already well % known t0 the veterans, most of whom ve passed out of this Hranch of the s cervlce leaving it for the youriger gen- eration. The local seamen are aboard the United ‘Statgs destroyer Allen, their training ship, which has been attached to “the - destroyer scouting Boet for Summér maneuvers and ‘training. T Thuz fast sea boats, easy prey to the tossing waves, made it difficuit at first for the nuwly seamen to get their sea legs, but it is reported ithat they are settling down pretty ‘well, and. are going about their duties _ with a determination to master the sea and. their ug_reserves to the Regular Navy in &ime of war. Hands Show Hard Work. Tender. Gs) white from of- fice life, E" m many of them have been drawn, are telling the tale of hard work with their tan and cal- louses, from manning deck swabs and holystones;" begihn at 5:30 in the morning and continuing . throughout ‘the day. . Many of-then' are ‘going barefooted for the first time since schoo! days, for when a real sailor swabs decks he casts off shoes and' socks, and these boyu want {6 d6 it like real sailors do, but the steel -destroyer decks are not the b&t contacts for-tender feet. The ships have béen basing on New- They have had several leaves lor lrol"ng through the social colony &t this place, and great opportunity Iot sightseeing between guntraining and fleld days. Inspect’ Torpedo Plant. The officers and men from Wash- ington and Baltimore reserves have bnn taken on tours of inspection of the - Navy’'s torpedo plant at New. r)rt and evinced much interest in it, if they should be called into serv- ice they will go to destroyers, where the firing of torpedoes will be a part eir duties. 'he vessel will be detached from the -fleet tomorrow- and will head southward for the Chesapeake &pu and home, where it is expected to rive Saturday morning, docking at | Ll the Viuhlnstcn Navy Yard. FRENCH HAIL DEBT PACT WITH BRITAIN AS LESSON TO U. .| (Continued from First Page.) ber 15, 1926, and the last on arch 15, 1988. Under clause two, France will de- liver to the British treasury, on or mplar of the District of at Union Emlo- “before Grpnd ol the Masonic Tubercular hvw : ville, V: I--hown rom right. event that the aggregate wmmu to Great Britain under, the allie war debts funding agreem on account of reparations or libera- tion bonds shall exceed the Aggregats payments made by Great Britain tq the United States for war debts, an account: shall be drawn up. by: the. British treasury. Five per cent will be allowed on both sides of the ac- count, and if the account shows that the receipts exceed &lymouu. Great Britain will credit difference to France ' against the payment next due by France, with such proportion of that excessas the payments effec- tively made by France were to the agsregate sums effectively received by Great Britain under all the allied war debt funding agreements. Will Take Up Deficit. ‘The same melhloda will be adopted each succeeding year. gt‘her hand, any deficit shall be made good by an increase in the payment next due by France up to a similar proportion of such deficit within the limits of the total amount of credits d g:l:nn end we- ihg of the Aeeohnu rel g to the debt owed by Frante to Great ing parties reci 3 1 claims or counter cl ‘ggainst each other concerning thati@ebt. Article 7 provides i that the sum of £53,600,000 shall remain as a non- Interest-bearing debt :of .France -to Great Britain. Ayment of this will be settled by .a/further agree- inent. Meanwhile th British govern- mtnt will. retain without interest against this debt the gold remitted to London by France during the World On the | « aiready allowed to France under' this| : article. . For the purposes of this ar- ticle, any capital sums hitherto real- by Great Britain in respect to reparation or liberation bonds will' be- taken at their annual value in taking account 6f amortization. Article §-provides for a final clos- STO before September 15, 1926, a bond for | S each installment provided for in article one. . Payment due under all bonds ‘ {s- sued in accordance .with the . ment shall be made without deduc:’ tlon for, and shall be exempt from, any and all taxes and other public dues, present or future, impefed by | or under authority of Fi political or local uxl?‘ ‘within France. France, at her own option, And nt not less than 30-days' 1 Great Britain, may postpone pay- ment of a part not exceeding one- half of any half-yearly installment to any subsequent half-y mot more than three years from its date due. This is only o) condition that in case France ex cises this option the installment falls ing due in the third succeéding year cannot be postponed at all, uniess all | {if ~ previous installments have beén pald in full. All such postponed payments shall bear Interest at § per cent, pay- able semi-annually, Article § provides that. in’ the '{§ Edmonston & Co., Inc. NEW ADDRESS 61213th'St. - STORE HOURS—8 AM. to 6 P.M. Except Saturdays, closing at 2 P.M. ‘Shoe Prices Thet Fascinatve,i Making More Room Shoes for Women and ‘Men. for the Physical Culture Shcy .Adams Shoes for W cldeBrokenUneo—— ‘e inclu e Shoes for Men, Women o wi £y by e lots. Formerly $8.50 ' to il3.00 togoat: - 15% RED UCTION ; OnWomenszuteCmvqunps , and Oxfords - Closing Ch n\# 5 lines of lldrelu. Misses’ and Thres special i for the Wmmm“?awi::.’ for the departin| hmflu Rol:tl.. 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