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BRITISH MAY PLAY SUB S TRUMP CARD Craft’s Usefulness Reported Hurt by Mechanical Ears. Light Cruiser Favored. « BY HAROLD E. SCARSBOROUGH. ! By Radio to The Btar. LONDON, September 21.—In naval circles here there is some speculation as to whether, at the proposed five- power naval conference, Britain will play what naval experts regard as her trump card—in other words, whether it will be announced publicly that the development of anti-submarine protec- tion by the British navy has been so far advanced that Britain does not care whether other nations construct sub- marines or not, but favors their aboli- tion on purely humanitarian grounds. ‘When, at last year's naval confer- . ence, the terms of the so-called Anglo- French “compromise” became public, it was found that the Conservative gov- ernment had no objection to the un- limited construction of small subma- rines by France. It is now possible to « reveal that even at that time the naval eyperts were confident that the pos- session of a large fleet of such war craft by a near neighbor constituted no serious menace to the country’s ship- | ping. Surface Craft Favored. It is still admitted that big, ocean- iolng submarines might manage to play avoc with British ships in the same way that the German warship Emden did during the World War as a surface craft. Hence the admiralty’s insistence upon a number of small cruisers. 'But in ‘“narrow seas,” the admiralty has informed the cabinet, submarines can no longer be considered a serious men- ace. This assurance has been given as the result of experiments carried out over & period of several years from the submarine base at Portland on the Channel coast, where the navy’s anti- submarine school is located. The admiralty places its confidence $n being able to deal with undersea ‘war craft chiefly on what is termed an almost uncanny perfection of the lis- tening apparatus its experts have evolved. It is asserted by British naval technicians that the service has cre- ated microphones, or sound-ranging ap- paratus, which is so highly sensitive that submarines can be detected not | only when cruising, but that it can be determined with some certainty wheth- er submerged bodies are metallic ob- Jects or merely rocks. These microphones, details of which . naturally are closely guarded, are, nevertheless, said to be strongly con- structed and quite capable of produc- ing satisfactory results, even when not installed or operated by experts. They ,can be fitted to any type of ship. How “Ears” Function. ‘The mechanics of the methods, which have been evolved at the Portland base, are as follows: When a submarine, with propellers running, comes within range of the listening sets, her position and course are checked by cross-bearings, and then it is left for destroyers or hydroplanes to attack with depth bombs. The British also have constructed mortars With which depth charges can be drop- ed by slow moving vessels sufficlently far enough away from themselves to avold danger from the ensuing explo- sion. Detection of motionless undersea craft, it is said, is carried out by echoes. That is, when it is suspected that a submarine is in the vicinity pa- trolling vessels sound “submarine” bells or produce other underwater sound waves; and judge by echoes reswived whether the sound waves are being re- turned by rocks or by the metal hull of a submarine. It is further claimed that both methods of detection have been so far developed that submarines can be located before they get within torpedo range. The Portland base schools also are gaid to have improved the old wartime recautions such as defensive nets and go have perfected explosive paravanes, which can be fired either by contact or electrically. (Copyright. 1929.) -" ERANCE AND BRITAIN BURY HATCHET IN GENEVA ARMS DEBATE (Continued From First Page.) tries chiefly concerned with reparations, and Japan, declared themselves against the Norwegian scheme. Louis Loucheur, French cabinet min- tster, and spokesman for the group on this ‘question, disclosed the fact that he had the United States in mind. He Warned delegates that by inopportune dntervention they might frighten away those who had decided to support the creation of the bank, “including a great country not represented here which is deeply interested.” Final action by the committee was @elayed until Monday. The Chinese proposal for examining the possibility of revising “inapplicable greaties,” after occupying several sit- tings of a subcommittee was still to- might before that body. The Assembly held plenary sessions ghis afternoon and tonight in order to push forward routine business so as to reach a final adjournment by Wednes- day night. The delegates adopted com- mittee reports on Armenian refugees, on intellectual co-operation and on the work of the League's health organiza- tion. S — PHONE CALL TRACED IN WPHERSON CASE TO NURSE FRIEND (Continued From First Page.) — nurse followed a conference with Sena- tor Overman of North Carolina, who, it is understood, expressed the belief that in view of the wide publicity given the case and the unusual circumstances involved, the public and the girl's family would be better satisfied if all n\;flllable information is thoroughly sifted. Collins, however, said his office had not been furnished with any new evi- dence that would tend to change the verdict of the coroner’s jury that Mrs. McPherson strangled hergelf to death. In the meantime, Allen is con- tinuing his independent investigation, despite the fact that he faces a hear- ing before the trial board on & charge of conduct prejudicial to the good order, reputation and discipline of the Police Department for his connection with the case. Allen announced last night he had found several additional witnesses who would support his theory of murder. Opposes Collins as_Prosecutor. “I feel that Assistant District At- torney Collins should not be the prose- cutor selected to present this case to the grand jury,” Allen said last night, “due to the fact that he has repeatedly expressed himself as being convinced of the suicide theory.” “The grand jury is limited by law to such an extent that it is virtually impossible for it to handle a case of this sort satisfactorily tc all concerned. The sole function of a grand jury is to return indictments in the event they should become convinced that some one should be brought into court and tried. All I am attempting to prove is that the girl was murdered. I do not attempt to say who committed the crime. '!mteel sure that t“ llty"}‘ ac- ed proper opportun! can mm everything I have contended.” SIX COMMITTEES - | AGTIVE AT GENEVA U. S. Interests Figure in at Least Three of Several Major Topics. BY REGINALD WRIGHT KAUFFMAN. By Radio to The Btar. i GENEVA, September 21.—That fine flower of the Young plan, the Bank of | International Settlements—the future of the preparatory disarmament commis- sion—the settling of the Kellogg treaty within the League of Nations covenant —all these and other matters occupied the half dozen committees of the League of Nations assembly today. At least three named touched Ameri- can interests or American sentiments. Germany thought the United States | would not care to see the Bank of In- ternational Settlements linked with the League of Nations. France expressed the same opinion. Lord Cecil, speaking for Great Britain, seemed to think that he would have the assistance of Wash- ington in his next assault upon war. And, of course, the mere mention of the Kellogg treaty for the renunciation of war makes many American hearts beat more rapidly than is normal. Finance of First Interest. Finance came last, chronologicHlly, | but first, alas, in general interest. | Poland, Austria and Denmark, sitting ' | with the second committee, applauded | the plan to house the reparations bank , in the League's new building, but ! France and Germany opposed them. | And Lord’ Cecil's Tesolution scolding the | preparatory disarmament commission for its delay was withdrawn, the com- promise of Nicolas Politis being sub- stituted. Nevertheless, the substitute for Lord Cecll's resolution, which inferentially | sought to reopen some of the commis- sions decisions, leaves Great Britain a free hand to ask at the next session much that she laid aside here. At the next preparatory disarmament commission meeting it is probable that | Great Britain will allow France her trained reserves if France will give up | her objections to direct control of war | | material, and it is evident that Lord ' Cecil believes his delegation will enter | the commission either with the com- ! plete support of the United States or {at least with the prestige gained by | i some satisfactory Anglo-American naval | accord. I The substitute resolution of politis, | as adopted after a few verbal changes, “welcomes the prospect of an early agreement between the navel powers with a view toward limitation and re-| duction of naval armaments which would enable the preparatory disarma- ment commission to secure a general agreement on methods to be adopted | (by the world conference) for the limitation and reduction of naval arma- ment.” Mutual Concessions Urged. Having thus left the finality to the world conference, the resolution notes “that the solution of the disarmament problem can be attained only through mutual concessions.” Thus while the disarmament delegates performed in one ring of the Assembly's circus, in another South America became the pro- | gram headliner for the third time this | season. i A subcommittee of legal experts agreed upon the means of bringing the League covenant in line with the Kel- | logg treaty—as Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain had urged —and found that means by sending to the Assembly, as a whole, the scheme based on the proposal of the Peruvian delegate, Mariano Cornejo. ‘This point must be reached by some alteration in the Geneva document, which gives an effective edge to the Kellogg treaty’s general outlawry of war. Consequently the committee agrees that the League covenant should no longer accord its subscribers the right to in- dulge in conflict in cases where they | have renounced this right under the pact of Paris, and urges that all gov- ernments submit plans for the enforce- | ment of the obligations so imposed. (Copyright. 1929.) WORLD COURT CLAUSE IS SIGNED BY CANADA. | Signature of Dominion Must Be Ratified by Parliament Before It Is Effective. By the Associated Press, | OTTAWA, Septemeber 21.—Canada | has signed the optional clause in the| statute for the Permanent Court of In- ternational Justice, with reservations. The signature of the Dominion is sub- | ject to ratification by the Parliament of Canada ‘The reservation provides that the op- | tional clause does not apply to dispute arising before its acceptance. That it does not apply to disputes on matters of domestic jurisdiction of dis- | putes in regard to which agreement has been made or is made for recourse to somet other pacific method or settle- ment. , Consequently, that it does not apply | to disputes with other members of the British commonwealth of nations, which are members of the League of Nations, as to which other methods of adjustment have been adopted. 1t is further provided that any such matter in dispute can be referred to | the Council of the League of Nations for the period of one year rather than to the Permanent Court of Interna- tional Justice. The same reservations were made by Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, . South Africa and India. The Irish Free State signed subject only to the condi- tion of reciprocity, that is, that the clause should apply only with respect to other nations which signed. DANVILLE PO.kTMANTEAU INTERESTS HENRY FORD Automobile Magnate Requests Photographs of Trunk Made in 1732. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Va., September 21.— Henry Ford, automobile magnate, is displaying interest in an old portman- teau belo li{l‘f to H. T. Jones of this city, mdtw ich was made 107 years ago. Ford, through J. H. Humberstone, is asking for photographs of the old trunk with a view to its possible pur- chl;; for lfiumnummuu m‘nuumir Th; trunk is 5 of repair au shows that it was made in 1732 in New York. It went to England in 1785 end came back in the War of 1812, and finally came into possession of Jones’ ancestors, who settled in Boydton. Two years ago Ford bought an old- fashioned printing press, which was found in a job printing 2fice in Henry County. The price was never 1eveeled, but the press is set up now i the Dear- born museum. VARNISH BURNS WOMAN. ALEXANDRIA, Va. September 21— Mrs. Laura Horgan, 48 years old, of 326 North Columbus street; was painfully burned about the feet and legs today when a can of varnish concealed in some trash she was burning exploded. Mrs, Horgan was removed to the Alex- andris Hospital, where she is still con- fined after being treated for her burns by Dr.-C. A, Amos. B : THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. SEPTEMBER. 22, 1929—PART 1. { RIENTAL RUGs CARPETINGS, LINOLEUMS and DOMESTIC RUGS All are included in our Great HOME FURNISHING SALE =2 YREFUL planning with regard to re- placement of merchandise sold and the tremendous stocks purchased for our four retail stores have enabled us to carry on with this Sale through September. Unquestionably the largest and most diversified in the United States today, our stock of Floor Coverings is just as fresh and varied and the opportunities for appreciable savings equally as great as were to be found the opening day of t_hc Sale. 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