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He charged Mr. Chamberlain, Hoare and Simon, long the real inner circle of ministers, with lack of “courage, initiative, imagination, psychological understanding, liveli- ness and self-respect in the con- duct of foreign policy.” As Britain faced her first govern- mental crisis in eight months of war, Dominions Secretary Anthony Eden told the National Defense Public In- terest Committee the war was reach- ing “an active phase” and the nation ‘was ready for a “harsh conflict which may be long.” “We must not underrate the en- emy’s strength,” Mr. Eden warned. “We have to marshal the whole strength of our resources and employ them, and we have to conduct the war with all the vision, courage and resolution at our command.” Free Denmark War Aim. Answering a questioner in the House of Commons, R. A. Butler, undersecretary for foreign affairs, declared that one allied war aim is the restoration of the independence of German-occupied Denmark. Mr. Chamberlain, replying to a question, declared that the govern- ment was keeping “fully in mind” consideration that British forces at Narvik, Norway's northern iron ore port, should not be exposed to risks without air supremacy. The Prime Minister, however, made no reply to Laborite Hugh Dalton’s question, “Have we also in mind the possibility of Narvik being evacuated in the next week or two?" Cries of “Shame! Shame!” were roused by Mr. Dalton’s question. Fifth Vote of Confidence. The vote on confidence will be the fifth test the government has faced since the start of the war, but the first under such adverse circum- stances. All the others, on issues such as Labor’s criticism of the na- tion’s organization of manpower and resources and on British policy in| Palestine, upheld the administra- tion overwhelmingly. Lord Strabolgi, the Labor peer, told the House of Lords, meanwhile, that he had informed Foreign Sec- retary Lord Halifax that the Labor party did not “intend to wash dirty linen in public unless there were bloodstains on it.” But, he declared the “mishan- dling” of the Norwegian campaign indicated there were defects “both in personnel and the methods of the government” in its conduct of the war. Nevertheless, it was generally be- weakened prestige and the bitterness of criticism the Norwegian setback has evoked, would ride out the storm. “Duty to Make Way.” Lord Strabolgi, opening debate in the House of Lords, declared that if the Chamberlain government is not capable of drawing up plans and reversing “this setback” in Nor- way “it is their duty to make way for others.” He charged there were faults in Britain’s war personnel and methods. Lord ‘Strabolgi, who was Lt. Comdr. Joseph Montague Ken- worthy before he was raised to the peerage, was on the Admiralty war staff in 1916 and commanded the wirships Bullfinch and Common-~ wealth in the World War. He asserted that Mr. Chamber- lain’s “complacency” was the “be- setting sin of our nation.” The British Grand Fleet could have gone immediately to Oslo Fjord and driven off the lighter German warcraft in the two days between the capture of Oslo and the arrival of Nazi reinforcements, he declared. “Why Not Capture It?” In Commons, Mr. Morrison said it appeared Britain had not sur- veyed Norway for airdromes, gaso- line dumps or means to check Ger- man sea communications. Even now, if the Germans have an airdrome near Arctic Narvik which fighter planes can use, “Why do we not capture it and use it?” he asked. Sir Samuel asserted that German air losses were “three times those of Britain” in the last month of the war in Scandinavia. In 15 hours, 30 German planes were put out of operation, the Air Minister declared, by a British squadron of 18 planes. “Not one of the British machines was brought down in the air,” he said, “but the greater part were aft- erwards put out of action on the ground.” Lost Ship “Upset” Plans. Describing establishment of the first British fighter airdome on a frozen Norwegian Lake, Sir Samuel disclosed that 80 German bombers had attacked it “for 15 hours.” The central question arising from the Norwegian operation, he said, was “did we underrate the power of the enemy?” He disclosed that the damaged British planes were Gloster Gladia- tors based on ice of a lake a few miles behind Dombas, startegic rail- road junction in Central Norway at one time held by the British. Sir Samuel admitted that the Brit- ish lacked anti-aircraft guns be- cause plans. were “upset” by the sinking of a ship. “As long as we had no airbase Cha_rhbérlain' lieved that the cabinet, despite its | {tion, 1736 G street N.W. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940. s Power at Stak e.in KEEPING LATE HOURS—It was well past midnight this morning when Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles and Assistant Secretary of State A. A. Berle left their offices after hours of work keeping in touch with the European situation. They are shown in their car outside the depart- ment. on yesterday's speech by admiral of the fleet Sir Roger Keyes, who charged the Admiralty refused to let him direct a frontal smash by sea on Trondheim. Lord Hankey, Minister Without Portfolio, said: “Generally speaking, govern- ments must depend upon their re- sponsible naval, military and air advisers, and not on irresponsible officers on the retired list, however distinguished their services may be.” Sir Roger, the 68-year-old son of a British general, was retired from the navy in 1935, but was restored to the active list last March 4 by an order putting all admirals of the fleet on the list for life. When, early in 1918, the British Admiralty decided on drastic steps against the menace of German sub- marines operating from the cap- tured base of Zeebrugge, Belgium, Sir Roger led a daring raid which bottled up the U-boats. Netherlands (Continued From First Page.) | ent, and coal miners who had been | released during the winter to in- | crease fuel production. * Most Sweeping Order. Leaves have been caneled pre- viously ‘on several occasions since the start of the European war, but the present order is more sweeping than any of those which have gone before. The Netherlands has approxi- mately 400,000 men under arms, although about 40,000 of that num- ber have been absent from their posts since April 27 under a rotat- ing system of leaves. Information from Belgium, the Netherlands’ southern neighbor, in- dicated that no cancellation of army leaves was contemplated ‘there for the present. Because of increased work, the Ministry of Economics was divided and a new member was added to the Netherlands cabinet. Dr. A. A. Van Rhyn, secretary general of the economics depart- ment, was given the status of Min- ister in Charge of Agriculture and Fisheries, while trade, navigation and industry remain under the pres- ent Economics Minister, Max P. L. Steenberghe. No Plant Diseases Here The Falkland Islands now claim to be one of the few places in the world having no disease or pests among plants and animals. ‘Old-Timers’ Of 'Y’ to Hold Dinner Tonight Approximately 3500 years of Y. M. C. A. membership is expected to be represented at the annual “old- timers” dinner tonight in the Cen- tral Young Men’s Christian Associa- An “old-timer” is described as any one who has been.a member of a Y. M. C. A as long as 15 years. An average ‘membership of nearly 40 years each is expected to be repre- sented by the approximately 90 per- sons expected to attend the dinner, which will begin at 6:30 o'clock. A reception will be held a half hour earlier. The dinner program will include an address by Henry P. Chandler, director of the administrative office, United States Courts, vocal selec- tions by Maj. Charles Trowbridge Tittmann, and the presentation of silver cards to all “old-timers” who have been “Y” members for as long s 25 years and gold cards to those who have belonged as long as 50 years. The cards will be presented by Leonard W. De Gast, general secretary of the Central Y. M. C. A. FORD ENGINE HEADS WELDED WELDIT, INC. 516 1st St N.W. ME. 7944 CONSTIPATED? from which our fighters could oper- ate,” he declared, “there was nothing that we could have done that we did not attempt to do during the last four weeks.” Counter-Attack on Keyes. Defense (Continued From Pirst Page.) Dr. A. Loudon, Minister to the United States, had been appointed to act as general paymaster for all Dutch officials in foreign countries “in case of emergency.” “This means we will fight if we are invaded,” an authorized spokes- man said at the Legation. Invasion Threat Seen. The fleet announcement shared attention with national defense ap- praisals which came late yesterday from Bernard Baruch and James W. Gerard, two men high in America’s ‘World War councils. Mr. Baruch, New York financier who headed the War Industries Board in 1917-8, wrote a Senate committee studying an Army appro- priations bill that the United States was “inadequately prepared even for defense.” Calling the Western Hemisphere the richest prize in the world, he declared: “Germany, Italy, Russia and Japan, with their gaunt and well- trained armies, would not hesitate for one .minute, if they should win, to find some reason for coming here.” Mr. Gerard, Ambassador to Ger- many prior to United States entry in the World War, likewise was apprensive for the hemisphere. A victorious Germany, he said, would not venture to attack this country, but probably would direct its ef- forts toward Southern Brazil, which has a large German population. “Encroachments in Latin America” by the Reich, he said, would con- stitute a “great danger to the United States.” Mr, Gerard conferred with President Roosevelt yesterday. Capitol Hill heard stout reaffirma- tion of Navy faith in the fighting ability of a fleet, despite the recent series of German claims that war- planes had worsted sea power. Secretary of the Navy Edison, testifying on a bill to increase the fleet by 11 per cent, said he and experts believed the German air arm incapable of destroying, or even “seriously damaging” Britain's fleet. The United States, he said, would continue to place reliance on the battleship as the first line of na- tional defense. Echoing this testimony, Rear Ad- miral Clark H. Woodward, com- mandant of the 3d Naval Ditrict, declared in a speech at New York that “no battleship has yet been sunk by an airplane.” He did not mention Germany's week-end claim that a bomb had sunk a British battleship. Senate opponents of a “big Navy,” however, passed word that they would fight the fleet-expansion pro- gram and insist on development of a larger air force as a better guar- antee of national security. One who made that comment was Sen- ator Nye, Republican, of North Da- kota. On the subject of warplanes, Amreican airmen were puzzled by reports that the combined Anglo- French output had fallen to one- —A. P. Photo. third of the German total in March. Nazi production was estimated at 3,300 craft of all types. The March figures placed allied production roughly 25 per cent under pre-war levels of last August. One suggested explanation was that the allies may have found it necessary to redesign their models to keep pace with the latest German developments, The Army’s continuing interest in the course of aerial warfare abroad was evidenced by the assignment of three additional Air Corps officers to allied capitals as observers. Two will 80 to London, one to Paris. 47 Students at C. U. Get Campus Club Bids The Rev. Gerald F. Dillon, dean | of men at Catholic University, to- day announced 47 undergraduates | had been tapped for membership in campus clubs. Those tapped were Donald Lud- | wig, Robert Sullivan, Harry Peden, Ernest Meyers, Andrew Bain, Alfred Bell, Louis Knight, William Beard, Lester Poretsky and William Wright for the Cave Dwellers’ Club. Paul Easby-Smith, Edward J. 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OSTERSUND, Sweden, May 8.— German flyers systematically “hunt- ed Norwegian planes like rabbits” and captured 24 new undamaged United States-built Curtiss pursuit ships at one fleld during the con- quest of Norway, a 23-year-old flying lleutenant asserted today. “The Nazis drove British fighting planes out of Norway in a week,” he 'said, “destroying 20 grounded planes in a single attack.” The young Norwegian gave a graphic picture of German superior- ity .in the air. “I was stationed at our military airfield just outside Oslo when the war started,” he said. “We had just received 24 Curtiss Hawks and 75 pursuit planes from the United States, and eight of them were ready for flight, eight others wer¢ nearly ready and the remaining eight were partly assembled. Avoided Hitting Planes. “All the Curtiss planes were standing on the fleld when we re- celved news of the German attack. Before one could be taken aloft, the German flyers appeared, bombing the fleld and factory, but carefully avolding hitting the Curtiss ships until their ground forces managed to capture all the planes undam- aged.” The young leutenant said he escaped from the field and joined a small Norwegian fighting squadron of 18 planes in the mountains north of Oslo, operating from frozen lakes about 3,000 to 4,000 feet above sea level. “But the Germans systematically combed the mountains for our hid- | 4 ing places, then brought bombers to attack,” he related. “During the day we took to the air in a hopeless fight and managed to shoot down some German planes. But the bad weather, crackups and | the German air force took a heavy toll,” he said. 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