New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 28, 1917, Page 7

g # v v/ $ S AOMIRALTY CHANGE STANDS APPROVED British Press Believes Retirement of Jellicoe Will Resolt Favarably London, Dec. 28.—The retirement y Of Admairel Sir John R. Jellicoe as First Sep Lord and the appointment of Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss taused widespread comment, and was treated by some of the morning news- , Papers as a sensational surprize. % e Daily Mail says: ““We have not for some. time past concealed our opinion that this step was desirable. '"We cannot, therefore, pretend to re- igret it. Recent events, some of which &re matters of public knowledge, made {8, in our judgmen:, 1nevitable. and | Bir Brio Geddes deserves the thanks | of the country for not having shrunk from the painful duty. 4™In the criticlams that we have felt liged to pass upon the Admiralty policy during the last sighteen monthy Weé mnever hesitated to acknowledze Sir Juln Jellicoe's high teclinical pro- flclgncy In his profession. He has served the navy and the nation long and. faithfully, to the fullest extent ; of his powers nnd capacities, and he d & really remarkable 1 of the details of the ser- yvice. That he was a great fighting [dmilral, history, with ail the facts befére it, will perhups hardly aflirm, ' but Lls personal quelities commanded the eateern and affection of the offi- cerg end. mon who served under him, and it must not be forgotten that dur- BRITISH TANK RUMBLES INTO ACTION THROUGH THE STREETS OF A RUINED TOWN ON THE WEST FRONT | Ltumbling and roaring aloug as only a tank can, this British monster is waking the echoes amongst the soli- tude and desolation that once was a town. The tank is on its way to the front to help beat back the Teuton and prevent him from leaving any more memories, like this, of his work &5 - in France. In this British official photograph, the commander of tho tank and its driver can be seen watch- ing the raad through the tiny win- dows in front of their machine. events at sea was more normal and ing the perlod of his war service at #ea he was bearing the burden and tfibfi straln of an enormous responsi- tity. o { "T'o these attributes and scvvlcesl . %wa have always done justice, and the ‘sole and sufficient ground for our ob- ‘to him as First Sea Lord was the ecomwiction that the naval guid- sance of the war in nis hands, was [aslug 10 inftlative, flexibility and i eision. e have never during the vear and a half heen persuaded it Jellicoe's qualities as a routine fministrator fitted him to be the ‘adviser to the government on ligh problemes of strategy and policy, " we ‘Rope he will long ¢njoy. the rable retiroment which s de- i by & man who has served his g dRd country with ‘all his mgth anda devotion.” Deily News says: le to pretend that the record [dmiraity during the last few part, it is true, through s for which the admiralty was in B0 zends responsible—has inspired b i\ confidence. The relative b to meet the submarine cam- pRig as been exalted by the idle E the prime minister into ve! ‘failure in. the public . mind. The recent debate on the convoy svs- and the deplorably weak defense the verament's spokesmen has rther jmpaired, rightly or wrongly, e admiraity’s credit, and the tacts which have leaked out about' the ‘na- pyards,’ and our shlpb\;\‘ld- H nerally have done nothing h"’” ‘:C.I‘L Finally, there is the story of the destruction of two vian convoys within a few ka of each other, and, ‘worst of all, in the impression that it created; al- 80 the sinking of British trawlers by German destroyers close to the mouth the Tyne. All of these things. to- er werked naturally enough to _dimeredit severely the theory of sea power far which Jellicoe has been understood to stand. ; . “The nation will learn with regret,” says The Daily Telegraph, “that Sir Jehn Jellicoe, whom it had grown to respect and trust, is no longer first sea lord of the admiralty. This in- telligence was published this morning without explanation, but we presume u:u in vh: of ‘his very distinguished services, to quote the official an- nouncement, and the decision of the king to confer a peerage on him that somte further statement will be forth- coming in due course. At this stage ih the War we cannot afford to have ‘ misunderstandings. The confidence of the public must be supported, and in the absence of a fuller communique than that published today, rumor will be active, possibly to the injury of the sea service, and peérhaps even to the government itself.” The Times says that Admiral Jel-: licos’s retirement is much more than | a personal event of great fmportance: | that it implies consequential changes not only of personnel, but of policy, | and that the whole issue which lies behind the changes is the necessity for givitig yournger men their chance.! ““Phe older men,” says The Times, ' “cling to"older ways: younger men | belteve they ean more readily adapt, themséives to new conditions if they receive :sufficlent .-freedom of action., The process of infijtration has been at work for some time, as Sir Eric Geddes shawed in'his speech in the House of Commons 'on. November 1. Young officers have been brought to the admirelty in oconsiderable num- hers. The ' country,’ without quite knowing what was wrong, has vaguely felt that sll was not well at the a mirkity. 'The repeated minor Taids the ememy oti the east ooast, and e pecially on the cbast of Kent, during the esirly part of the year, shook the ' less irritating, but in the last three montks the unfavorable impressions' formed in the spring have been acute- ly rvevived. The destruction of twa British destroyers and nine Scandina- vian merchant ships under convoy on October 17 had a disturbing effect upon public opinion which was not ef- faced by subsequent official state- ments. The enemy attacks on Decem- ber 12 which resulted in-the loss of a destroyer and four armed trawlers, as well as of eight convoyed merchant ships, deepened the widespread ten- dency to question whether our naval administration was thoroughly effi- clent. “The result of the inquiry into the ! occurrences on Dec. 12 has not yet been made known, but it 18 already clear that the pleas whieh may have been vallid in October cannot be ad- vanced in condonation of the Decem- ber =affalr. Successful attacks - on convoys are by no means the wholo of the story, for there have been other misadyentures at sea. We do not seek to emphasize any particular case, and we recognize fully ments of the Grand Fleet, but we would lay stress upon the cumula- j tive. effect of the series of episodes, every one of which has been ‘unfor- tunate.’ That effect is to justify the prevalent belief that there has been lack of energy and, forceful precision at the Admiralty; that the principal authorities ashore have been far too slow in countering the iIncreasing re- sourcefulness of the enemy, and that too often there has been a lack of co-ordination between. the Admiralty | and the commanders afloat. | ““The crowning Jjustification of the changes now in progress, which go | far beyond those of today’s announce- ment, is the overwhelming importance of grappling still more effectively with , the submarine menace. If it is im-; peratively necessary to bulld ships, it is even more important to save them. | Wo hold that in the fourth year of | the war the Admiralty should have' made greater progress in the fight against the submarine, and we urge that the problem presented by the | submarine is no more Insoluble than | any other new problem of warfare.| Our younger seamen are convinced | that they can entirely overcome the! submarine peril if they receive a free hand, which they never yet have beer | granted.” { WOULD MAKE ANY GIRL VERY HAPPY publié faith. Thess episodes were not in the; ives of great importance, but in spite/ of the fluent and not very \ convineing: éfMctal explanations, the ‘feeling grew that they should. never have happened. . f “Men wondered and are still won- dering whethep the. narrow sea gate at Dover was being well. guarded. They wondérwd atifl_more why the enemy should be able to d0 these dar- ' ing things, while we did comparative- |, iy little either to prevent them or to retaliate, There is no ‘secret now of Lithe preponderating opinion in the Royal Navy that a free hand and a ore aggressive policy would pro- % very different results, uring the summer the course of This pretty frock would delight any little girl so fortunate as to possess it. It is fashiored of pale diune erepc de chine with hand-crocheted buttons, and adorned with a lamd-made lace collar. that | these minor chances of war do not | dim the lustre of the greater achieve- | COMMANDER OF ALLIES IN MACEDONIA Genera] Gulllaumat, who succeeds General Sarrail as commander of the allled forces in Macedonia, command- i ed the French armies at Verdun dur- ing their brilliant operations last sum- mer, when they completed the recov- ery of virtually all the ground that the Germans had won in their 1916 drive. FIREMEN'’S BALL. Arrangements Complete for Social Success Next Monday Evening All is in readiness for the tenth an- nual concert and ball under the aus- pices of the Firemen’s Pension and Relief association, which takes place ,next Monday evening in Booth's hall. | A capable corps of workers from the 1 association has spent much time and | effort to make the coming event the most successful soclal affair in the history of the organization, and the {advance sale of tickets indicates a | large crowd. Since the inauguration of the plan to hold annual concerts cvery year, members of the local fire fighting forces have strived yearly to outdo their previous efforts and the committee arranging the coming af- fair feels that this will be achieved. The membership of the various committees is as follows: Arrange- ments, Stephen Goodrich, chairman; {Captain Eugene F. Barnes, secretary; | Deputy Chief Willlam J. Noble, treas- urer; William McCrann, Peter Nuss, Thomas Hinchey, David Moore, Cap- tain Michael Sowney, Simon Wolfer, Jacob Heck, R Alfre . sioners, Commiasioner Frank J. Mor- an, Chief Robert M. Dame, Captain E. F. Barnes, Captain George Hoff- man, Captain James Crowe, Commis- sioner Herbert V. Camp, Commission- er Frank L. Conlon, Deputy Chief ‘Willam J. Noble, Captain Willlom II. Porter, Captain Michael Butler oand { Captain Michael Sowney; floor direc- tor, John C. Connolly; aides, Stanley Rozanski, John Hennessy, Lester A. Rawnes, John Higgins, John Heisler. ©Owcar Nygren and Lieutenant Frank | Giligan. | i ! TROOP 2 WINS AGAIN. Troop 3, B. S. of A, claimed |'second victory over Company M, Connecticut Home Guard, at the State Armory last night, by defeating the company’s basketbail quintet 16 to 8. Troop 2 will meet any team of 120-125 pounds weight average in the state. The troop expects to play the Bristol Boys' club in the near future. its John Schmidt and John ASK WOMEN VOTERS 10 TEACH THE HEN State Democratic Forum Hears High Praise of Feminines New York, Dec. 28.—The State Demaocratic forum, of which Mrs. ; Robins A. Lau is president, met at | the Hotel Astor yesterday afternoon, | took in one group of 900 new mem- {'bers as a Brooklyn branch, besides a | number of individ®al women, and was told by’ democratic-paliticiaus that its first duty was to teach the men how to use the ballot. This meant the mechanical methods of registering the vote on the ballot which Edward F. Boyle, former pres- ident of the board of elections, told them balf the men did not know. State Senator John J. Boylan told the women that if they learned their bal- lots well “they would elect a demo- cratic governor next fall. Scnator Robert F. Wagner was ta have been the speaker of the after- noon, but he sent word that he was unable to be with them as he was assisting Judge Hylan, that he had prepared his address and would sure- Iy attend their next meeting. Senator Boylan brought the senator’s regrets and the message. One of the first acts of the club in the business meeting, preceding the addresses, was to endorse the presi- | dent, Mrs. Lau, for member of the Democratic State committee. The women were pleased when Mr. | Boyle, with an envelope of ballots to { use as exhibits, told them that instead | of learning from the men how to cast their ballots he expected them to turn | teachers. I “I am looking forward to making vou women educate the men,” sald | Mr. Boyle. “Election is a large sub- | Ject, but it is full of detail and that is a point women are strong on. I wish personally I knew as much about my new job as I do about election, but there are a good many men who know very little about the mechanical part of voting. Thousands of men march up to the polls as though they knew all about it and then fold a blank bal- lot and drop it into the box, or else write across it and lose their vote. Some of the best educated people are the most stupid. They are too con- ceited. They think they know all ‘about it and won’t let anyone show them. Just to see them march up to that polling booth with the sol- emnity of an owl, go in, stay the time it would take to fill out the ballot and not do a thing, we talk ourselves blue in the face telling the men what to do.” 5 “You womeh have won a notable victory,” said Senator Boylan, “attrf butable in my mind to the democratic party. The democrats in the senate have stood together for the women. You women who are leaders of dis- tricts and officers want to bring home that fact. Your victory came on the heels of a great democratic victory. You can't emphasize this too strongly. The honor should go where it is due. “You can’t do anything without reg- ularity and that means organization. We have had an example in the ad- ministration just closed of what comes from not having a regular organiza- tion. It goes out after four years of | service receiving less than 25 per cent. | of the votes. If you divide your vote among a number of parties you won’t do anything. I advise you as leaders to take an interest in the primaries. If vol nominate a man, you feel that he is yours and it leads to a triumph- ant electicn. But you have got to give your regular support to the democrat- ic party.” HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 Clearance Of our entire stock of High-grade Shoes for Men, W. dren. We must CLEAN UP to make room for our Spring -000 pairs, sizes to fit everyone. The earlier you come thel selection. Some specials follow: Men’s W. L. Douglas Metal, Blucher and English Toes .......... $3.00 a pair Men’s Tan and Black Shoes, Reg- ular Price $5, Clean Up $3.45 Ladies’ Havina Brown and Black Shoes, Regular Price $6.50, CleanUp ............ $5.00 Ladies’ Black Kid Shoes, Regular ,“We have no idea of a woman's party,” said Miss Isabella Pettus, of the Woman’s Law class of the New York university. ‘“We do not exercise the privilege of voting as women, but as citizens. We are making a study of the baliet in the law class. I hope all the women will form circles to study the ballot and make them centers of inspiration.” The women endorsed Miss Pettus for judge of the Chil-] dren's court. Mrs. Simon Baruch became a mem- ber of the club and said she would Price $4.50, Clean Up . . .$2.95 Men’s Heavy Chrone Work Shoes, Tan and’} Regular Price $3.50, Shoes, Gun Shoes, Regular $2.9 Up .... Military csecesvsess x Ladies’ Havana Brown, Cll!fll kL * Shoes, Regular Price : Heel, Clean Up ¢ MODERN BOO 168 Main St., Next to N. B. Savings Bank. Boots, Arctics, Etc., Too Nu: merous to Mention. bring in Southlands, the society of which she is president. Mrs. Edith Totton, of the National Round Table, and Mrs. H. P. Wall, president of the Chicago club, which' she hopes to bring into the forum, were also made members. GENERAL CROWDER NOTIFIES GOVERNORS No More Formal Calls For Deferred Percentages of Present Quota of Men. ‘Washington, Dec. 28.—Provost Mar- shal General Crowder has notified state governors that there will be no more formal calls for deferred per- centages of the present quota of Na- tional Army men before February 15. This is, all men who have been called but whose order numbers are so low that they are not actually in camp will get the benefit of the new classifica- tion. Boards have been instructed, how- ever, to continue sending men to make up deficiencies in the quota caused by rejection of men already in the ser- vice until they have enough men final- ly placed in the first class. They were notified also to expect very soon calls for men skilled in spe- cial ines of work. NEW RUFF OF TAUPE _ AND CHIFFON VELVET Each season sees styles long forgot- ten revived with such modification as to put the saucy touch of the times into them. Here we have & close-fit- ting ruff of tay; and chiffon velvet. The ruft wilf be & predominant feature of many spring wardrobes. The muff is accordion shaped-in the most ap- proved fashion, Soldiers’ Fcet Are Expanding in Length and Width, So New Sizes Are Ordered. Washington, Dec. 28.—Under the hard work of military training, sol- diers’ feet are expanding in length and width, and some part of General Pershing’s forces will do their work in No. 13 and No. 14 shoes instead of the old maximum No. 12 of the regular. At his recommendation, these two. new big sizes have been added to the quartermaster’s stock. A review of the army shoe situa- tion issued today by the War depart- ment was that of 32,359 men exam- ined by medical officers, only fifteen per cent. were found to be correctly fitted with marching shébs. The fol- lowing Teasons for misfits are as- signed: “Inclination of men to choose shoes too small, faults in methods of super- today destroyed a blook of buildi and seriously threatened other at¥ tures. = The loss i8 estimated at 000. ¢ i CITY Furs at reduced prices at ken's.—advt. Our inventory sale starts Satis ¥ S Overcoats for $17.85. Aavt. Always more for less at land’s.—advt. L. J. Topliff arinoutced the ment of his sister, Miss Mary M. 1iff, to Frank A. Btodard, of We Mass., at a Christmas party gives Mr. and Mrs. Irving W. Redd Hart street. F. 100 old Wm. S. Hart pictures, one new one, ‘“The Sflent Man,” latest picture appears only at the ceum Mon., Tues,, Wed. Don't mi —advt. Inventory sale at Besse-Lel adyt. Electric hall. Grand whist gives Leading Star lodge, 23, S. 0. B., eve'g, Jan. 1, 1918.—Advt. Our inventory sale starts morning at 8 o'clock.—Bessi Co.—advt. ¥ vision of fitting, insufficient numbers of larger and narrower sjzes, incor- rect markings of sizes by manufac- turers.” SERIOUS FIRE Atlantic Highlands, N. J., Dec. 28. —Fire in the business district here OUR GREAT Inventory S Starts Tomorrow Morning Saturday, December 29. Everything in the line of Kitchen Stoves, Ranges, Parlog] Stoves and Heaters, Floor Coverings, Furniture and House:| furnishings Goods, will be sold at greatly reduced prices. No is the time for you to save from 40 to 50 per cent on the dollag: === el ——. (2 HARRY ALE} Complete Housefurnishing Department Store. 371-373 Main Street.