South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-06-11
Washington ID. Vanderbilt
Announces Agreement

, frontier FOR five days on a technical
!ty regarding his passport In the
meanwhile a diplomatic denial was
prepared and Issued We both
agreed 20 d.scredit Wells "a a novel
~ and a dreamer because OF the
urgency Of the situation with its
/ possibilities OF threat against our
peace at a time when We were un-
/ prepared. The situation demanded
that any fears in the east be aIlay-
ed quickly.
a few weeks later 7 arrived IN
New York-on December 4. I went
20 Washington 70 see Sen Lodge but
ne was ill with influenza After
waiting a week in hope that ne would
recover sufficiently 20 see me
turned over TO his secretary copies
Of M contracts drawn up at Mos
COW. would not trust the Wilson
administration then in power. nor
would I allow them 20 know the de-
tails I was advised not 10 mention
the facts % any other government
officials soon after the Harding
administration came into office on
March 4. as We ali know, the Allan
tic fleet moved into the Pacific
News OF this reached me IT, Russia
Cfor 1 was in Russia at the timeJ
and now I feel free 20 make tnis
announcement.
The British have coveted Avatcha
Bay for $50 years. They fought a
naval battle for II 113 years ago but
were beaten by the Russians II IS
"a Russian dictum that whoever cor
trolls Avatcha Bay controls the Pa
cific ocean.
Q Triangle Defense.
"AvatCha Bay IS 10 by 90 miles
in extent and Is reached by tortu-
Gus passage through 800 foot cliffs.
The water becomes frozen in winter
but can be kept open by ice break
ers. II Is impregnable against land
attacks. Back and beyond the bay
are miles OF the heaviest Jungle un-
dergrowth through which no army
on earth could penetrate.
With this base the American
navy can form a triangle OF defense
protecting Alaska. for the western
coast OF the United states and the
Pacific possessions There could be
three great bases (twO OF them al
ready established at Avatacha.
Puget Sound and Hawaii.
"Avatcha is only % hours from
Alaska by fast steamship and Is two
DAYS by fast steamer from northern
Japan. Flanked by American war
ships. no Japanese navy would dare
10 leave the Japanese coasts IN
protected 20 steam eastward 20 at
tack the United States. II would not
be safe FOR the Japanese fleet TO
leave Japanese waters until Avatcha
was reduced or captured I would
advise Americans VINO are interested
in the defenses Of our western coast
TO read Gen. Homer Lea's book,
The Valor OF Ignorance This book
would give an understanding Of the
need or such protection as this valu-
able base would afford.
"A harbor near Vladivostok Is to
be coded 20 the Vanderlip syndicate
i'm perpetuity FOR an oil and coaling
station. My idea would be for
America to erect a powerful airplane
base II Is only a three hour flight
20 the Japanese coast.
There are people who will be
aghast at my proposal doubtless to
penetrate behind Japan's back but
England has naval stations through
out the world strategically placed
for operations against any nation
We have no such protection"
Mr. Vanderlip plans to leave Lon
don in about a week. He came TO
London from Riga. While ~ Riga
his American passport was cancelled
but he was enabled to travel TO
Great Britain by means OF A photo
graph vised by the British counsu-
lar authorities
Copyright 1921. BY international
News Service