Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 June 1941 — Page 13

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“Russian AY ‘Exercises’

By UNITED PRESS nt Germany's relations with Russia and the United States appeared .+ today to be headed into a period of deepening crisis. -. - The Russo-German showdown appeared the more imminent but the = United States and Germany had also reached a point only one step removed from complete suspension of diplomatic relations. - 5 The first indication that Russia is waging her own war of nerves ~-to counter the Nazi show of force and psychological offensive was given today by radio Moscow. ern bases’'as eh of he Nazi show Abandoning its. .customas ..|of might against Soviet Russia. occupation with folk mary re "A United Press staff correspondent reports of Soviet cultural activity, [reported from Helsinki ‘that key the Russian radio reported that the |areas of Finland, including HelRed Army has launched extensive sinki, have been closed to foreigners. military exercises in which the best|The Finns, his dispatch made Soviet fighting units have been OBVIOUS, are In an advanced stage of sifted out for “special assignments.” Young men crowded all Finnish * The Moscow radio paid particular |i,qins to join their army units, all attention to exercises being carried |ordinary frafic was sharply re“out in marshy gteas, a possible giricteq and the general atmosphere hint that the Red Army has con-yygag described as' “electric.” =StockSPenirated its forces in the vast holm reported that all Finnish men @marshes that lie in former Poland |petween 18 and 44 had been ordered |S t east .of the new German-|to report to military authorities imarussian frontier. mediately. x In London belief was glowing that| It seemed apparent that the conussia gnd Germany are locked in servative and cautious Finns would real and severe crisis. On the[not have suddenly abandoned the ther hand it was emphasized again great Jage, of recunstruiniing helt d again that the prospect for a|country irom evastation e RE between ee and |Russo-Finnish war unless they had

Germ grave reason to believe that new = if Tally Sohably E Jus 85 nly hostilities are a real and imminent

threat. In this situation, it was said that ditional indi hs Nh Additiona cations of the state

of tension in all regions adjoining Syealed by the powerful offensive|Russia came from Turkey where it which the Royal Air Force is di-

appeared . that shipping services ting against the German Ruhr|gcross the.Black Sea between Turd the French invasion coast. That

key and Rumania have been licy seems to bé summed up in|suspended. 3 por phrase: “War as usual.” EE pra 7. As the R. A. F. blasted at the] INSPECTS MARINE OFFICE Ruhr and the French channel| Lieut. Col. Chester L. Fordney, of coast, concentrating on Duesseldorf, |the >U. S. Marine Corps Division Cologne and Le Havre for the ninth|headquarters in Chicago, was in Right without attracting {Indianapolis today inspecting the y sign of retaliation by the Luft-{new Marine Corps recruiting office fle it became increasingly obviousfat Room 406, Kresge building. Cdpt. : that the German Air Force must be|Ralph E. Boulton is officer in charge Tr with other plans, pre-!of the local office. Ny

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WASHINGTON, June 20 (U. P.).—Following is the text of President Roosevelt's special message to Congress: I am under the necessity of bringing to the attention of

"ithe Congress the ruthless

sinking by a German sub-

American ship, the Robin Moor, in the South Atlantic

‘Ocean (25 degrees 40 min-

utes west, 6 degrees 10 minutes north) while the vessel was on the high seas en route to South Africa. According to the formal deposi-

sunk within '30 minutes from the time of the first warning given by the. commander of the submarine to an officer of ‘the Robin Moor. The submarine did not display its flag, and the commander did not announce its nationality.

" PASSENGERS PERILED

“The Robin Moor was sunk without provision for the safety of ‘the passengers and Crew. It was sunk despite the fact that its Americarg~-nationality was admittedly known to the commander. of the submarine and that its nationality was likewise clearly indi-

gate) by the flag and other mark-

The sinking of this American ship by a German submarine flagrantly vidlated the right of the United ‘States vessels freely to navigate the seas subject only to a belligerent right accepted under international law. This belligeregt right, as is known to the German Government,

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the mercies of the elements. On.the contrary the belligerdnt is required to place the passengers and crew in places of safety. +The passengers and crew of the Robin Moor were left afloat in small lifeboats from. approximately two to three weeks when they were accidentally discoveted and rescued by friendly vessels. 'This chance rescue does not lessen the brutality of casting the boats adrift in midocean.

CHARGES DISREGARD

The total disregard shown for the most elementary principles of international law ahd of humanity brands the sinking of the Robin Moor as the act of an international

outlaw. The ‘Government of the United

leaving the passengers and crew -to.

British - authorities.

has ordered the closure of American consulates in Germany and conguered countries not in retaliation or the closure of German consulates in the United States, but as something “long overdue because of the consuls’ espionage activities.” A spokesman, added, however, that Germany decided to. act only “when the United States Governd ment in complete disregard of international useage and without any justification whatsoever ordered the closing ‘of -German consulates.” “News reached us of the constantly increasing degree of the activities" of these consular officers, working directly in- behalf of the British secret. service and sending information to a central office in Washingten where it was passad on to British authorities,” the spokesman added. “The German Government, however, generously respecting international . regulations and consular agreements, had always avoided regarding or treating these intolerable conditions as reason for requesting the closure of . the American consulates.” American diplomatic cfficials remained uncertain of the effect of the German closure order cn the

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Jeffersonville Proving Grounds, according to an announcement today by Col. D. C. Cabell, commanding officer. 'The new appropriation raises the total assigned for the proving ground to $15,000,000. Col. Cabell said additional funds were necessitated by a decision to change the airport to accommodate larger planes than had been anticipated previously and by sslight miscalculations in land prices. and water-line installations. Army engineers had planned to crill wells on the grounds but it was disclosed that pipes would have to be laid to

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[ Hold Consuls Aided British

BERLIN, June 20° (U. P..—Authorized German sources charged today that American consular: officers in Germany had been working directly in behalf of the British secret service and had sent information $0 a central organization in Washington where it was passed on to

The charge was made in explanation of an assertion that Germany

combined American Embassy and Consulate General here. It was believed that the functions of a con= sulate would be continued by diplomatic officials. There are 67 American citizens employed in consulates in Germany outside Berlin. There are 44 consular officers in consulates in conquered territory. Most of those in the Embassy here have double consular ‘and diplomatic rank. The Berlin office of the American Express Co., of which is also to be closed, employs about 50 Germans but no Americans. : No information was given out here as to whether the Government would bring any formal charges against the consuls, since it was said they would have “a certain amount of immunity” as officials. The Government yesterday specifically said that the American consul at Cologne had warned the Belgians of the invasion of the Lowlands, that the consul at Hamburg had sought to map the railway lines around that city and that two stu dents employed in the Oslo consulate had carried “written notes” from Oslo to Moscow.

METHODIST HOSPITAL TRUSTEES ELECTED

Times Special BATTLE GROUND, Ind., June 20. —Judge Wilfred Bradshaw and the Rev. Henry L. Davis, both of Indianapolis, are among the six new trustees of the Indianapolis Methodist Hospital named at the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist Church here yesterday. The other trustees are the Rev. Fred Williams of Lafayette; Prof. Jerome Hixson of Greencastle, president of the Laymen’s Association of the Northwest Conference; Dr. E. R. Bartlett of ‘Greencastle, professor ‘of religion at DePauw University, and Dr. Thomas Stovall, superintendent of the Crawfordsville district. Dr. James Loftin of Gary reported on the Gary Methodist Hospital and pointed out that the four Methodist hospitals in the State, at Indianapolis, Gary, Princeton and Ft. Wayne, have dissolved their consolidated state organization and assumed separate identity.

RAINBOW MEETING T0 START TONIGHT

Registration and a stag party tonight at the Claypool Hotel will begin a three-day convention of the Rainbow - Division Veterans of the World War which will specially honor Maj. Gen. Robert H. Tyndall, retired. fig { Byron C. Young, ‘Lafayette, will have charge of the stag party tonight and the Eur House String Quartet will provide musie. ° . Tomorrow there will be a lunch-

eon meet and in the afternoon there will a business meeting

siding. © At a banquet tomorrow night, Sidney S. Miller will present distinguished gu including Alvin M. Owsley, former to Denmark and past:national commander of the American Legion. There will be a radio program, in charge of Audley Dunham, and late dancing at the Variety Club as guests of Stewart At 10

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Text of Roosevelt Message on Robin Moor}

for the outrageous and indefensible sinking of the Robin Moor. Full reparation for the losses and damages suffered by American nationals will .be expected from the German Government, Our government believes that freedom from cruelty and inhuman treatment is a natural right. It is not a grace to be given or withheld at the will of those temporarily in-a position to exert force over defenseless people. Were this incident capable of being regarded apart from a more general background, -its implications might be less serious—but it must be interpreted in the light of a declared and actively pursued policy of frightfulness and intimidation which has been used:by the German Reich as an: instrument of international policy.

ACT CALLED INFAMOUS

The present leaders of the Ger-

man: Reich have not- hesitated to}

engage in acts of cruelty and many other forms of terror against the innocent and the helpless in other countries, apparently in the belief that methods of terrorism will lead to a state Of affairs‘permitting the German Reich to exact acquiescence: from the nations victimized.

to campaigns against other nations. We cannot place reliance on official declarations to the contrary. Like statem declarations, and even solemn pledges have Joen forthcoming in respect a= tions, commencing with : the nl

considereq its territorial aspirations satisfied when it seized Austria by force. Evidence that the government of the German Reich continues to plan further conquest ahd ‘domination! is convincing, and, indeed, scarcely disputed Viewed in the :light of the circumstances the sinking of the Robin Moor becomes a disclosure of policy as well as an example of method. Heretofore, lawless acts of violence have been . preludes to schemes of land conquest. This one appears to be a first step in assertion of the supreme purpose of the German Reich to seize control of the len Sos, the Sonfuest of Great an indispensabl of that Ie. 8 yar

to .be. to drive American commerce from the 'ocean wherever such commerce was considered a disadvan-

specific purpose would appear to be interruption of our trade with all friendly cquntries,

ment that the government of the’ German Reich

Its general purpose would appear,

tage to German designs; and its|’

This Government can ,only assume that the Government of the German Reich hopes through the comniission of such infamous acts

of cruelty to helpless and innocent |. ! ‘mow been served upon us that no

men, women and children to intimidate the United States and other nations into a course of nonresistance to German plans for universal conquest—a conquest based upon lawlessness and terror on land and piracy on the sea. Such: methods are fully in keeping with the methods of terrorism hitherto employed by the present leaders of the German Reich in the policy which they have pushed toward many other ‘nations subsequently . victimized. The government of the German Reich may however be assured that the Uniteq States will neither be intimidated nor will it acquiesce in the plans for world domination

may have. We are warranted in considering whether the case of the Robin Moor is not a step in @ campaign against the United States analogous

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which present leaders of Germany |

‘We must take it that notice has

American ship or cargo on any of the seven seas can consider itself immune from acts of piracy. Notice is served on'us, in effect, that the German Reich proposes so to intimidate the United States that we would be dissuaded from carrying out our chosen policy of helping ‘Britain to survive, In brief, we must. take the sinking of the Robin Moor as a warning to the United States not to resist the Nazi movement of world conquest. Ib is a warning that the United States may use the high seas of the world only with Nazi consent. Were we to yield on this we would inevitably submit to world domination at the hands of the present leaders of the German Reich. We are not yielding and we do

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