Evening Star Newspaper, September 28, 1935, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, BRITAIN EXPECTED TO INCREASE NAVY Observers Say Mediterra- nean Crisis May Invoke Escalator Clause. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. Despite the official denials from Yondon that the British government does not intend to invoke the escala- tor clause to increase the British Navy above the present limitations of the London naval agreement, certain responsible quarters in Washington believe that such a move is inevitable. THe international situation, in con- sequence of the probable defiance of the League of Nations by Italy, is such that Great Britain, unless she denounces the naval agreements some time this year, must avail herself of srticle 21 of the London naval treaty to re-establish her “two-power stand- ard” in the Mediterranean. It is cer- tain that Great Britain will not de- nounce the Washington and the Lon- don naval treaties. And it is equally certain that the British admiralty has informed the cabinet that unless the British Navy is considerably strength- ened by new naval constructions it could not assume the responsibility of maintaining the lines of communica- tions with the empire in trouble in the Mediterranean Article 21, generally known under the name of ‘“esculator clause,” was inserted in the London treaty at the insistence of the British admiralty in order to take care of a situation in which the British naval power might appear threatened by nations not he- longing to the tripartite agreement. Provisions of Article. This article provides: “If during the term of the present treaty the Tequirements of security of any high contracting party in respect of ves- sels of war limited by * * * the pres- ent naval treaty are in the opinion of that party materially affected by new construction of any other power, other than those who have joined ® * * this treaty, the high contract- ing party will notify the other par- ties * * * as to the increase required to be made in its own tonnages with- in one or more of the categories of such vessels of war, specifying tne proposed increases * * * and shai be entitled to make such increase- In order not to put signatories of the naval treaty in an inferior position, the escalator | clause provides that “upon such a no- tification, the other parties, signatory of this treaty, shall be entitled to make a proportionate increase in the category or categories specified, and the said other parties shall promptly advise with each other through diploe- matic channels as to the situation thus presented.” The British admiralty has been worried about the two standard pow- er in the Mediterranean. During the Naval Conference of 1930, the British admirals were saying frankly that the existing ratios were not sufficient be- cause: 1 “While the British cruisers had to assure the lines of communica- tions between the British Isles and | the far-flung empire, the French and the Italians had to take care only of the Mediterranean basin. Sub Tonnage Smaller.’ 2. The tonnage agreed upon for Brit- | ish submarines was much smaller than the tonnage of submarines pos- | sessed by France and Italy individu- ally. This constituted a menace to the British lines of communications and in order to cope with the situa- tion the time may come when the British Navy will have to increase the number of its light cruisers and destroyers. The folowing comparative data gives a clear picture of the predica- ment of the British admiralty today: Submarines — Great Britain, 66; Italy, 77, and France, 111. Destroyers — Great Britain, 197; Italy, 98, and France, 98. Light and heavy cruisers—Great | Britain, 67; Italy, 27, and Franch, 18. cruiser class, the other two Mediter- ranean powers have an overwhelming superiority in submarines and equal the British in destroyers. Furthermore, even in the cruiser ¢class, the British are not in a particu- lJarly overpowering position. Of their 67 cruisers only 35 are underage and 15 are either building or appropriated for, but not in commission yet. The French have 13 and the Italians have 19 brand-new ships in that category and the Italian light cruisers are sup- posed to be faster than the British, In the destroyer class the British are not much better off. Only 56 of these vessels are underage, while the French have the same number of underage vessels and the Italians possess 55 brand-new fast vessels of .this type. SPECIAL NOTICES. 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Lin- s case of | The Queen and Honored $ubject Under a blaze of colored lights at the Corinthian Yacht Club last night winners of the sailing and pageant events in the President’'s Cup regatta received their trophies from District Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen, Miss Evelyn Standley, “queen of the regatta,” and yachting officials. D. Verner Smythe, winner of first place in the comet class, is shown above with the queen and Commis- sioner receiving a trophy donated by The Evening Star, A reception at the yacht club followed the awarding of prizes. Regatta Roosevelt Auto’s Back-fire Alarms U. S. Agents (Continued From First Page.) a Guarding Roosevelt D. C, (Continued From First };nge.) the other | blade for men, and quad single blade for men—an international trophy tilt. | dinner and reception will be held at the National Press Club. The vagaries of sail boating were | never better illustrated than in the free-for-all which wound up yester- day’s four-event program, for which 12 trophies—for the first three in each race—were given by The Eve- ning Star. | would carry a sail among its 43 en- | tries, which included Carl Ackerman’s 60-year-old sloop Hattie B, the free- for-all was all of that, and the finish, decided entirely by handicaps, was was left at the post. Zephyr Wins With Handicap. The 24-foot yawl Zephyr, owned by John Marsh, commodore of the Poto- mac Sailing Association, and manned by Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Orr, finished far down the list, but was declared the winner, its bandicap of 70 min- utes and 54 seconds, actual sailing time of 1 hour, 57 minutes and 11 seconds, lowering the | corrected time to 46:17 for the 5 | miles. Two other trailers, “60” and “61” of the moth class, entered from the Maryland Yacht Club, also aided by high handicaps, finished second and held in the race for moths in the morning. The racers went off in three groups, and the fastest elapsed time was scored by the Madic, a double-ended sloop, also from the Maryland Y. C., which went past the finish line in 1 hour, 15 minutes and 39 seconds after the start. The Madic is owned by William W. Heintz of Baltimore, and although it started from scratch in the third flight, it was the fourth to finish. Sassy Gives a Thrill, The real thrill of the race was fur- nished by the Sassy, owned by D. | Verner Smythe, and the Serena, the | Thus, while Great Britain has a| distinct superiority on paper in the | entry of Clyde Cruit, which had bat- tled it out earlier in the day in the comet class race. For the greater part of the 5 miles the pair, off with the second bunch, went along like a team, Smythe aided by Cushing Daniel, and Cruit by E. Covert, but at the end the Sassy was going away. The handicap time element, however, elim- inated them from consideration. In winning the comet race, Smythe not only outdistanced his own field, but that in the sailing canoe race, which had started 10 minutes before the comets got away. Third in the comets was the Freya, of D. H. Fowler, with R. S. Doyle as crew. In the sailing canoes, the winner was C. Van Kammen, whose aide was 16-year-old Verna Hazzard, one of several members of her sex who took part in the races. She saw her father and brother finish behind her, Jack Hazzard and his son John running second, and John Oxley, sailing alone, third. It was first announced that Jim Hood was third, but a recheck of the time replaced him with Oxley. Jaycee Turns Over. ‘While Capital sailors were taking the honors in the other classes, the moth race was an all-Baltimore affair, the Jaycee, skippered by W. Johnson, winning after*turning over before the start, and the “60” and “61” follow- ing in order. As the sail races ended, the Coast Guard and Red Cross put on novelty marine events for the benefit of the crowd which continued to grow all during the day. . In a colorful water carnival and garden reception at the Corinthian Yacht Club last night, winners of the salling events received their trophies, and several hundred enthusiasts gathered under a multitude of bright 7:30 to 9:20 5:30 to 7:20 At 8 o'clock tonight the annual Bringing out almost everything that | comparable to & horse race in which | the winner turns out to be one that | deducted from | third—the same positions they htd, By the Assoclated Press. KANSAS CITY, September 28. —Forty pairs of secret service eyes turned quickly to the main street viaduct this morning in the half light of dawn and flash- light and machine guns were hitched to a more convenient angle in a hurry. An automobile had passed while President Roosevelt's special train was being serviced at the Union Station; and backfired twice. The President slept on. lights for one of the social events of the regatta. Thousands of spec- tators lined the shores of the Potomac | to witness a parade of approximately 40 craft. | Decorated to resemble a lighthouse with a flashing beacon, Norval K. Tab- “ ler's 55-foot power yacht was declared | by judges the most attractive boat on the water. The entry owned by E. C. Baitz, which was illuminated as a gondola, placed second, and Edgar [ tration, and with farm mortgage in- | | than 850,000 |N. Brawner'’s yacht, featuring a golden cup decoration, was rated third. | The Naval Air Station and the Dis- | trict Fire Department, which trans- | formed its fire tug into an illuminated | Hounutn were awarded trophies for | ‘pxmcipluon and co-operation. | Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen and the “queen of the pageant,” Miss Evelyn Standley, daughter of Rear Admiral William H. Standley, pre- sented the awards. Complete with music by the Metro- politan Police Department’s Boys’ Club Band and a series of boxing, tumbling and wrestling exhibitions, the program at the yacht club was crammed with activity and color. A dance concluded the evening. Tomorrow's program will start at 12:30. The second heat of the Presi- dent’s Cup will go at 3:40 o’clock and the final at 4:45 o'clock. The Ameri- can speed boat championship, a 15- mile test, will terminate the regatta | at 5:30 o’'clock. An added attraction both today and tomorrow will be the mile trials for speed boats, which will be run from 10 to 1 o'clock in Georgetown channel. Some new records are predicted. At 9 o'clock tomorrow there also will be rowing and canoe races. R —— CAPITAL MAN KILLED BY TRUCK IN GEORGIA By the Associated Press. AUGUSTA, Ga., September 28.—A man identified by officers as Lyle Russell Way of Washington, D. C, was killed by a truck near here yes- terday. Edward A. McClosky told a cor- oner’s jury he and Way had gone to sleep at the edge of the highway and that evidently Way had rolled onto the highway. He awakened in time to see the accident, McClosky said. The truck did not stop. McClosky said they were on their way to Florida from Washington. A search of available records made here today failed to establish Way's identity as a resident of this city. Neither was it found that McClosky lived here. —_— REALTOR HITS PROJECT MADISON, Wis., September 28 (#). —A. J. Dexter, Minneapolis realtor, yesterday told the north central regional meeting of the National As- sociation of Real Estate Boards that the Federal Government cannot go on playing “Santa Claus” in any fur- ther Matanuska Valley developments. ments. “All the Government accomplished by the Matanuska transfer,” he said, “‘was to give land values in the North- west a black eye.” BERJAMIN FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY School of Accountency and Business Adminisiration’ Announces the Seventh and Eighth Sections of Its Beginning Class Class, Opening October 1 Class, Opening October 7 Registrations are also being accepted for the Day Class, Opening September 30 For information telephone MEiropolitan 2515 or cali at Room 304, Tr,umporlutlgg .Bulld[uq, Seventeenth and ’Il .S!ruu.)l. ‘W. | New York and tration have engaged, have borne good fruit.” He said it was true the burden of agricultural debt had not been elimi- nated but it had been “decisively and definitely lightened.” Since May, 1933, he said, half a million farmers had borrowed more than $1,800,000,- 000 through the Farm Credit Adminis- | terest “the lowest in history,” more | farmers were saving more than $55,000,000 this year on interest alone. ‘The President said farmers kne: from their own pocketbooks that their income had been increased. “The record,” he said, “is there! to prove the case—an increase - of $1,800,000,000 in farm cash income | in 1933 over 1932; $1,900.000,000 in- ! crease in 1934 over 1932, and an estimated $2,400,000,000 increase in | 1935 over 1932. That makes a total | increase of $5,300,000,000 over what | the farmers’ income would have been | if the 1932 level had been continued. | Factorles Are Busy. | “Is it surprising, in the light of | this improved income, that the farm implement factories in Illinois andf the automobile fac- of Michigan, and the steel of Pennsylvania are springing activity. Is it any wonder that smoke is pouring once more from chimneys long smokeless? Is it any wonder that workers long without regular jobs are going back to work? Now, with export surpluses no longer pressing down on the | farmers’ welfare, and with fairer prices, farmers really have a chance for the first time in this generation to profit from improved methods.” Before the stop here President Roosevelt gave blunt notice to the world that failure to renew the naval limitations treaties, or their renunciation, “could change American policy” to build only to treaty strength. This was regarded as a direct reply | to published reports of an intention | by Great Britain to renounce the | treaties. No official word of Great Britain’s | step had been received, but Mr. Roose- velt kept an eye on the situation today | as he traveled (o a demonstration hy the United States fleet next Wednes- day off San Diego, Calif. ‘The President’s brief statement an- | nounced “the United States adheres to the Washington and London treaties,” and added an intention to | follow them unless “other nations ex- ceeded the limits provided by these treaties.” tories mills into i 10 WAR MOTHERS Several Hundred Arrive Here for Tenth National Convention. Several hundred mothers of Amer- ican doughboys, many of whom made the supreme sacrifice during the World War, were gathering at tre Wardman Park Hotel today for the tenth national convention of Amer- ican War Mothers. The Convention Committee, headed by Mrs. Mary T. Shanahan of Wash- ington, has arranged a week’s program of business sessions, patriotic cere- monies and social affairs for the dele- gates coming from 37 different States. Assistant Secretary of War Wood- ring will deliver the principal address at 8:30 o'clock tonight in the official opening program, which includes a concert by the 3d Cavalry Band, & processional, brief speeches by na- tional officers, a variety of instru- mental music and an address by Mrs. Willlam E. Ochiltree, national presi- dent. & Visiting” War Mothers this morn- ing reviewed the combat troops sta- tioned at Fort Myer, Va., and made a pilgrimage to Arlington National Cemetery. Preliminary sessions of the National Executive Board were held yesterday. ers will attend 9 o'clock mass and visit the catacombs of the Franciscan Monastery. Others will attend special services at 11 am. at the National City Christian Church. 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