Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1926, Page 6

“(NDUE ECONONY” INDEFENSE RAPPED .Hiqh Army and Navy Officers and Citizens Demand More Adequate Protection. By the Associated Press. “NEW YORK, December »2.—IHigh | Army and Navy officers and prom- inent citizens have taken up arms against what they c ider “‘undue ecomony in national defense.” which is “rendering the United ates de- fenseless and playing into the lands | of its enemies.” A committee representing 14 patri- | otic, military and civic organizations, | with a membership computed at 1,000,000, will urge this upon Congress 1t was appointed last night at a jnhn‘ meeting at the Army and Navy Clu! here. Its views were set forth in reso- | lutfons. | Warns of Japanese Faction. | S. Stanwood Mencken, chairman of | the board of the National Security | League, under whose auspices the | meeting was called. said the need for | preparedness was as great today as| in 1914, and warned that “if the war-| like element in Japan gets its hands | on the reins of government Japan | would be able to wipe out our Pa- cific fleet.” The United States “sold its birth- right” in the 1922 arament conference, in the opinion of rear admiral Brad. ley A. Fiske, retired. who warned | against possible concerted action of | Great Britain and Japan in the East. | Maj. Gen. Robert Lee Bull tired, president of the National rcurity League, character tude of Congress as to armament ex- penditure as “absurd.” Groups Represented. Organizations represented at meeting were the Army and Navy Club, Manhattan Chapter of Officers’ Reserve Association, Military Order of the World War. New York Junior Board of Trade and Transportation, Civil Legion, National Civic Federa- tion, American Defense Soclety, Gov- ernment Club, New York State Cham- ber of Commerce, Military Society of 1812, Military Order of Foreign Wars, New York County American Legion, the New York State Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Ni tional Security League In the Century Magazine Brig. Gen. Henry J. Rellly, Veteran of the Rain- bow Division, pictures the Army of tod:qee's & demoralized group of under- fed x..nd unhappy men, living in tum@edown shacks, and using ancient andsundernourished horses, with 1,000 so@ers deserting each month. He gi®s ‘“excessive economy’ as the reason. the e Bobbed hair is unknown on the Ushant Island, where the women wear their hair long and down the hack. First Christmas Ever Shoum Those who admire Green Jade will nowhere find it 8o effective as in Parl manite Pens and Pencils in combination with smart black tips. 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Eddie makes available the word' of a real critic for this type of enter. tainment. e is one of the few who can draw comparisons with the Dave | Henderson d ago, when the | name blazoned as that | of the > hero of extrava } lingers that a | may be man Ziegteld knows how to | do things,” said Bddie in that quaint | anner of his which sometimes sug- | ts that he is mimicking one of Elsle | favorite imitations. ‘‘He puts | em on big! The girls are all beauti- | ful. the ensemble magnificent, the cos. | tumes gorgeous beyond words! Yet | it is all artist davs as the airship is beyond the| velocipede.” | “How about the comedy?" | The veteran refused to commit-him | Yet there was a glint of cynical | wist{ulness in his eye as he surveyed the scene of riotous loveliness that ! spoke of the impulse of the good old | fire horse who hears the alarm bell. It might have added somethi alue to the entertainment if Foy could have been permitted climb over the footlights and intrude a little ad 1ib personality material, even if several furlongs of manu: script had to be sacrificed in order to make room for him. There is no fair way of getting an estimate of the merits of an entertain- ment which runs beyond the midnight hour when chauffeurs vawn and busses quit the route. An effort to break away from co ventional material lent interest, U limited resources were available, The exceptiopally large orchestra iwas equipped not only for the b in- mod- ern music. The story revealed sweet simplicity. The character showed pos- sibilities of future Fay Bainters and Sam Bernards and Loufs Manns. 1 Nevertheless, the chief charm was | in the ensembles. Whenever the en- thusiasm threatened to lag. a regiment YOULL BE GLAD [ YOU SAVED YOUR MONEY! When Yoi: Want to Buy a Home. 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