Evening star., 1925-09-13

Naval aviation, plunged in profound
gloom one week, came back to glory
last week when Comdr. John Rodgers
and his stalwart crew of four were
found by a submarine Is miles north
west of the Island of Kauai Friday,
well. happy and little the worse for
their narrowing experience after leav-
ing San Francisco August 81 for
oss-Pacific flight to the Hawaiian
Islands. The seaplane had drifted $50
miles in the nine days 1t was afloat.
The crew had gone for four days with
out food, but water caught from rain
and distilled from the sea kept them
alive.
simultaneously with receipt of the
glad news of the rescue in Washing
ton, the Navy Department announced
the assignment of Comdr. Rodgers as
assistant chief of the Bureau Of Aero
nautics, the new station coming in
the way of a reward for his services.
At the same time 1t was announced
that the Phi, the third plane In the
projected flight, would make a non-
stop flight from San Francisco to
Hawaii about the 21st of this month.
Meanwhile, the War Department
has set on foot the machinery which
eventually will bring Col. William
Mitchell before a court-martial, which
will try him for his disparaging re-
marks concerning his superiors in the
Army and the Navy and their conduct
Of aviation. Refusing to keep his
silence, he issued another statement
last week setting forth in detail more
of his arguments in behalf of a sep
arate air service, thus keeping alive a
topic which promises to be aired to its
fullest extent when Congress comes
in session this Winter.
Reports from Great Britain last
week state that liquor shipments to
this country fell so per cent since
January. and SIS 900 900 is the esti-
mated loss of Englishmen during the
past year who financed shippers to go
down to the sea in rum ships and
carry their Illicit wares to Yankee con-
Sumers. The losses sustained by Brit
tsh rum runners who made rum row
famous are due to the vigilance of the
Coast Guard, which set about during
the Winter to so effectively blockade
the Northern coast that smuggling
has become virtually impossible.
The Ku Klux Klan. which spread
and grew like mushrooms after it's Or
ganization in this country, has met a
lot of hard luck in Germany, where,
reports say, an organization similar
to that in this country was started.
Two Americans, said to be behind the
organization of the German branch,
were arrested last week and in their
possession was list of members, who
were also sought out by the German
authorities. Germany, il is stated, will
not countenance the order there.
After II weeks of vacation at
Swampscott, Mass, President Cool
idge returned to Washington last
week, apparently in the best of health
and ready to tackle the many prob
lens which awaited his return. The
daily routine began Immediately after
his return to his desk at the White
House, when he met his cabinet Aft
er this meeting the President was rep
resented as saying that nothing of i'm
portance had been discussed with his
department heads, but the general
situation in Washington was gone
over.
Rene Viviani, former premier of
France and world noted statesman.
lawyer and publicist, died in Paris
last week. Born in the interior of
Algeria, he became one of the most
renowned of public men ever given
to France from her colonies. He was
prominently identified with the social
ist movement from the time of it's in
ceptlOn In france ana was pro-
nounced pacifist. The advent of the
World War came during his premier
ship and his pacifist efforts to avert
the war drew down on him criticism
from his own people. He left the pub
lie service in 1917, although he en-
tered 1t again to come to Washington
as the head of the French delegation
to the arms conference. He was also
a member of the French mission to
this country, headed by Marshal Jof
fre, after this country's entrance in
the war.
Advocating a general conference
between the nations for reducing arm
ament-at a time deemed propi-
tious by the League Of Nations
Premier Painleve of France opened
the meeting of the league assembly
at Geneva last week. Flags Of the
so nations participating in the assem-
bly,, the fifth meeting, were draped
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