Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1931, Page 4

EUROPE'S BIGNAVY PLANS ARDLSEL. . Tonnage to Treaty Rights Urged by Officials. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Anxiety of Representative Britten, hairman of the House Naval Commit- tee, and of high naval officials to have the new construction program passed during the present session of Con- gress is not due to any jingoist senti- ments. It is the result of & careful study of the naval situation in Europe, _ ‘where the maritime race is proceedin; merrily despite the London naval ity. President Hoover, many members of Congress and the Navy Department feel tiiat the $74,000,000 demanded by the Navy Department should be a ropriated in order to assure the buil g of the “reaty navy” allowed by that treaty. Great Britain has taken no steps t tc use the “escalator clause” pro- jded by the London treaty, whereby —~fhe is authorized, whenever the co- parties expand their sea power above the British-set standard, to increase her tonnage: beyond the agreed limits. British View Stated. A. V. Alexander, first lord of the admi- Falty, has stated in the §ouse of Com- mons that in face of the naval con- tructions of other powers the British government may be compelled to in- crease its naval program. He added, however, that there were sufficient reasons to believe that the British gov- ernment will not have to increase the navy, as other nations may stop their competitive race. But Mr. Alexander's statement was made at a time when British diplomats still clung to the hope that the Italians and the French would reach a com- to limit their naval program the next five years. It appears from reliable advices Feaching Washington that the Franco- Jtalian deadlock is complete and that Robert L. Craigie, Prime Mlnlswr JRamsay MacDonald’s emissary, Just returned from Paris with the ln- formation that there was not the ll.fihwlt pmslbmty of finding a solu- tion to this disagreement. This being the situation, it is believed here that the British government may have to arrange its next year's naval program in accordance with the Italian French constructions. France to Define Stand. France, it is learned, will soon hand | tions: & memorandum to the powers adherent ward their own building program. ‘The French and Italian naval con- structions for 1930 are very interesting, since they indicate that neither cduntry intends to slacken its pace in thd:nnl race. The French launched no less than 17 naval units- totaling 38,000 tone— including the 10,000-ton cruiser Duplix, three 2,500-ton destroyers 1,600-ton sul Italy's effort for the same year is un- nted in the annals of the Italian avy. xlo fewer m 16 units ven put far nthel’l huncu 1931 nnl under consideration “mber of|an the construction Deputies, of some’ 48,000 wm o! fl(hum minl. appropriation has Although no made, e mmwmmeuw l:wmb'v “within the next fort- night. ‘The Italian 1931 program has already received parliamentary approval and wvides for the ronstruction of 42,000 of war vessels, including one 10,000-ton cruiser and 22 submarines. Construction will begin July 1. In addition to these powerful navies the British, French and the Italians are building “dreadnought liners.” Al- though the economic value of 60,000 or 70,000 ton liners for the North Ameri- can traffic is questionable, the Cunard Line, the White Star Line, the Com- s:m Generale Trans-Atlantique and Navigazione Generale Italiana are building vessels larger than any modern battleship. Equal Cruiser Speed. _Each of these new giants of the seas will be at least 1,000 feet lo: have a speed equal to that of est_cruiser afloat. For the time being no such ship is being built in the United States. The administration, high ranking naval offi- cexs and many members of Congress are hopeful that within & reasonably short time European powers will see the futil- ity of such a naval race and will agree to limit their naval constructions to the standard set by Great Britain, the United States and Japan. But as it is unllkely that Prance and Italy will cease their naval competi- tion within the next 12 months and also that a downward revision of the Lon- don treaty will not take place before 1933, the Navy Department as well as the House Naval Committee maintain that it is essential that the $74,000,000 sppropriation demanded for naval con- structions should be granted by Con- gress. the fast- HOOVER'S BACKING FOR NAVY BILL SEEN BY ITS ADVOCATE (Continued From First Page.) _ ment, said he was “out of step” with those who believed the end of the bat- tleship was fast approaching because of sirplane effectiveness. “Let us oppode that the airplane could wipe every ship off the sea,” he sald. “Which would be the last ship ;A: ? Why, the battl:ship, 6f course. air attack with its batteries of anti- afrcraft guns, water line. “Nobody believes that the day will ever come when the plane will sweep the but based on the R&)elnl analysis '.kn: battleships should last existing vessels to go,” the mot-umsm ordnance expert declared. and {that the utmost to complete what she had |2 ¥ " | mentioned in my and will {ef the greatest protection against its heavier armor and superfor compartmentation below the Offensive Ready to Begin, With U. S. Army Still Unprepared. ONE DIVISION READY Secretary Baker Reaches Brest and Begins Tour of Imspection of All American Activities. CHAPTER XXXI REQUENT German raids and !’l- newed activity all along | front by Mlmh 1, 1810, mdl- 1 cated the great German offensive | might lhn at_any time. The French general staff thought the Allies would be able to hold without serious difficulty until we could help, but it was_doubtful enough to cause grave apprehension. was depressing to think that 10 months had elapsed since our entry into the war and that we were just b-rely ready with one division of 25,000 men. With ‘all our wealth, our man power and lbmty. that was the net result of our efforts up w the moment, all be- had been deceived by a false an oultluorythatnm unnecessary in time of peace to make even prel preparations for war, Here we were likely to be confronted by the mightiest military offensive that the world had ever known, and it lookpd as though we should be compelled to mmd by almost helpless and see the es again suffer losses of hundreds of thousands of men in their struggle against possible defeat. Repulse German Raids. In spite of these reflections, there was the hope that with t.he utmost effort we should ye! be able to develop our latent power in time %o save our friends. At least, now that we were face to face with the crisis, it was vital America should exert herself to 50 leisurely begun. Mydhrymmt.hel’oumngm usiastic over conduct of our men. Spent the night at 1st Division lege. mans mde raid on 42d Division that it ready to take the offensive at any time. It had been eight monfin in Prance, with eyl an St. Mihiel sector, and had made several ul- trench Gens. the two first beln‘ then with the French in quiet sectors, and the 2d about to mur. cach had yet to serve in line as ndent division to complete its training. In view of the certainty tude by the French no less than by ourselves, Praises Clemenceau’s Spirit. M. ceau’s custom while Ime minister to d Sundays visit- different Ml%nl of Lhe tronk Al cially to congratulate t.he 15¢ Division on its success in repulsing the raid, and wn enthusiastic over the conduct of the troops on that occasion. The vigor and the aggressive spirit he displayed, notwithstanding his age, were conta- glous. On these visits he wanted to talk with the men right up at the front, and while it was not always convenient to humor him, one had to admire his attitude. I wished especially to be present at the opening of t.he General Staff School, in order to emphasize the importance this training. My speaking during the war was entirely extemporaneous, but it seemed more effective than if read from manuscript. In this talk I stressed the necessity of preparation for duties that were expected of staff offi- cers, and dwelt on their obligations and their relgtions to the line. The new class for the second three finonths’ ses- sion consisted, as usual, of officers se- lected from the various units of staff and line. The course of instruction had been | carefully laid out by Brig. Gen. McAn- drew and his assistants, all duates of our Fort Leavenworth school. It was | based particularly on our own staff or- ganization, and consisted of an inten- sive ‘study of lectures, specially pre- pared texts and practical problems. | On the visit to the 42d Division we spent the night at Baccarat as guests | of M. and Mme. Michaut. At dinner, | with all the children-and grandchildren | pl'mn! the family formed a most | charming group. The town had been! partially destroyed early in the w and now that the Germans were aga active because of the presence of Amer- | icans it looked as though. they ml‘hl make the destruction complete. I recall that when the possibility o{ putting an end to war was mentioned | during the conversation at dinner the! grandmother f_the household { It was of Erler's Expre W in business 9“ l.tl: St. N. WA Call District 9115 [ “This airplane business is n:w and| $s caught the imagination. There is' no question that it is a ngerous n against any ship, but to hold ‘Weapo! that it is invincible is to Jet imagina- tion lead reason astray.’ Relieve your sore and aching throat with the penetrating warmth of BAUME B! ENGDE(pmmuneedBen- Gay). Mntbreverynchundpnn. ” .| American soldier. An A. E. F. field kitchen. Poorly cooked food caused much of the tntesti- that does mot apply, outfit shown here, who may have been culinary wizards. “No, that is not likely. We have had gar here in this part of Burope every fifty years during the last thousand.” That s the view of nine out of ten people, and still they go about the work of jreconstruction as though such a thing as war could never happen again. Found Wounded Cheerful. The front occupled by the 168th M ment, near Badonvillers, had been un. der a severe artillery attack on the m:. and a trench mortar platoon had bee: almost completely destroyed. The French army commander cons gratulated Gen. Menchor on the way in which our troops repulsed this raid. After an inspection of the different regiments of lhc division and a J to the scene of this attion, I went the hospital to see the wounded. ‘They were all very cheerful, espec! oung officer, Lieut. A. W. Terrell 51st Artillery Regiment, who had lost a leg. He said that he wanted to stay through to the end of the war and hoped he could find something to do as a clerk. All these first contacts with the enemy were relatively small Mhtn of course, but they furnished many ex- amples of what we could expect oi the My diary notes this: “Pm'l"h Sunday, lnrcn 10 1018.— Spent Thursday morning with Kernan, Langfitt and Atterbury, and mndo ad- | fied. justments in port and rallway!construc- non and management. Visited Camp De Mailly, where seacoast artilles hnvin( splendid training under 'On Friday visited Edwards’ 26th Di- vision, serving on Chemin des Dames under Gen. Ilnfl ‘huy, the Prench corps | timq commander. Arrived in Paris late at nlgl\t during airplane attack. Branch of judge advocate lenenll office estab- lished at my “Upon Col. Bra 'S npurt of only M—dly medical supplies on hand, sent urgent cable requesting immediate ship- ments. Cabled disapproval of sugges- tion by Mr. Paderewski for organization of division of men with Polish ante- cedents. Secretary of War Baker landed at Brest today.” Helped Our Cooks. Muj. Gen. Maud'huy spoke with con- c 50 t.he ArLANTIC ocEAN l My Experiences‘ in the World War ular battle in which the the hmlly extending :nnnd with this quiet, sympathetic way of giving such news to relatiyes, the method of publhhln; column after column %f‘ :flltfl : . rs which people would eagerly scan Bay atter day seemed inconsidersi wounded in the | Be] te and Decorations Knotty Problem. The problem of decorations in our Army had long been a knotty one, and except for the Medal of Honor and the Certificate of Merit we had only cam- badges and those given for llub- allies desired to con! to the Medal of Honor, our highest decoration, established in llfl’, for gal- lantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. The award of the Certificate of Merit was discontinued. Authority was also eventually given the War Department to confer our dec~ orations on allled officers and men ‘who hed rendered deserving service with our armies, The different grades of medals in the various countries were not en- tirely the same as ours, We had none that mrre;&mded to the French or de Guerre. There ought w mve been one for antry in action somewhat less conspicuous than that covered by the Medal of Honnx or the Service Cross. I made a recommendation to this effect, but nothing came of it. Medals Promote Friendship. ‘There were thousands of instances in our armies where a medal of this class ho should bhave been bestowed. We were siderable enthusiasm of the men and|gerved with of the officers of the 26th Division be- low regimental commanders, and espe- clally praised their conduct of trench. raids. He complimented Gen. Traub, one of the brigade commanders, byt was of the opinion that the higher offi- cers generally needed more experience to make them efficient. American that served with Gen. Maud’huy held him in high esteem. He was scrup- ulous regarding their instruction, to which he gave special attention. He was very solicitous of the welfare of our troops, even going so far as to interest hims<lf in the preparation of their food by detailing French cooks to teach ours the art. When I ex- ressed my appreoiation of his action e said: “You know, we are a ndtion of cooks, and we delight in preparing good things to eat.” After their in- struction the cooks in these units did better, thanks to the initiative of this fine old French general. Many of the cooks of the old Army became experts, and the men in the early days in the West fared better as a rule than our men in France, where the cooks lacked experience. Personal supervision by officers and the estab- lishment of cooking schools brought improvement in due course. However, there is little doubt that much of the intestinal trouble in our divisions dur- ing the early part of their service ;brgtd was caused by poorly cooked 00! soon as our troops began serving in the front llne in so-called quiet sec- tors we were faced with the problem of handling casualty lists. The solution reached was to defer cabling the lists until some time after the engagement, nnd then to send them in groups, to be given out by the War Department, TOMATO JUICE COCKTAIL To 8 ounces of juice use one tea- spoon of Q U ICK RELIEF Subacrtbe Today It costs only about 1% cents’ day and 5 cents Sundays to ve Washingion's best new! per delivered to ‘3“ regularly ‘envm evening and Sunday morn- 8 5000 and '.he dellvcry will start immedi- ‘The Route Agent will col- Telephone National ‘B éj_i” mumuumm impo? morale of their 0( Honor had eign {rom Congress. There is no doubt that some sort of troops | rations in each allied army by its com- mander in chief was unquestionably an rtant factor In hlnlrx the . Our own Medal ultwunmfluo{lmwmeem our officers and men, the whou uemon of decorations was taken uj Department on my mmgo relu‘m'l:l that congressional actio: 'lr certain medals of our own and authorized our soldiers hd recel Ty nection with military an ai Service Medal ous service in sponsibility, which - cate of merit. There were in addition , and the Distinguished or enmm m{n mcrl‘wrl- a position of great re- replaced the certl as liberal in decorating allis and men as the provisions of would permit, and there is that the exchange of decorations helped Eluflfl!y to promote friendly rela- lons. Secretary Baker airived at Bren. diary showed, and I his party in Paris the The Secretary’s party officers many a herolc | Brett, celve every opportunity to inspect our whole layout, from the front areas the services of supply, that he mlzhb become nml;luwwlmdpl&n:. observe a5 J;\; progress made toward their comple and obtain first-hand information of our rmuiremenu, all of which he was especi do. Leaving erch 12 w‘e lmpech'.:l Ygumflt impor- tant m lepots, D , regulating stations, motor parks and schools, and returned March 17 to my headquarters at Chaumont. ‘The main Alr Services School at Is- soudun, which we visited, was & hive of activity, being one of 15 schools HOUSE NARROWS BONUS PROPOSAL Bacharach Loan Inorease and Fish Part-Payment Pro- posals Left for Study. By the Associated Press. ‘The House Ways and Means Com- other to pay one-fourth the face value of the certificates. The committee is expected to ap- prove one of the proposals tomorrow. ‘The loan plan is along the lines sug- gested by Representative Bacharach, Republican, New Jersey, and would cost about $500,000,000. The one-fourth payment plan is sponsored by Repre- senative’ Fish, Republican, New York. Cost Held $850,000,000. Veterans Administrator Hines has es- timated the Fish proposal would cost ap- proximately $850,000,000. The committee continued deliberation after voting down three veterans pro- posals. Chairman Hawley announced the plan for immediate redemption in full of the certificates was eliminated by a 13-to-5 vote. This was the Brookhart- Patman: proposal, involving an estimat- ed outlay of $3,400,000,000 Garner Plan Rejected. e committee then voted down, 10 to 1! Hawley said, the Garner plan(d for adjusted service pay plus 25 per cent, with 4 per cent compound in- terest added. where early instruction in given. Gen. Foulols and Oo went with us Avhuon has now developed mto a real fighting service, in eonu-ut to the mly days of the when aviators of armies entered the war a! and classified !or the training was based upon certain ucdod principles of Amek and de- fense, ghich our aviators had to learn But it was necessary to become a flyer to be an efficient fighter emm alone or in group for- mation. In trench warfare the aerial mww-- raphy of the Ah' Servic main source enemy’s dnu of Catioh, e rapidity wikn Which pnwl on, T8 y W] W] our aviators learned was remarkable. At Omru. about 125 miles directly south of Paris on our main line of supply running to the front, were 20, 000 men emplo; under Col. Charles Symmonds, managing our largest ln- terior depot. ‘To u.lumnn the celerity with which the system operated we need take-but one example, which occurred ~when everything in the depot was in full swing. At 8:15 one morning in August a telegram was received ordering exactly 4,596 tons of supplies, including 1,250,- -cans of tomatoes, 1,000,000 of sugar, 600,000 cans of corned beef, 750,000 pounds of tinned hash and 150,000 pounds of dry beans. At 6:15 o'clock in the evening, or just 10 hours Jater, this colossal requisition, which required 457 cars for tr and p uee. Toudeq And on it way- o tne advance |" eR‘:’:mher sion of the ing our armies and t organization necessary ciently. The Secretary a bird's-eye lade gave such an impres- iendous task of supply- he perfection of to do it em- 000, and which, struction, would “be demands of an ¥ Back at Chaumont I that arrangements the shipment of six divisions for train- ing with the British—the 77th, 82nd, 1s | 28h, 78th, 80th and 30th. '(Tomorrow-~German offensive begins, British lose heavily. Pershing off Tnmediate sty i W. N. Woses & Sons F Street at Eleventh MOST CORDIALLY INVITE YOU TO VISIT THEIR FounDers WEEK EXHIBIT FEBRUARY 9TH 7o 14TH CELEBRATING 70th ANNIVERSARY YEAR WASHINGTONIA AND OTHER PERIOD DISPLAY Some of the Displays Early American costumes. _ Reproductions of historic furniture. Museum display of antique Oriental rugs. Communication. display—Bell Telephone Laboratories. Departmental exhibits of old and new merchandise of Washington at the time the Prints and photographs . C. Claighorne, Miss Lesley Jackson, Mr. Benson Exhibit of etchings by Mr. J d methods. ore was founded. B. Moore. Baltimore & Ohno Railroad transportation exhibit of interest be- cause of arrival of Moses’ two freight cars of im;mture about February !2th. 1861, == YN MAN MINT” = By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, Pebruary ll—Othll tion to any'veterans’ legislation which ‘would require fssuance of bonds in con- si@Emile amounts was expressed today by Undersecretary Mflls of the Treasury. “Frankly,” he -M at » luncheon of the Bond Club here, “I don't see how we could undertake to supply funds for this purpose in excess of the amount I‘.hltcouldbenlsedu?utotmm- rent flnmcinc s sald advanced in Con- valug indefensible. The undersecretary pre- dicted a deficit of not less than haif a ?fllron dollars at the end of the fiscal Not to Veterans’ Advantage. “I need hardly say,” he continued, “that we have l" lylnpl'.hy xw '.he veterans who are une: resources have been so mled '! present depression as to cause th distress, * * * But from the standpoini of all the veterans and of their families it is clear that it is not to their best mwre!t for the Government to offer to irrespective of need, an inducement W cash in their endowment policies and forego the advantages of future protec- tion, or even to offer them an induce- ment to borrow and so deplete the value of their endowment policies. “The great trouble with the measures so far introduced is that while purport- ing to be based on a desire to afford CLOSES BUSINESS: Illinois “Fmanclal <Wizard”- Announces He Is Penniless. Blames Enemies. By the Associated Press. The “financial wizard,” ‘who: was called the “One-Man Mint.” because he was reputed to have paid his friends _ and neighbors as high as 50 per cent on their investments with him, formal- ly announced last nuhz that he was penniless and “Enemies,” W] e did not name specifically, were bl;med by Benham for the bursting of the money bubhle ‘which has kept this town in a state of excitement for more than a year. business consisted of borrowing money t | on judgment notes and the purchase of bankrupt stocks, which were turned at considerable profits. ‘The notes called for 6 per cent interest, but there was an understanding. that a greater réturn than‘that would be paid investors. He bought homes, automobiles and other articles that could be resold quickly, No revelation was made as to how much - money Benham still owed tof creditars, but he declared he would go to work as soon as he could find work and make every effort t0 repay them relief to veterans because of wmpotwy in full need, they have not been designed meeting such a restricted purpose, but have gone much further. ¢ In 50 far as the Treasury Department is concerned, it was and is our plain uty to point out to the Congress and to the country the very grave dnn,en involved in the proposals heretofore submitted, no matter how well meant.” Mills said sale by the Government of as much as & new bonds, at attract bu: w of in- LUNCHEON p Ry X % our, oum- e, shucked fies"asa Rerved any sivie TOMORROW NIGHT In lddlllt? :o Ill Special $1 Dinner Turkey Club Steak Roast , Duckling Club Plates, 55¢ to T8¢ COLUMBIA_ 5042 Benham's affairs were under mvesti- matter would be taken up again next Monday. ‘They are dependent on the bond market.” Mills pointed out that" the Government issue since war time NOW LOCATED 1416 F Street N:W. 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