El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-21
Ell PASO HERALD
Navy Officers
Resign, Due TO
Inadequate Pay
High Ranking Officials Of
Service Think Navy's
Efficiency Threatened.

Washington. D. c, Aug. 21-With
the designations Of more than 300 per-
manent officers Of the regular navy
already submitted TO the department
and more arriving daily. acting sec
rotary Roosevelt today began work
on proposed legislation to be submit
ted TO congress suggesting substan-
tiaI pay increases for officers and en-
/ listed men Of the navy and marine
corps
High ranking officers believe the
efficiency Of the navy is seriously
threatened Most Of the designations
have come from the younger officers
in the lower grades. These officers
receive from $500 to $4,000 a year.
Most OF them are Annapolis gradu-
ates, capable OF earning much higher
salaries in civilian life. They declare
they find it impossible TO support
their families on their pay.
ritory formerly belonging to herself
or to her allies was understood. so
far as special provision was not made
in the treaty itself for its disposition.
as constituting the principal allied
and associated powers the authority
by which such disposition should ul-
timately be determined Il conveys no
title 10 those powers. but merely en-
trusts the disposition Of the territory
in question to their decision
Explains Foes Remuneration.
Twelve Germany's remuneration in
favor Of the principal allied and as
ISOLATED powers Of her rights and
titles to her overseas as meant SINH
larry to operate as vesting in those
covers a trusteeship with respect Of
their final disposition and govern
ment
Thirteen: There has been a pro-
visional agreement as TO the dispOsi-
tion Of these overseas possessions,
whose confirmation and execution is
dependent upon the approval OF the
league OF nations and the United
States IS party to the provisional
Fourteen: The only agreement be-
tween France and Great Britain with
regard to African territory OF which
I am cognizant concerns the redis-
position Of rights already possessed
by those countries on that continent
The provisional agreement referred 10
in the preceding paragraph covers
all the German overseas possessions
in Africa as well as elsewhere
Fifteen; No mention was made in
connection with the settlement Of the
Saar basin Of the service Of an Ameri-
can member Of the commission OF
five 10 be set up there.
sSixteens II was deemed wise
that the United States should be
represented by one member Of the
commission for settling the new
frontier lines OF Belgium and Ger
many. because Of the universal
opinion that Americas represent
tatfFe would add TO the commits
sion n useful element OF entirely
disinterested Judgment.
Seventeen The choice OF the COM
mission for the Saar basin was left
TO the council Of the league OF ma
tions. because the Saar basin is for
IS years TO be directly under the care
and direction o. the league Of ma |
lions
Eighteen: Article IS does in effect I
provide that five OF the members OF 4
the commission OF seven TO fix the /
boundaries between Poland and /
CzechoSlovakia should be nominated I
by certain countries because there are 1
five princinal allied and associated i
powers and the nomination Of five /
by those powers /
one representative by each Of those /
powers
Nineteen: No such commission has /
yet been appointed. fThe commission /
70 is that for the fixing Of 4
the Polish boundaries
Twenty: It was deemed wise that /
the United States should have a rep
resenrative on the commission set up
to exercise authority over the pie
oiscite OF upper Silesia. for the same
reason that 7 have given with regard
10 the commission for settling the
frontier line Of Belgium and Ger
many.
sincerely yours.
WOODROW WILSON"