Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 February 1940 — Page 11

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WELLES' TOUR OF EUROPE OFF

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White House, State Office Disturbed; Difficulty Is In Congress.

Times Special WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.— The diplomatic fishing trip to Europe of Sumner (Man Friday) Welles, who sails tomorrow from New York; is

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‘The White House and State Department are disturbed by critical and, in some cases, erroneous stories and statements about the Undersecretary's mission. So they have been put on the defensive and have issued a flock of official denials even before he has sailed. In this connection it was announced today by high Congressional sources that the primary purpose of Mr. Welles’ trip is to adJust differences between the United States and Great Britain over Allied contraband control and mail inspection systems. 3 The chief difficulty is not in the press, which on the whole has been friendly, but in Congress. Mr. Welles is disliked and distrusted by many Senators who have — or, rather, who think they should have ==8 say in foreign policy.

They Call Him a Snob

Some of these Senators have contempt on general principles for the bright young men of the State Department—*“cookie pushers,” as they are called. And Mr. Welles is regarded as the king of the cookie pushers. That Is Jovan he dresses well, can manage a tea-cup with the best of them, and speaks with an accent that sounds alien to cornbelters but is native to the Rooseveltian old-school crowd.

While sharing the President’s social and linguistic superiority, he lacks the gusto and good-fellow-ship which make Mr. Roosevelt a master politician. So senators exposed to Mr. Welles’ coldness and correctness are apt to call him a snob. The implication is that he is somewhat short on brains. The. truth is that he is one of the smartest public servants in Washington. He ranks with Ambassador Joe Grew—another of the old-school crowd—as ‘one of the few trained American diplomats “who can outsmart the foreign product at poker or more serious games.

But He’s a Shrewd Operator

" The President could not have picked a shrewder explorer of the diplomatic mysteries of warring Europe, in the judgment of most independent observers here. However much or little the Welles misgion may resemble the Col. House mission of unfortunate memory—a point in bitter dispute between President Roosevelt and the isolationists—this cynical professional is no double for the wide-eyed and open-mounthed amateur who sleuthed in the limelight of the World War. 3 But none of this touches the President’s problem in the Senate. The Senate always has been jealous of its power over foreign policy. Whenever a President moves without taking Senators ino his confidence and without at least the appearance of seeking their advice, they get suspicious and muley. Somet that has been costly, and sonmiftimes it has saved the nation from danger.

. May Be Costly to President

In ‘this case it may be costly because the President has rubbed in the announcement that the Welles mission is his personal affair, that the envoy will represent him and report to him alone. The net is that this mission may help the President as a peacemaker by providing the most penetrating analysis of ideals and deals, including secret treaties which usually accompany wars for democracy and other things. But at tle same time it has increased the suspicion in Congress—justly or unjustly— that the President is playing along with the allies too closely for comfort. : ; METER FAST 168 YEARS FRESNO, Cal, Feb. 168 (U. P.).— Faith in humanity in general and public utility corporations in particular was renewed for City Health Inspector Dr. D. F. Coyner when he received a check for $400 from the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. The company explained that a routine check of his electric meter showed that it had been running too fast for the past 16 years. =

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FOUR SHIPS SINK IN SEA WARFARE

Three Danish, One Italian Freighter Victims; British Claim Sub Victories.

LONDON, ‘Feb. 16 (U. P.).—The sinking of three Danish ships in addition to the Italian freighter Giorgio Ohlsen in the last 24 hours was reported to the Danish legation today after Scandinavian newspapers had denounced German attacks on neutral shipping. The Danish advices said that the Martin Goldschmidt of 2095 tons; the Rhone of 1064 tons and the Sleipner ‘of 1066 tons had been sunk in the intensified sea war. Claim Six U-Boats Sunk British sources have denounced the enemy attacks on neutral vessels—designed to frighten shipping away from English waters—and have urged that neutral ships join British warship convoys. ; : The British have announced the sinking of at least six Usboats in the last week and disclosed today that the destroyer Antelope was the warship that sank two German submarines in one day. The Danish legation advices said that the Rhone and the Sleipner were torpedoed off the east coast * Britain about midnight Thursay. The Martin Goldschmidt sank Thursday in the North Sea, but the cause was uncertain. Nine Aboard Rhone Saved At least nine of 60 persons aboard the Rhone were saved. The ship had a crew of 40 to 50.

the Sleipner, on which there were 30 to, 40 persons, including members of the Danish legation staff.

other ships, the Norwegian freighters Bisp of 1000 tons, and Start of 1100 tons, had been lost at sea.) The freighter Giorgio Ohlsen, 5694 tons, struck a mine and sank off the East Coast of Britain i it was established toay.

drifted ashore on the East Coast. Sixteen members of the crew were landed at a Scottish port last night. The ship carried a crew of 32 and it was feared that several were lost. The survivors said they had lost all of their belongings. First indication of disaster came when one of the Giorgio Ohlsen’s lifeboats was washed ashore.

HANDLE ‘HOT CASH’ NEWPORT, R. I, Feb. 16 (U, P.). —Firemen here were called on to handle some “hot money.” A short circuit set fire to the interior of an electric cash register, automatically locking it. Firemen had to shut off the current before business could be resumed. No money wads lost.

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Declare All Ships in Allied Hands Will Be Regarded . As Contraband Craft.

ade ships and treated accordingly. is-

apparently inspired statemen sued through the official

tional existence. :

subject to attack by U-boats.

that the sinking of the Burgerdijk should be a lesson to neutrals and that ‘if a neutral ship is en route to a British control harbor under any circumstances its cargo is liable to be regarded by Germany as contraband and the ship treated accordingly.

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War Department announced today.

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NEUTRALS AGAIN

- BERLIN, Feb. 18 (U. P.) —Germany warned neutral nations today to draw a lesson from the torpedoing of the Dutch steamship Burgerdijk and to understand that all vessels en route to Allied block-

control harbors will be regarded by Nazis as contraband

The warning was contained in an

ews agency and followed a declaration in the official Nazi newspaper Voelkischer Beobachtér warning neutrals not to cast their lots with Finland because a Russian victory was certain this spring and the neutrals would be risking their na-

The statement supplemented ani earlier one by an authorized spokesman which said that American and other neutral ships taken voluntarily or by compulsion into Allied contraband control points would be

The official news agency said

United Press war correspondent, writes today from. London, following his arrival from Finland, where he covered the wir—the latest of many he has cov ered in 22 years.

By WEEB MILLER United Press fitaff Correspondent

LONDON, Feb. 16.—Russia’s capture of advanced positions before

stitutes the Finns’ most serious reverse of the war. Buf in my judgment, based or two months with the Finnish Army and many visits

to the Isthmus front, the Russian advance does not foreshadow the collapse of Finnish resistance or a Finnish debacle. So long as both ends of the Mannerheim_ Line remain firmly anchored by big gun batteries at Koivisto Island of the Finnish right flank and the Lake Ladoga batteries on the Taipale River on the left, the Russians can not exploit their capture of forward Mannerheim positions. °° : These heavy Finnish guns are still able to hurl a heavy cross fire into the Soviet positions. Moreover, on a large part of the 60-mile Man'nerheim front, the Finns still maintain their original positions, which have been punctured on coms paratively narrow sectors.

Finnish Collapse Is Far War Expert Miller Writes

| Editor's Note: Webb Miller, veteran |

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broken the Finns have plenty of positions in which ‘to continue. the struggle. Aside from the possible effect on army morale, the most serious feature of a smash through the Mannerheim Line would be that the Finns’ frontage would immediately be greately increased, and thus require more men-men the Finns have not got. - The point at which the Russians are now hammering in the greatest battle in Europe since the World War is the most favorable anywhere on the whole front for utilization of the Soviets’ huge mechanical superiority -because there are more open unforested spaces than anywhere else. : Also it is the most favorable point for Russian transport, because it is closest to Leningrad and has two railroad lines and a number of roads. Russian artillery fire sometimes approaches the proportions of that in famous World War battles. The British used sometimes 300,000 shells a day in the battle of the Somme. The Finns say that the Russians fired 300,000 in one day in the Summa sector. : : ‘The question 1s how long the Soviets will be able to maintain the second battle of the Mannerheim Line on the present scale. Normally after 1000 rounds 6-inch guns must

Finns Have Prepared

From personal observation I can testify that for two months the Finns had be¢n preparing for this eventuality.

To paraphrase the late Gen. Fer-

The statement rejected foreign protests in connection with torpedoing “of the Burgerdijk. and charged the neutral press with lack of neutrality in expressing resentment in connection with the

‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Vernon M. Ralston, 1619 Kessler Blvd., In dianapolis, has accepted appointment as Second Lieutenant in the Army Engineers Reserve Corps, the

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dinand Foch, Allied World War commander in chief, the Finns have

of the Mannerhiem Line, on the Mannerheim Line and behind the Mannerheim Line. At one point alone, in the course of a few miles, I counted eight auxiliary lines of tank barriers behind the Mannerheim front. Even far behind Viipuri, the Russian objective, many additional lines have been prepared during the last few weeks. Even if the Mannerheim Line on the Isthmus is eventually completely

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been getting ready to fight in front|.

be relined. Such expenditure of shells would encounter the necessity of removing hundreds of Russian guns for relining. In my judgment the Russians in the present battle can not drive through the Mannerheim Line sufficiently to render the whole system of Isthmus defenses untenable. That would require other and later offensives. : In the meantime substantial foreign aid, in airplanes, heavy guns and ammunition, will commence being effective from now on,

OPERA STAR IMPROVES MILAN, Feb. 16 (U. P.).—Luisa Tetpazzini, now 67, a famous opera star who was stricken two days ago, ‘was greatly improved today, her physician said. Her condition

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SAFETY AT SEA

Joint Action Discussed in Scandinavia Over Menace to Shipping Trade.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb. 16 (U. P..— Scandinavian nations, angry and ‘alarmed at Germany's at-

tacks on neutral shipping, talked today of joint action to save their merchant marine and trade. Their position, with Russia attacking Finland at one end of the Baltic and Germany immediately adjacent to them at the other, was delicate. But more and more open, were hints that the Scandinavian nations should get together, with each other or with the belligerents, to save themselves. Singings of Scandinavian merchantmen, en route not to or from belligerent ports but between neutral ones, and allegations of machine gunning and shelling of lifeboats, seemed to be bringing the test between Germany’s submarine and air fleet and the northern neutrals, including The Netherlands, close to hand. . For the present, comment on Germany’s ‘campaign was confined to newspapers. It was believed that the first official pronouncement might be made before the Swedish Parliament next week by Foreign Minister C. E. Guenther, in a statement on measures which the Government intended to take to protect Swedish trade with all neutral countries. Norway, heaviest shipping loser in the German campaign, was the most outspoken of the ' Scandinavians. The conservative and influential Aftenposten of Oslo said today: “It seems as if there exists obscurity concerning which neutral rights the belligerents will allow us to continue to exercise on the seas. We are of the firm opinion that this obscurity must be ended now by negotia-

tions between all powers concerned. Are we to be allowed ‘to obtain coal we need from England? Are we allowed to obtain coal and oil products we need from America? If not, what are we allowed to do and under what conditions? ; “We are a nation living upon peaceful trade with Germany as well, but this collaboration - presupposed reciprocity. If we are not allowed to trade with one power, or even with neutrals, we can not of course trade with other powers. The actual almost daily gs of Norwegian ships and crews can not possibly continue.” ‘This editorial followed a demand yesterday by the Bergen newspaper Tidende that the Scandinavian nations and Holland take joint protective action. It urged the Norwegian government to take the problem up with a German trade delegation now at Oslo and hinted that negotiations might be broken off as a warning. 6 The conservative newspaper Na-

tional Tidende of Copenhagen di= rectly attacked the German case in a leading editorial today. It cited sinking of Danish and Netherlands ships en route from neutral ports to neutral ports, with cargoes destined for neutrals alone. “Even if the sinking of these ships is covered by German prize court rulings,” the newspaper said, “it must be pointed out: firmly that these rulings are exceedingly onesided, that they lack international recognition and that they disagree with realities which can not be compressed into the cold terms of rulings. Stronger than: these is the right to life » }

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