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Lot With Nazis, Say Berlin Dispatches Budapest Newspapers Give Big Spread To ‘Decision’ By the Associated Press. BUDAPEST, May 7.—The con- trolled Hungarian press gave first- ‘page prominence today to dispatches datelined Berlin declaring that Hun- gary was “definitely deciding with ‘The publication of news concern- ing Hungary from Berlin and Rome has been a frequert method in the past of informing Hungarians on the stand of their own government. With Southeastern Europe in dread of the possibility that the war might spread at any minute, great %eadlines quoted the German press as .declaring that Hungary “will ot intervene” and that Hungary *“couples the maintenancg of non- intervention with a definite atti- tude in favor of Germany.” Sources close to the government insisted that Germany and Italy would not touch Hungary, but would sweep together into Yugoslavia in case of a decision to drive into the Balkans. Oilfields Inspected. Premier Count Paul Teleki and Forelgn Minister Count Stefan Csaky completed an inspection of the Lispe oilfields near the Yugoslav frontier, which are being developed by the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey. Observers linked the inspection with reports that Germany had re- quested an increase in Hungarian oil production for German use. Hungary produced 318,000 barrels of oil in 1938, about three-fourths of her domestic needs, but the Ger- mans were said to hold that the production could be boosted to far higher levels. Hungary was calm, but from Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Rumania, ‘Turkey and Greece came reports of intensive military precautions. Yugoslavia took steps reportedly s a counter-measure against 300,000 Italian troops said to be on her frontier north of Trieste. Yugoslav reservists were taken by gendarmes from their places of work and rushed to concentration points in trucks requisitioned from industrial S. 600,000 Declared Under Arms. Foreign military observers esti- mated that Yugoslavia already has more than 600,000 men under arms. ‘Yugoslav minelayers took on car- goes of mines at Adriatic ports and prepared to start blocking harbors at a moment’s notice. Other Balkan countries also called up men by personal sum- mons instead of the old-fashioned system of posting mobilization or- ders—a method designed to keep | any potential enemy guessing. Army, navy and air corps special- ists were called up in Greece and it was noted that this followed a talk yesterday between Premier John Metaxas and Italian Minister Raffaele Boscarelli who just had returneq_to bis.Athens post by.ix- plane from Rome: ¥ e Turkey's controlled press chorused Turkish readiness to enter the war on the side of Great Britain and France if fighting® should start~imn the Mediterranean or Balkans. Heavy Turkish troop reinforce- ments were reported to have been sent to the Dardanelles. Rumania concentrated additional troops in Dobruja, near her frontier with Bulgaria. Chamberlain (Continued Fr irst Page.) cried, “of jitterings and decisions among ourselves.” Mr. Attlee accused both Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Churchill of “complacent” and ‘‘overoptimistic statements, and voiced his dissatis- faction with the present war cabi- net and opposed Mr. Churchill's new appointment as “against all good rules.” The people, Mr. Atlee declared, were not satisfied that the war was being waged “with sufficient !nergy. industry or results,” and the men of leadership ‘showed everywhere they were too late.” “The Prime Minister talked about missing buses,” shouted the Labor leader. “The country missed all the peace buses and caught the war bus.” The government, he said, “must be blind and deaf” if it does not realize there is great anxiety and dissatisfaction. “We would win this war, but we want different people at the helm.” To Continue Aid to Norway. Mr. Chamberlain said, “We shall give all the help to Norway we can,” despite the allied troop withdrawals from all but hte far northern port of the country, but he said he thought “it was right” to retreat from the Trondheim front when it became apparent that the plan to seize that city “would not succeed.” “I believe it was right to make the first attempt and equally right to witdraw the troops when it was clear that the plan would not suc- ceed,” Mr. Chamberlain said, Speaking of the whole war pic- ture ahead, Mr. Chamberlain de- clared: “I do not think the people of this country yet realize the ex- tent or imminence of the threat| which is impending against us.” Movement of an allied battle fleet to Alexandria, he said, had “quieted” the situation in the Mediterranean and Near East. The Prime Minister put the blame for the fallure of the Trondheim offensive i South and Central Nor- Way on two things: 1. “Our inability to secure the air- dromes from which we could operate fighters.” 2. “The rapid arrival of German reinforcements,” He confessed “we were helpless to prevent the German stroke” because Norway ‘would not let British sroops come in in advance of the German invasion. Venture “Full of Risks.” Mr. Chamberlain said the Trond- heim offensive was attempted at the desperate urging of the Norwegian government and because it appeared that if it was not tried, although it was “full of risk,” that Norwegian resistance would at once collapse: He acknowledged Britain's “shock and disappointment,” but sought to console the nation with the thought it might have been much worse. Declaring he retained “complete confidence in our ultimate victory,” Mr. Chamberlain said the effects of b | erally approved.” ; nmhn campaign could not be com| with the 1916 defeat at Gallipoli, explaining that only a single division of troops was involved in Central Norway. He saild also that British losses were “not really great in number” and declared no considerable amount of stores were left behind. House Cheers Chamberlain. ‘The Commons cheered loudly as Prime Minister Chamberlain en- tered for the most critical debate of the war so far. Diplomatic galleries were filled. Among the spectators were United States Ambassador Joseph P. Ken- nedy and Halvdan A. Koht, Nor- wegian Foreign Minister. Mr. Chamberlain rose in Commons amidst more cheers at 3:48 p.m. to begin his momentous Norwegian war statement before the nation’s “grand court of inquest.” Churchill significantly sat at the side of his chief as the debate opened before searchingly critical opposition. Mr. Chamberlain paid tribute to the skill of the navy and army in effecting the allied withdrawal from Namsos “in a single, short night without loss.” Fifty German bombers attacked the convoy the next day, Mr. Cham- berlain disclosed, ana he declared the British should “count ourselves fortunate we did not lose more than one British and one French de- stroyer.” He said that “the convoy was out of range of our fighters and we had to depend only on the ships’ anti- aircraft fire.” Pays Tribute to Troops. The campaign in Southern Nor- way is at an end, Mr. Chamberlain said, adding that “whatever criti~ cisms may be made about any one else, I am sure everybody will agree that the troops engaged in this campaign carried out their task with magnificent gallantry.” “In every respect of man for man, our forces showed 'themselves superior to their foe,” the Prime Minister declared. He admitted that news of Brit- ain’s withdrawal from Norway “created a profound shock.” ‘The opposition echoed: “* * * And still is!” Mr. Chamberlain contended that reports from Stockholm “which may have been invent- ed by the enemy” had aroused expectations which were never justi- fied and “which were certainly never indorsed by any minister.” Denies Comparison With Gallipoli. Mr. Chamberlain argued that the withdrawal “is not comparable with Gallipoli,” as not more than & single division was involved and “our losses were not really great in number, nor,was there a considerable or val- uable amount of stores left behind.” He said German losses were far heavier “in warships, planes, trans- ports and men” and added that “I am quite aware that the result is not to be measured merely in losses on the spot.” He told Britain it must take into account the fact that “we have suf- fered a certain loss of prestige” and color has been added to “the false | legend of German invincibility on | land. * * * “We must accept that position for the moment, but we need not help our enemies by making it worse.” ‘The Prime Minister lauded France for showing “remarkable steadiness” and said thatwin Britain. the only effect of “the™réverse has"been tb stiffen our determination.” Turkey remained “imperturbable,” Egypt has strengthened her de- | fenses and the “position”Has been strengthened by the reversion to normal of our fleet distribution in the Mediterranean,” he said. Decision to Send Force Approved. The Prime Minister said he had heard no criticism against the al- lies having sent a force to Narvik, and he assumed “our decision in| that respect, at any rate, was gen- “I am not going to pretend that in | those first anxious days we foresaw | everything that was going to hap- | pen,” Mr. Chamberlain admitted in answer to his own question, “Why did we attempt the expedition to Trondheim?” He admitted also that “we did realize the expedition, if we under- took it, would be full of risks,” be- cause air-base facilities there were known to be inadequate. “On the other hand, we had to might never have come off.” said the waiting shi elsewhere. heavy. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1940, ® = ¢ until we ourselves are able to deliver our blows where and' when tral “If we refused to answer the call, we should have justified the re- proach that our only object in Sean- dinavia was the iron ore and that we cared nothing for the freedom of the small nations.” “It had been made clear to us,” Mr. Chamnperlain said, “that unless we were ready to assist in the only way which the Norwegians them- selves felt to be effective—an attack on Trondheim—the Norwegians were not likely to have been able to con- tinue their resistance and the whole country would have fallen at once into German hands.” He said opinions differed on whether Britain should have made & direct attack on Trondheim and since the operation was not attempt- ed “it will never be possible to decide the question * * *” “I can say now that that idea was constantly before * us,” Mr. Chamberlain revealed, adding that plans for a direct attack on Trond- heim with forces at Namsos and Andalsnes “were prepared and care- fully considered.” For a time, he said, it seemed as if capture of Trondheim mignt be effected by forces “which had been landed elsewhere,” but the advance of the Germans was not sufficiently held up by demolitions. Operations of this kind were “necessarily complicated,” he ex- plained, and needed considerable time for thorough preparation - if success was to be assured. Answers Criticism. Answering criticism that the al- lied expedition gathered to help Finland should have been main- tained to forestall German attack, Chamberlain said “this argument is founded on a complete miscon- ception.” “Whatever forces we had at our disposal, we could not have fore- stalled the Germans unless the Norwegians had, invited or allowed us to come in,” he declared to the accompaniment of ringing cheers. “Consequently, we were helpless to prevent the German stroke.” Mr. Chamberlain said that when the Finnish campaign was given up “it was decided there was no need to keep this large force in this coun- try and, accordingly, it was dis- patched to France” whence the troops could be transported to Nor- way as readily as from England. The rate of dispatch of troops to Norway was governed by the speed | with which they could be landed “at | those very few and inadequate ports” to which the British had access, Mr. | Chamberlain declared. Ships which had been gathered to transport an allied expeditionary force to Finland had been dispersed, Mr. Chamberlain said, when it be- came “unjustifiable” to keep them waiting for an expedition “which‘ He ps were needed | Powers for Churchill. Mr. Chamberlain announced that Mr. Churchill “will have special re- sponsibility” for the supervision of | military operations day and answered ‘yes’ to David Lloyd | George’s question whether the first | lord of the Admiralty would retain his post. by day, Mr. Churchill's appointment as- sured “that when policies are de- ided,upon they will be fgllowed up N *promptness and ‘enmergy,” Mr. Chamberlain said, adding that he relied on Mr. Churchill to “let me know” -if the burden_becomes too Mr. Churchill had suggested that it would help him. as head of the Cabinet Military Co-ordination Committee if he had close contact with chiefs of staff. Mr. Chamberlain disclosed that | under Mr. Churchill will be “a small personal staff under Maj. Gen. Is- may” and that other “changes in the form of government or the func- tions of individuals might be neces- sary.” Mr. Chamberlain said Britain was | doing “all we can to overtake the | start Germany obtained during her long years of preparations.” The na- tion, he added, needs “the whole- hearted co-operation of members of | all parties” as well as “the whole- hearted co-operation of employers and workers.” He appealed to the House to put ‘all our strength into this work Charges Over-Optimism. When Mr. Chamberlain con- cluded, Mr. Attlee described the Prime Minister’s war report of last Thursday as “over-optimistic and over-complacent” and declared that Mr. Churchill was “far too opti- mistic.” “I am not satisfied, despite all the Prime Minister has said, that the present war cabinet is an effi- cient instrument for conducting | the war,” Mr. Attlee declared.. He said that “young boys without training had been sent to Norway"” and that experienced, older men should have been sent. He charged that” it was “unebelievable” that Germany’s elaborate preparations should have gone on “for many months” unknown to the British in- telligence service. “It was vital for us to secure air bases,” Mr. Attlee said. “The gov- ernment could not have realized even after the lesson of Poland and Finland, the importance of the air weapon or the vital importance of defenses against attacks from the air.” He described the withdrawal from Norway as “inevitable” and said “this does not alter the fact that the operation in Southern Norway has been a failure.” In the Norweglan campaign, which he said was considered “of major importance” by the nation, the labor leader complained that the press and radio had led to be- lieve that everything was going wonderfully well” and that “because of great expectations there is great disappointment.” ‘The British people, he declared, “were not satisfied that the war was being waged with sufficient energy, industry or result.” “The Prime Minister talked about missing buses. The country missed all the peace buses and caught the war bus,” he said. “We will win the war but we can not afford to leave our destinies in the hands of fail- ures,” Mr. Atlee shouted. Everywhere Too Late. Mr. Attlee told the House the people were saying that those re- sponsible for the conduct of affairs “are men who have had an almost uninterrupted career of failure. Norway follows Czecho-Slovakia and Poland. Everywhere the story is too late.” This statement brought thunder- ous opposition cheers. Mr. Attlee was followed by Sin- clair. Sinclair declared that criticism should be levied not at the Norwe- gian withdrawal but on “why we ever got ourselves into a position in which he had to accept defeat in Norway.” There was nothing in the Norwe- gian campaign to shake the na- tion’s confidence in the courage and efficiency of its fighting forces or of the availability of large resources, the Liberal firebrand declared, but there is something that suggests “that more foresight and energy and stronger and more ruthless will to victory is required.” The Liberal leader scored what he called “ill-founded boastings of min- isters” and observed that “results count.” Official information given | to the press and British Broadcast- | ing System had misled these agen- cies, he said. Sinclair declared he did not criti- cize any one for misleading the enemy during the period of the withdrawal but that the misleading came before then. Reminding Commons that “iron ore is the weakest point in the Ger- man armies,” Sinclair said ‘ British action should have been taken “months ago” and not until winter had nearly passed, when “minis- ters screwed themselves up to ac- tion.” “Time Not on Our Side.” He suggested that German air power had proved stronger than the government had anticipated. “Had they learned nothing from Poland?” he asked. Sinclair wisecracked “time ROOF Lealking? « + . Call REpublic 3422 1 of experts are equipped to guaranteed work at cost! " Loans FOR HOME BUILDERS ‘ Chartered by Congress 1867 Mfdlfty Confer with us about financing your new home. This bank makes loans to individual home owners in Washington and nearby Mzrylsfnd and Virginia.., on fair terms and at prevailing rates. NATIONAL SAVINGS axp TRUST 15TH STREET AND NEW YORK AVENUE, N. W, Robert Chapin Dies; Biochemic Chief in Animal Industry Expert on Eradication And Control of Many Diseases Robert Macfarlane Chapin, 62, chief of the Biochemic Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry, De- partment of Agriculture, died yes- terday in Johns Hopkins University Hospital after an operation. Mr. Chapin had been with the Bureau of Animal Industry since 1907 and chief of its Biochemic Di- vision since 1935. An expert on eradication and control of animal diseases, he ‘developed and stand- ardized the fleld kit used by agents of the bureau for dips and disin- fectants. Native of Massachusetts. A native of North Weymouth, Mass., Mr. Chapin was the son of the late Rev. Franklin Perry Cha- pin, Congregational clergyman, and Mrs. Margaret Macfarlane Chapin. Graduated from Amherst College in 1897, he then taught mathematics in a Lakewood (N. J.) preparatory school for two years. He returned to Amherst for post- graduate study of chemistry, and while s0 engaged served as labora- tory assistant and instructor. His studies were interrupted by his ap- pointment as an assistant chemist in the Bureau of Animal Industry. Wrote Scientific Articles. Mr. Chapin was the author of numerous articles for scientific peri- odicals and held two public patents on arsenical dips. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Louise M. Chapin, and four sons, Howard M. and Robert M. Chapin, both of New York City; Frank M. and Lewis M. Chapin, both of this city. Funeral services will be held at 4 pm. tomorrow at the Hines fu- neral home, 2901 Fourteenth street N.W. Burial will be private. Absolute Powers Voted For Turk Military Heads By the Associated Press. ANKARA, Turkey, May 7.—The National Assembly today voted ab- solute powers to military authorities in zones to be placed under martial | law if war comes, moving Turkey a step nearer a wartime footing. The measure would place all civil and administrative officials in mar- tial law zones under military au- thority. — on our side—Hitler has .eized the| old gentleman by the beard.” The French sent their Chasseurs d’Alpins, their best troops, Sinclair | said, while Britain sent territorials, who “did not even have snowshoes.” The result, Sinclair continued, “makes one wonder whether the Finnish force really did exist on a scale of 100,000 men.” Sinclair said he was told of one| transport which sailed with “no| arms.” 3 | “Only three of her lifeboats could | be swung outboard,” he added. t Sinclair said he was informed that one place in Norway the British landed two anti-aircraft guns that were “utterly useless.” ~In every country of the world the prestige of Britain has been af- fected,” Sinclair said. “Time is not always on our side. 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Leading off discussion at the meeting in the Interior Department Auditorium, Miss Margaret Ches- ney, president of the High School Council, Chattanooga, Tenn. de- clared that older people continually were “depending on the youth of the world to bring about a more friendly relation among nations.” * “Until we can effect the changes which will make the whole world a more understanding one for all, ob- viously we must stand by to relieve the sufferings caused by war.” She told of sewing and knitting for Eu- ropean children in war areas and preparation of scrap books to be sent to France. Punds were also sent abroad for war relief. The junior convention provided lively parliamentary problems for its chairman, Richard Wheaton of Los Angeles. Popping up all over the room, speakers clamored for recognition to be heard on three principal subjects. 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