Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1940, Page 4

Preparedness Unify Speaker Is Hissed at Peace Meeting ‘Economic Royalists’ Denounced at Session . In McKinley School <A speaker who suggested that this country should present a “united front” in preparedness to preserve its safety and liberty last night was hissed at by a large part of an gudi- ence as he left the stage at a peace meeting held in the auditorium of McKinley High School, under the alispices of the “Emergency Peace OCommittee.” "The name of the speaker, whose surname had been announced briefly along with those of several others who were in the audience and went to the stage to deliver brief ad- dresses, was unknown after the meeting to Michael Howard, chair- man of the committee, who pre- sided. Mr. Howard explained he had thrown away the names of those who had come up from the audience to speak. " There were cheers from the audi- ence for speakers who used such terms as “economic royalists” and “imperialists,” in referring to per- #ons responsible for and advocating this country’s preparedness program to resist possible invasion. Loyalty Questioned. A young woman outside the audi- torium yelled at some young men distributing handbills: “Where is your loyalty to your country, you blessed Communists.” Inside there was loud applause for speakers, ex- cept for the one who urged the “united front.” ‘The principal speakers were Dr. James E. Jackson, jr., vice president of the Southern Negro Conference, and Frank Ingram, secretary-treas- urer of the Workers Alliance of America. Dr. Jackson classed “Hoover, Morgan and Roosevelt” as im- perialists and declared they had hastened to aid their “favorite im- perialists” abroad. Hit Job Restriction. Mr. Ingram criticized recent legis- fation regarding restriction of em- ployment of Communists, aliens and bund members and charged neglect of domestic welfare at the expense of preparedness. The Rev. George Ackerly, assistant pastor of Mount Pleasant Congre- gational Church, and a woman whose name was not announced took part in an “Unknown Soldier” skit. The skit and singing by a group of colored singers received applause. London (Continued From First Page.) ported and helped by the French forces in that sector. The British Army’s attitude, these circles said, is one of “furious rage against the Germans, caused not by the pounding they have received but by the incredibly revolting scenes ‘in which the German air force and tanks had deliberately slaughtered helpless refugee women and children to spread panic among the civilian population.” “These are things,” they con- tinued, “the army can never forget, and they will insure the Germans the warmest welcome they have ever received anywhere if they invade this country.” Other Norse Points Taken. The fall of Narvik was announced In a joint Admiralty-War Office com- munique. Fageness and Forsneset in Norway have also fallen to the Allies, the communique said. Narvik, long the goal of Allied pressure by land and sea, had been in German hands virtually since the April 9 opening of the German in- vasion of Norway. The capture of Narvik gives the Allies a sea and air base on the Norwegian coast, above the Arctic Circle, which com- pares in proximity to Norway’s im- rtant German-held cities with the tter's nearness to the British Isles. For example, Narvik is about 400 miles from Trondheim, which in turn is approximately the same dis- tance from the nearest of the British Isles. Germany, however, holds other bases in the rich industrial southern lobe of Norway which are closer than Trondheim to the Brit- ish Isles. British naval forces have sunk seven German transports in the last three days in waters near Narvik, |ccording to a dispatch from Stock- tholm by the Exchange Telegraph iCo., British news agency. | Heavy naval gunfire off the southeast coast of England was theard this morning in several coast gowns. It continued for one hour. ™o air raid warnings were sounded, ut many residents of one town who were awakened by the thunder of 2he guns went to air raid shelters. H ‘Withdrawal “Necessary.” § In a broadcast to the nation, Al- ed Duff Cooper, Minister of In- ormation, said grimly last night t it would be “necessary to with- raw our army from the positions ey now occupy” as a result of sur- ender of King Leopold and his Bel- an Army. Duff Cooper in his broadcast said at “our hearts are calm and our THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1940. MARCH FIELD, CALIF.—SIX ARMY FLYERS DIE IN CRASH—The crash of an Army bombing plane on Muroc Dry Lake, near Mojave, Monday night took the lives of six Air Corps flyers and left a seventh seriously injured. The plane was on a night bombing mission when it crashed on the bombing range. Wreckage of the plane is shown in this air view by the U. 8. Army Air Corps. resolution firm” and that even if this battle were to be lost, the Allies would achieve final victory. Military commentators agreed that a iarge amount of equipment ‘was bound to fall into the hands of the Germans no matter what course was followed in the retreat, since saving the soldiers’ lives would be the first consideration. A gloomy nation was told the B. E. F. was in peril as grave as that of the British who met disaster at Gallipoli in the World War, when the Allies were routed by the Turks in a catastrophic failure to estab- lish a line of communication into the Black Sea. . The British morning press pulled no punches in telling the public of the dark picture and in denouncing the young Belgian monarch as a traitor for his capitulation against the advice of his government. Hints All Facts Not Known. In the midst of the press denun- ciation of Leopold, -however, both Prime Minister Churchill and his minister of information asked the people to suspend judgment, and today Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roge» Keyes, who as a special Brit- ish liaison officer was with Leopold until late Monday night, issued a statement hinting there were cer- tain important facts attending the surrender that were not yet gener- ally known. His statemend today sald: “Some very hard things have been said in this country and France about the action taken by King Leopold in bringing about the ces- sation of hostilities in the part of Belgium occupied by his troops, I trust judgment will be\suspended on A very gallant soldier until all the facts are :known.” Nevertheless the man in the street and the press accused Leopold of laying a trap for the Allied forces, The military correspondent of Reuters (British news agency) wrote that the Belgian Army, originally 800,000 strong, had only 300,000 effec- tives when it surrendered—evidence of its stubborn fight against German assaults. Germany gained little economically by Belgian's capitulation, an au- thoritative British source said, de- claring Belgium had practically no ol stocks left and her iron and steel industries had been wreeked, Blunt en B. E. F. Position. The press was blunt in its treat- ment of the precarious situation of the B. E. F. The News Chronicle’s military correspondent said: “It is time to face up to the facts, to await the worst. With the sur- render of the Belgian Army the B. E. F. would seem to be cut off. Escape by sea is the slenderest of hopes. A break-through to the south is a possibility equally remote. “Within the steel ring of the Reichswehr are as many men as we lost in the battle of the Somme and as much war material as we aban- doned to the Germans in March, 1918. . “The magnitude and gravity of this disaster need no elaboration. * * *” In the first Battle of the Somme, in the summer of 1916, the British lost 560,000 officers and men. In the second, in the spring of 1918, they lost 200,000. The Times called the position of the B. E. F. “precarious” and re- marked: “There will no doubt be more bad news to face and much more hardship and danger for all to pass through before the tide begins to turn. But about the un- alterable resolution of both peoples there is happily no doubt whatever.” Congo Declared Unaffected. Leopold’s surrender, it was said here, failed to affect the status of the Belgian Congo, Belgian colonial possession in Africa, since the Bel- —A. P. Wirephoto. Man Sees Two Die in River, Fights 3 Hours Until Rescued By the Associated Press. RISING SUN, Md., May 20—A 24-year-old York (Pa.) automobile salesman was under a doctor’s care at State Police Barracks today, vic- tor in a three-hour battle with the rushing waters of the Susquehanna River after seeing his employer and the latter’s 12-year-old son swept to their deaths. The dead are Arthur J. Gladfelter 43, Logansville (Pa.) automobile dealer, and his son Lewis. Their bodies have not been recovered. The survivor, John Bleecker, was rescued from a jutting rock a mile below Conowingo Dam more than three hours after the boat from which he and the Gladfelters had been fishing capsized. Bleecker said they rented the boat from Paul Sweigart. a fishing guide, late yesterday and rowed to a spot below the dam, four gates of which had been opened to send a swift current through the river. Later, seeking to shift the location | of the boat, they attempted to haul up a large rock anchor, attached to | a 30-foot rope. The anchor was jammed between other rocks, Bleecker said, and in their effort to loosen it the boat upset and sank immediately. Bleecker said all three were ex- cellent swimmers and managed to breast the current until swept to midstream, where they were caught in a whirlpool and undertow. For a while, Bleecker said, he held Gladfelter and the boy up by wrapping his legs around a sub- merged tree stump, but finally lost them and was himself swept down- stream. He next remembered finding a footing on a jutting rock, in the middle of the river, about a half- mile below the dam, but was too exhausted to swim to shore, he told police. Shortly after 8 o'clock, three hours after the trio had started the trip, Sweigart sighted Bleecker and sent Paul and Elmer Zuyker of Darling- ton to his rescue in a motor launch. Bleecker was taken to State po- lice barracks. He was suffering from exposure and exhaustion, but his condition is not serious. State police said dragging for the bodies would be started today, in the belief they might be wedged in rocks. Gladfelter is survived by his widow and five childrn. gian government had repudllwdl the King and declared its intention of pursuing the war. The Congo is rich in rubber, cop- per, cotton and other products. It was said to remain Belgian, just as the Netherlands Indies remained Dutch after German occupation of the Netherlands. A clarifying statement by the Brit- ish government, however, is being sought in the House of Commons by Sir Gifford Fox, a Conservative. He has presented a written ques- tion for answer by Prime Minister Churchill oh how the Belgian Congo now is to be regarded and, more- over, what effect Leopold’s action will have on Belgian refugees here. Lessons in Dutch Invasion. ‘The Information Ministry issued a statement on lessons Britain should learn from the German invasion of Holland, where, it said, “cunning technique” succeeded, although the Dutch were fully warned. “The invasion must have been marvellously planned,” the state- ment said, “for troops landed in circles surrounding each of three airdromes. The timing was perfect. At Waalhaven (near Rotterdam), which had been rendered unusable by the Dutch, parachutists landed in Dutch and even British uni- forms.” “Although military accomplish- ments may not seem to have been great at the time, it is clear from reports that the German action caused the greatest confusion and the moral of this effect is clear. “For example, the Dutch general staff was so bewildered that it in- quired of British authorities if British troops were being landed. “When the Dutch wanted to ask for Belgian mechanized artillery to help them recapture a vital bridge their message had to be relayed through London, so great was the dislocation. “Moreover British aircraft were fired upon by Dutch guns. “This gives some indication of the havoc that can follow parachute action behind the lines.” Extraordinary Precautions, The nation, still on guard against potential fifth columnists, decided to take extraordinary precautions to guard the palace of Westminster BUY NOW AND SAVE DURING THE Du Pont ‘Paint Parade’ Use Our Monthly Payment Painting Plan No red . 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Sir Kingsley Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said the excess profits tax of 100 per cent ordered under the government's special powers would be applied to all businesses, effective from April 1, beginning of the fiscal year. He said the nation already was under ‘'the heayiest tax burden in British history, and added: “We must be prepared for further bur- dens and sacrifices.” First Division Veterans Hear Gen. Marshall Veterans of the 1st Division of the A. E. F. gathered at their an- nual Cantigny dinner last night on the anniversary of the beginning of the first major fight of the A. E. F. More than 150 diners heard off- the-record talks by Associate Justice Frank Murphy and Gen. George C. Marshall, Army chief of staff. The speakers stressed the importance of American preparedness. Others who spoke were Maj. Gen. Prank Parker, U. S. A, retired, for- mer commander of the 1st Division, and Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, U. 8. A, retired, who commanded the 28th Infantry and later the 5th Division of the A. E. F. Chirese in Formosa are chang- ing their names to Japanese. U. §. Changes Policy To Refain Envoys - In Invaded Nations State Department Left Without Observers When Representatives Flee By the Assoclated Press. The State Department has changed its policy concerning re- tention of American envoys at their posts in invaded countries—and now wants them to remain unless the danger to them personally becomes too great. 3 Officials believe American Ambas- sadors and Ministers can be more useful by remaining in the capitals to which they are accredited, even if the capitals are under German domination, than by following gov- ernments which have become, for most practical purposes, figureheads. Whitlock’s Example Recalled. ‘They favor a return to the World War examples of Brand Whitlock, American Minister to Belgium, who stayed on in Brussels even after the Germans occupied it, and remained there until the United States sev- ered diplomatic relations with Ger- many; and of Myron Herrick, Amer- ican Ambassador to Paris, who re- fused to leave the capital even when the Germans were virtually at its gates and the French government and most of the diplomatic corps had fled. ‘The opposite of this policy was fol- lowed in the early stages of the present war. When Germany in- vaded Poland Ambassador Anthony Drexel Biddle left with the Polish government. He wandered into East Poland, then crossed into Ru- mania when the Polish government fled the country. Eventually, when the Polish government was reconsti- tuted and set up at Angers, France, Mr. Biddle followed the government, and the American Embassy to Poland 1s now at Angers. No‘Representative in Warsaw. ‘There is not much now for the embassy to do. Recently Mr. Biddle was named an American delegate to go to Portugal to attend the cele- bration of the eighth centenary of the existence of Portugal. Meantime, the Germans demanded the closing of the American consu- late left behind in Warsaw, along with the consulates of other powers, and the United States does not have even an observer in Warsaw at this moment. It is a reasonable chance that if the American Embassy had remained behind in Warsaw the Germans would not have asked it to clear out. The second instance came when Germany invaded Norway. The American Minister, Mrs. J. Borde Harriman, almost immediately le]: the capital with the Norwegian royal family and government. She ac- companied them toward the north, eventually lost them, and finally crossed into Sweden. She is now at Stockholm, while it is impossible to say exactly where the Norwegian government is. Several foreign serv- ice officers remained behind in Oslo and are still keeping the legation open. Envoys Stay in Low Countries. Having studied the futile effects of the migrations of Mr. Biddle and Mrs. Harriman, State Department officials came to the conclusion that the wiser course would be for Amer- ican envoys to remain at their posts, if possible. When it seemed certain to the department that Holland and Bel- gium were about to be invaded an intimation to this effect was con- veyed to Ambassador John Cudahy at Brussels and Minister George A. Gordon at The Hague. Accordingly they hung on after the Belgian and Dutch governments fled. What Germany’s action in the case will be is not yet certain. It is hoped that the German govern- ment will accord the same informal recognition to the embassy at Brus- sels and the legation at The Hague as it did to Minister Whitlock dur-~ ing the World War. American in- terests in Holland and Belgium are considerable. 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NEW YORK, May 20.—The Bel- glan government, sitting in Paris, ‘| has instructed the Governor of the Belgian Congo “to ignore” the capit- ulation of King Leopold to the Ger mans, the British Broadcasting Corp. said in & broadcast picked up here gny by the National Brosdcasting Ifaly on Brink of War, With Action Expected In Mediterranean Attack on Suez Canal, Defensive Strategy on French Border Hinted B the Associated Press, ROME, May 29.—Italy lingered to- night on the brink of war which many foreign and Italian observers expect Italy to start, possibly within the next few days, but in North Africa and the Mediterranean rather than against France directly. This view was supported by Nicola Marchitto in a semi-monthly politi- cal review entitled “The Conquest of Empire.” He asserted Italy’s “offensive ob- Jectives” would be actions by the navy and warplanes in the Mediter- ranean, land war in Africa to con- quer the Suez Canal and eventually in the Balkans to protect Italian interests. Italian strategy, he wrote, is de- fensive on both the French and Tunisian (Prench North African) frontiers, but of a different charac- ter on the Egyptian border. ‘The surrender of the Belgian Army on the western front appeared to have ended any chance the Allies may have had to keep Italy out of the war by relaxing their blockade restrictions. Students Celebrate. University student members of the Fascist militia celebrated today the 16th anniversary of the establish- ment of their branch of the Black- shirt fighting organization in spe- cial military ceremontes. At Rome a battalion goose-stepped under Mussolini’s balcony at the Piazza Venezia. Civilians began today to take over some of the posts left vacant by men called to arms and the govern- ment prepared to make many other such replacements in case a civil mobilization is put in effect. Young Fascists served as traffic police and women and girls were seen in Rome in uniforms and hel- mets siding motorcycles equipped for air raid precaution duties. Government offices are prepared to substitute men called to arms with pensioned employes in event of civil mobilization. The pensioned men will be rehired with preferences being granted to fathers of large families, or with sons fighting. 10,000,000 in “Second Army.” A million and a half volunteers— women and minors enlisted through the Fascist party—are prepared to take over special jobs at a moment's notice. Many will be employed in the industries and agriculture to replace soldiers. The party’s plans for putting civil- | ians to work cover a widespread net- work. Seamstresses will be put to work making uniforms, Women who know how to drive cars will be pressed into that line of work. 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A spirit of defeatism, which was very marked in certain groups two days ago, has now disappeared com- Ppletely. The rapid German advance toward the coast, made the more possible by the collapse of Belgium, opens up two possibilities, according to responsible people here. Either the German drive will now be directed at Paris and the rest of France in hope of terrorizing France into accepting a separate peace following which a quick British defeat would be hoped for, or the Germans will try to utilize their coastal positions from Denmark to the French' border to launch a gigantic attack on Great Britain, Confident Over French. The British are convinced that France will never follow Belgium's example and they are equally con- fident they themselves will not capitulate, although they have no illusions about the ferocity of the attack that Germany will attempt. Returned members of the expedi- tionary force have heartened the people enormously by their calm accounts of the fighting against tremendous odds, and the stories of German ruthlessness have only angered the people so deeply that, had there been any chance of a negotiated peace, it can now be said to have disappeared. It is regarded here as particularly unfortunate that the bulk of Amer- ican comment seems to reveal the feeling that there is nothing that the United States could do to assist the Allies “before it is too late.” Aside from the obvious means of assistance, which are as well known to the American people as they have been made known to United States officials, there are still some Ameri- cans who are dealing through round- about means with Germany. Many of them are of German descent or refugees whose families remain in Germany, and they act usually as middlemen in copper, tin and man- ganese exports as well as in steel and iron products, Supplies Purchased. German agents registered as American firms in California have been buying tin and rubber from the Netherlands Indies, ordering it to be unloaded at Manila, where it is being shipped to Germany by way of Japan and Vladivostok. Similar trade in hides grew up during the first months of the war. They were shipped to Cuba and from there to Sweden, Holland and Belgium. This v trade appears to have dwindied ré cently, One American oil company has continued to sell oil to Germany by way of Italy but in such a manner that the British contraband control has been unable to present abso- lute evidence of its destination. British officials, asked what the United States could do short of war, seem to fill that American public opinion might be effective in stop- pink this kind of trade, which has already been placed under moral embargo by the United States Gov- ernment. (Copyrisht, 1940, by Chicago Daily News, Ine.) Paris (Continued From First Page.) ST TR Tage) southern point of the German drive in this region. Battle Linés Change Hourly. The battle lines of the almost encircled Allied Army of the north were reported to be changing almost hourly as superior German forces swept over ground abandoned by 15 Belgian divisions. French sources said, however, that more than 30 miles of Channel coast, stretching northward from Dunker- que, still remained in Allied hands and asserted that the pocketed troops were continuing to fight with “determination.” The high command kept its plans carefully guarded, but said that action along the Somme was “de- veloping favorably,” and military spokesmen acknowledged that the operations in this sector were “im- portant” in scope. There were unofficial reports that at least 30 divisions, numbering be- tween 450,000 and 640,000 men, were ready for a sustained drive along the Aisne. The French said the Germans were blasting away at Dunkerque and Calais with long-range artil- lery. In Paris, meanwhile, the refugee Belgian Senate and Chamber last night approved the action of the Belgian cabinet in disowning King Leopold for his surrender and voting to continue the fight on the side of the Allies. Press Assails Leopold. The French press bitterly assailed Leopold for ordering his armies to lay down their arms, thus leaving the Allied left flank in the north un- protected. Editorials accused the monarch of “treachery” and said that “Belgium has been betrayed by her own King.” for LATEST NEWS The Night Final Star, containing the latest news of the day during these dramatic times, is de- livered every evening throughout the city and suburbs between 6 P.M. and 7 P.M. Telephone Nationel 5000 for immediate delivery. ol Tt Bt Jor Your oA up. your selection. NAtional 9410 1215 22nd St. NW. ZABAN°’S Mattress and Bex Spring Co. 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