Evening star., 1934-10-10

Inc explanation. OF course, Is tnaU
the proposal will be grossly unacept-
able. 1t will be the kind of diSarma-
ment which might help Britain and
Japan, but would pinch us. At least
that is what President Roosevelt S
naval experts have heard. They un-
derStand that the Japanese offer will
be based on a reduction in the size
of capital ships to around $4,000 tons.
1t is designed, apparently, to call
our biuf about eliminating ofen-
sire tCeaponS OF Wdr, and also
Slyly to gan Britdin's support.
Britain tdUorS the smaller ships,
uhich she considers more effective
for her purposes.
The japanese program also includes
status quo on auxiliary ships. The
answer to that is the Japanese are
built nearly to full treaty strength in
that class. while Britain and the
United States are about 100000 tons
deficient
No Criticism to Offer.
Our experts have no private criti-
cism to offer against the japanese.
We know very we'll that we ourselves
will have to concoct some similar pro-
gram to satisfy the public demand for
disarmament and yet protect our own
interests. So will every one else who
joins the conversations.
The only point to be made about 1t
is that the world has not changed
since the last disarmament gatherings.
Every one wants disarmament, but
wants his own particular kind of dis
armament. which will leave his navy
more efficient than the navy Of the
other fellow.
STANDBY Opposes Gifts.
That is the explanation OF why Mr.,
Roosevelt chose our naval chief of
operations, Admiral Standley, as a
United States representative. No one
will put any tricky naval technicalities
over on Admiral Standley. Every one
close to him in the Navy knows he is
opposed to giving away anything. He
advocates treaty strength Navy, yet
he is not among our naval extremists.
He would like to see the world navies
reduced, on the ground that nations
(mainly ourS) would then be able to
sport them efficiently. That is safe
enough.
This is the first time We ever sent a
chief of naval operations to disarma-
ment conference The fact that we
did this time affords a clear insight
into just what Mr.. Roosevelt expects
Professors Departing.
without a word of publicity, a good
ly number of the New Deal college
professors are departing from Wash
ington. Probably more than half are
remaining, but certainly dozens have
gone back to their college desks (there
are so many you cannot get an exact
count.
The reason is that the colleges
seem to be getting hard boiled
about lending their men. Yale
has Uirtudlly laid do1cn an edict
that her men must abandon either
their Government or their college
tCork, unless they can do both on
pdTt-ttn1e basis. Salaries OF Yale
prots are being docked for the time
they spend in Washington. Will
liams has decreed that professors
Uho wdnt to come to Washington
tUiU hare to find substitutes for
their faculty posts. Harvard de-
cided to be lenient NTH two men,
but is trowning on further leaues
OF absence.
Also, there was the celebrated cast
Of Chairman Garrison being pluckec
out of the labor board by President
Frank of Wisconsin Likewise. Mr.
Morgenthau's temporary freshman
team of Brain TrusterS has departed
Washington will never be the same.