The Washington herald., 1918-01-07
Sunday Theater
Openings
Natisnal-Capt. David FaIIon.

Capt. David Fallon. NJ. c., veteran
of the British and Australian
trenches in Gallipoli and France.
vividly portrayed before a large
audience at the National Theater
last evening life as II is on the
battlefelds Of western Europe.
Capt. Fallon described the hard
ships undergone by the Australian
and New Zealand troops in their
futile attempt to wrest Gallipoli
from the Turks. He termed exis-
tence there Hell with the lid on"
He dwelt in detail on the per-
sona1 experiences and observations
of a soldier "over there" that
brought home to his hearers the
fact that we are fighting q foe cap
able OF the most terrible barbara
ties. His description of what the
German soldiers have done to wom-
en- and children of Belgium and
Farnce is almost beyond belief.
His description of his experience
In a tank during an offensive and
OF the destruction left In its wake
was most interesting.
A collection was taken after the
lecture for the benefit of a naval
hospital in France for English and
American sailors.
Pictures were flashed showing
the intimate details of war in
every phrase.
BeIasce-Major Ian Hay Beth.
Germany will start strong often
sive movement on the Western front
in the very near future, according to
Maj. Ian Hay Beth, who addressed
packed audience at the Belasco Thea
ter last night.
The insecurity Of the Russian truce.
a desire to make a telling stroke be-
fore making new peace proposals, and
fear Of Americas rapaidly growing
armament, are, in Maj. Beith's mind,
the motives which will influence Ger
many to make a final desperate play
for supremacy on the Flanders front.
Mai. Beth asserted that the subma-
rine power has seen its topmost mo-
ment. Merchant conveys employing
depth bombs, coast patrols and sub
marine chasers are said to have COM
batted the submarines so effectually
that the percentage of loss now is
only one ship out OF every 800 making
the Atlantic trip. The average life
Of q submarine is four trips.
after four trips" said Mai. Beth,
"a submarine seems to automatically
go to the bottom-perhaps farther"
he added with a smile.
Last September and December are
said to have been the record subma-
rine-bagging months.
To-day the old chess board military
strategy is obsolete" said the major.
"A general can't turn his encmy's
flank when there is no flank to turn.
when the line extends from sea to sea.
II is armed nation against armed ma
ton. a question Of destroying the
enemy's man-power and armaments."
High confidence prevails among the
allied troops. whose morale Is said to
be of the best.
THE American troops / saw" said
Maj. Beth, were in the best of
spirits and eager to be in the midst
of the fight. Some Of them said they
were afraid the war would be over
before they got a chance to show
what they could do"
In connection with his address Mai.
Beth showed a number of pictures
and maps of the Western front and
pictures illustrative of war phases
Many of the pictureswere taken from
allied aircraft.
One picture OF the German subma-
rine base at Ostend was taken by an
allied aeroplanes 10000 feet up. Another
remarkable picture taken from an
aeroplane showed a torpedo's course
under the water. Pictures of the bat
tleield of the Somme and of villages
desolated by the Germans were ac-
companied by vivid descriptions OF
the military operations which took
place In their vicinity.