Evening Star Newspaper, May 20, 1940, Page 4

A—4 U. S Sa * L4 Definite Polici 0f Defense Called First Necessity Mere Construction of Huge Warplane Fleet Declared ‘Inadequate (Text of Col. Lindbergh’s Address on Page B-8.) By the Associated Press. America need not fear invasion, in the opinion of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, “unless the American people bring it on through their own quarreling and meddling with affairs abroad.” Declaring “a definite policy of de- fense” is the first necessity, the famous aviator called in a radio broadcast last night for an end to “hysterical chatter of calamity and invasion.” “We are in danger of war today,” he said, “not because European peo- ple have attempted to interfere with the internal affairs of America, but because American people have at- tempted to interfere with the in- ternal affairs of Europe.” Col. Lindbergh, an Army Air Corps Reserve officer, asserted America needs “a greater air force, a greater Army and a greater Navy,” but added: “Until we have decided upon a definite policy of defense, the mere construction of large numbers of aircraft will not be adequate for our national safety.” For defense of the Nation alone, he continued, the United States would need “large numbers of small bombers snd pursuit planes,” but this “eventually would leave us as vulnerable to air attack as the na- tions of Europe are today.” For defense of the Western Hemi- sphere, he said, the United States would need “long-range bombers ca- pable of attacking a hostile fleeti 1,000 miles at sea.” | “Let us form with our neighbor- | Ing nations a clear and definite | policy of American defense,” he pro- | posed. | “An adequate defense of the West- ern Hemisphere necessitates the co- operation of the other nations of this hemisphere. Our military air- craft must have access to their bases. Their foreign policy must have some relationship to ours. We cannot hold this hemisphere free from foreign war if nations which lie within it declare war on foreign powers.” (Early in 1939 Col. Lindbergh gave Government officials a con- fidential report on Germany's air strength and a member of the organization of the National Ad- visory Committee on Aeronautics described his reports as ‘“very informative.” Previously, he had been criticized by Secretary Ickes and others for accepting a German model, and had been called a “stupid liar” by Russian spokesmen after he compared Russia’s air power adversely with that of Germany. (Senator Brown, Democrat, of Michigan, and others, also sec- tions of the British press, were particularly critical of a radio speech in the fall of 1939 in which Col. Lindbergh virtually demanded that Canada cut her link with the British empire.) Col. Lindbergh spoke on the eve of THE BLUE BONNET BEAUTY SALON 3400 Connecticut Ave;me N.W. Is Now Air Conditioned [Zu/sét.i' (@rriTH- (GNSUMERS (©MPany 1413 N. Y. Ave. the 13th anniversary of his famous solo flight from New York to Paris. Last nizht he was ulone again as he went to the broadcasting studio, but a small group of onlookers ap- plauded him as he left after his speech, The talk was interlarded with ref- erences to American policy which appeared critical of the administra- tion. Declares Danger Internal. ‘Our danger in America is an in- ternal danger,” he said. “* * * the course we have been following in recent months leads to neither strength nor friendship nor peace. “It will leave us hated by victor and vanquished alike, regardless of which way the tide of battle turns. One side will claim that we aided its énemies; the other, that we did not help enough.” i Declaring “that the world is fac- ing & new era is beyond question,” he said, “our mission is to make it a better era.” “But regardless of which side wins this war,” he said, “there is no rea- son, aside from our own actions, to prevent a continuation of peaceful relationships between America and the countries of Europe. If we de- sire peace, we need only stop asking for war. No one wishes to attack us, and no one is in a position to do so.” “The only reason that we are in danger of becoming involved in this war,! he said, “is because there are powerful elements in America who desire us to take part. “They represent a small minority of the American people, but they control much of the machinery of influence and propaganda.” The Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tem said today that Col. Lindbergh had requested the speaking time, Paris (Continued From First Page.) gion between La Fere, about 12 miles south of St. Quentin, and Lanrecies, about 25 miles north of that city. Steel met steel in this see-saw battle, in which the Germans have continued to advance with the aid of four or five armored divisions. The situation, said the War Ministry spokesman, “continues grave.” At Montmedy, some 20 miles southeast of Sedan, at the hinge of the main Maginot and little Magi- not Lines, German infantry came over in two massive attacks on the main Maginot fortifications after very heavy artillery preparation. This atfack was interpreted as a diversion to the flank of the general drive toward the west. In the Paris region the drone of airplane motors was heard this morning, followed by gunfire, but there were no immediate reports of “incidents.” (Apparently the cor- respondent wanted to say “bomb- ings” at this point.) News of the German crossing of the Aisne River was followed by an- nouncement of the dismissal of the prefect of Aisne Department. Paris newspapers were ordered to reduce from four to two pages start- ing tomorrow as & measure of war- time economy. Under the leadership of the new commander in chief, Gen. Maxime Weygand, the armies of France braced for a “do or die” fight to halt the German invaders hammer- ing at their lines 80 miles from Paris. Battle Near Critical Stage. Gen. Weygand, 73-year-old vet- eran of the World War, was called to supreme command of the allied land forces yesterday to succeed Gen. Maurice Gustave Gamelin as the bitter battle in Northern France, described by military experts as “the greatest in modern times,” rapidly approached a critical stage. The situation facing the new allied chieftain closely paralleled the dark days of 1918 when, as an understudy of the late Marshal Foch, he helped | map the strategy which saved Paris | and broke the back of the Kaiser’s | last great offensive. I FOR DEVOE PAIN. s washable Pai interior walls. Ave, M1, 0067 FORD $ WELDIT, INC. 516 1st St. N.W. ME. 7944 Being AIRTEMP SUMMER COMFORT IS INEXPENSIVE AT PEPCO LOW RATES [ J Sold and Installed by THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTION, D. C, MbNDAY, MAY, 20, 1940. Weygand, World War Hero, Acclaimed as H ope of Allies PARIS.—ALLIES’ NEW COMMANDER—Gen. Maxime Weygand (left), who was promoted yesterday to the command of the allied armies, is shown in a recent picture with Lord Gort, commanding general of the British expeditionary forces. By CONSTANTINE BROWN. It was necessary for the Ger- mans to arrive almost within gun- range of Paris before the French decided to place Gen. Maxime Wey- gand at the head of their battered armies, If any one man can do something to save the situation, that man is ‘Weygand, whom many officers, even during the last war, considered the equal of Marshal Foch. Gen. Weygand has had a checkered career since 1918 with ups and downs. He saved Poland when the Bolshevist armies were at the gates of Warsaw. He may save France when the Germans reach the gates of Paris, although here he has a totally different problem. Organized Syria. He organized, between the years 1923 and 1925, Syria and had planned to make out of that French man- dated territory one of the most powerful outposts for France's next war. He was recalled to Paris and sent into oblivion by the Herriot administration because he was too much of a Catholic. Herriot did not object to religion among the officers, but considered Weygand, a danger to the republic because he went to mass every morning. The parties of the right intended to use Weygand. He could have been an important card in their hands because all those men who had served under him loved and esteemed him. Weygand, a thorough soldier, re- plied when he was asked to stand for a seat in the chamber that a soldier’s business is to obey orders and show no ill feeling when an apparent injustice was done. And he lived in retirement ever since. Urged Salonika Occupation. When the war broke out in Sep- tember he urged his government to give him the necessary troops to occupy Salonika and begin a campaign against Germany from there. He was confident that if London and Paris played their cards carefully and intelligently and if he had an adequate army in that region Yugoslavia and Rumania —A. P. Wirephoto. would join them and together they might save Poland. He was sent instead to his old stamping ground—sSyria. There he was given a heterogeneous army of Hindus, Senegalese, Australians, foreign legionnaires and what not to attack some day, somewhere, the Italians and the Germans if and when these would reach the shore of the Eastern Mediterranean. France’s best military mind was relegated to a secondary post. said to have inspired Foch or at least to have fully concurred with the | victor of 1918 in the strategy “attack, always attack,” will perform mir- acles. But there is no question that at the present time his task is super- human. If the allles could win from the Germans by agility of mind the war would have been won some time ago. But the best strategic con- ception can do little when there are no airplanes to oppose the Ger- man swarms and not sufficient tanks to oppose the thousands the Ger- | mans are sending into action. Chance to Show Mettle. Still, Weygand has a chance to show his mettle. At the present time the military men are trying to guess whether the Germans will concentrate their main efforts to- ward Paris and give a moral blow |to the Frenéh by occupying their capital, which is also the nerve center of the country, or whether they will pish northward toward Abeville and the Channel ports. In that region there are at the present time four French armies, one British army and the whole of | the Belgian army. The Germans are believed trying to surround that enormous force and compel it to surrender. For this purpose they are advancing from Antwerp with powerful mech- anized forces and may succeed in closing in on the allies from the Laon region, attacking the allied forces simultaneously in front and from the rear. It is up to Weygand to outguess It may be that Weygand, who is | the German high command, It is up to him to decide at this crucial hour whether the Germans will go after the principal military objective to smash some 500,000 allied forces and compel them to surrender, or whether they will throw everything against Paris and try to dictate terms after the capital has been occupied. In the opinion of military experts even another Napoleon could not do much if it is true that Prance and Britain have not got enough motorized divisions to oppose the Germans. It is accepted as a sad truth that in aviation the allies are no match for the Germans. But it may be that.their tank and armored car divisions may prove successful in stopping the German advance if the ultimate object of the present German offensive can be guessed right. Gamelin has failed sadly. Maybe Weygand won’t. Berlin (Continued From First Page.) push toward Paris to take advan- tage of that supposed situation. Britain and France have giveh no sign of anyth#fig but closest harmony on the western front. At the same time, the Germans are taking fullest advantage of air- ports in Holland near the Channel to harass British efforts to strengthen their expeditionary forces. New Attacks by Air. The high command said allied air bases again had been attacked, two destroyers had been destroyed off the French-Belgian coast and one destroyer, a French torpedo boat and three merchant ships damaged. The only evidence here that the allies’ position might be improving slightly was that the high command now reports inflicting about four-to- one air losses—141 against 31—yes- terday—as against 6-to-1 in the first days of the drive. Allied night raids over Germany were dismissed as planless and un- important militarily, but a spokes- Salk BRAND NEW, FULL 88 NOTE Spinet Pianos Standard size pionos made by Starr. 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One of these— Phil Lawrence’s connection with the affair might have been foreseen because he was in the American consular service. - Nedya Vardin's interest, and Count Raedton’s, were natural because the document was once in their possession. But the part played by the American chorus girl Babs Martin was almost beyond understanding, and was in the end the most important part of all. The first chapter of this thrilling new two-week mystery story appears Wednesday, May 22, in The Foening Star man reiterated Berlin's warnings of grim German retaliation which, he sald, will follow. Authoritative sources sald the Prench were regrouping their arm- fes for an attack northeastward from Central France to relieve the pressure on the capital, but de- clared effective counter measures to meet this operation had been devised. Belgian Area Annexed. While the heavy fighting in Northern France threatened to as- sume even greater proportions, Chancellor Hitler scrapped another provision of the Treaty of Versailles by incorporating into the Reich the Eupen-Malmedy-Moresnet territory lost to Belgium in the World War settlement. From his secret headquarters “somewhere in the West,” the Fuehrer issued a decree announcing that this territory, occupied by Ger- man troops in the thrust into Bel- gium, wouMl be attached to the Rhine province. He issued strict orders that the area, which covers about 384 square miles and has a population of 64,- 000, should “not me regarded as an occupied enemy land.” At the same time, Hitler moved to consolidate Nazi tonquests in the Lowlands by appointing Arthur Seysz-Inquart, formerly deputy ‘gov- ermor of German-occupied Polang, as commissioner for the Nether- lands. . Seysz-Inquart was authorized to carry out his administration with the aid of Dutch authorities and it was said that Netherlands law would remain in force so far as compatible with the existing situation. To the German military com- mander in the Netherlands, however, Will be left the task of taking such | measures as he deems necessary to | preserve order. The high command’s reports Sun- tary situation said the allles had yielded more than 100,000 and suffered heavy casualties over the week end In sddition to widening the pocke: which has been carved out of North- ern France, the Germans said their troops succeeded in capturing an “important” fdrtification in the Maginot line northwest of Mont- medy, near the junction of the French, Belgian and Luxembourg frontiers. 8he position, described as “Fort 505,” was said to have been taken by direct frontal attack. 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