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Evening star., 1935-08-04
BY THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD
STRAR0IGT

Former Admiralty War Stslf, London.
TINE most extraordinary political
event the world has seen for
many years is the hurriedly
u concluded Anglo German naval
treaty
On June the British government
informed its co-signatories of the ex-
isting naval treaties-the United
States, Japan, France and Italy-that
a German delegation, including naval
experts and headed by Herr Won Rib
bentrop, Hitler's ambassador at large,
had been invited to London to discuss
the naval situation. The English gov
ernment reassured its allies, and par
ticularly the French, with the added
information that the talks would be
only exploratory.
During the conversations which fol-
lowed. it was sought to create the i'm
preston by answers to interpretations
in Parliament and by inspired, or
Evening star., 1935-08-04
u. S. VS.. EUROPEAN AIMS
DECLARED ISSUE FOR 80
Whether America Will Continue Trend
to Authoritarian State" Must
Be Settled by Voters.

important that the country should un-
derstand 1t. Yet in saying it I have
always some apprehension lest be
thought extreme. search for ways
to make the reader aware of what our
present-day politics is, and at the same
time avoid excitement. In what is
going on, there Is occasion for strong
feeling, and particularly is there need
for hard, clear thinking. But there is
no occasion for excitement.
Pre-Revolution Days Cited.
The condition is not completely
novel. Everybody knows that at the
time of our own Revolution, the period
in which We won our freedom from
England and set up our own new
form Of government-every scholar
knows that at that time We took ac-
count of the revolutionary ideas that
were arising in France and elsewhere
in Europe. Jefferson, Hamilton, Madi-
son-all the founders of the American
system followed what was happening
in Europe, examined it and took &C
count of it, in some cases to adopt
parts of it, in other cases to reject it.
Is it any wonder, then. that in these
present days of more rapid communi-
cation, many intellectuals and whole
groups in America should be infected
by what has taken place in Europe
during the years since the Great War?
There is hardly a chance that we
shall wholly escape infection by in
fiuences emanating from the new
ideas and practices about society and
government in Europe. The question
is to what degree will the infection
take place, to what degree shall we
accept the European innovations, or
have them imposed upon us?
If things were normal with us we
might escape infection as generally as
Great Britain has. But it is material
in our situation that we happen to
have In our presidency man who is
temperamentally disposed toward the
dramatic, who has q. zest for what he
calls bold experimentation" who
sometimes tends to like the new merely
because it is new. And he has around
him, as result of his own tempera-
ment, men with minds like his own,
including some who consciously and
definitely wish to impose on America
much of the new European model. II
the present situation had arisen in the
presidency of Calvin Coolidge, or
Woodrow Wilson, or Theodore Roose-
welt, or Grover Cleveland, we might
take as much or as little account OF
the innovations in Europe as Great
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w YE talk about whether the
IA I. Democrats will renominate
w MIR. Roosevelt next year,
whether the conservative
The Washington times., 1935-10-21

to 60 back to the office and
write some personal letters.
Well, it was true. She hadn't
written to the family for over a
week. There was so little time,
and it's so darned hard to find
something to say when you
want to hold back the only real
news you have.
To comfort herself because
she felt so blue and out Of sorts,
she opened her bag and took a
look at the ring.
It would be sort of a joke to
be wearing it while she was
tipping a letter to Ma.
Once started, it wasn't hard
to think Of things to say. She
described all the new clothes in
detail. Ma was always so de-
lighted when she brought some
thing nice for herself.
She decided to make a little
drawing Of the organza dress.
It came out SO well that she
found herself wondering if Ma
hadn't been right when she
wanted her to go to art school.
It would be marvellous to be a
fashion designer and go to New
York.
She was so absorbed in her
sketch that she didn't notice
that Bennett had come in and
was watching her and grinning.
$50 you're an artist, too,"
he said. IT discover something
new about you every day, Miss
Shannon"
ut isn't anything-I was
just fooling with a little
sketch" She could feel her
face flaming, and that made
her mad, too. He had had no
business to look over her shoul'
der.
"And now that you're wear
ing the ring, I suppose I can
congratulate you. I've been
dying to for a week."
Too late, she remembered the
ring. The large, white, wink
ing diamond that blazed on the
third finger of her left hand.
She looked down at it, her
mouth stupidity open. Oh, how
could she have forgotten? How
COULD she?
"You look more surprised
than I am! I'm the one to be
surprised, you know"
What had he said? That
he'd been waiting a week to-
congratulate her? He must be
crazy.
Did you say you'd been
dying to congratulate me for
WEEK?"
"Yes, but it's really more
than a week. Must be two or
three weeks. Anyway, I'll do it
now. I wish you all the happi-
ness in the world. I won't even
scold you for keeping it from
me-"
For two or THREE weeks?"
Something like that!"
He was one of those people
who know everything! Well,
she'd show him. She'd show
him how he knew about her
affairs!
'It just happens that con-
gratulations aren't in order. 1t
just happens that I'm not en-
gagged, and this isn't an engage
ment ring!"
THAT would show him! 1t
did, too. He flushed a dark
uncomfortable red under his
tan.
Its a pretty ring, though,
isn't it?" she said, holding up
her hand, glad that her nails
looked so nice, and her hand
so small and white.
"Very pretty. I'm sorry. I
didn't mean to pry into your
affairs"
Now he was mad!
(TO Be COntinued)
The Washington times., 1935-10-21

y nIb10 u4O10 SAPS4AS4VSS Gucy
When she got It home she
found she couldn't put her coat
over the dress without running
the shoulder ruffles, so there
was nothing for it but to buy an
evening wrap. Well, every girl
needs one, and what's $3.50 for
an adorable little cape effect of
pale blue velvet that makes you
look and feel like a million?
And then, feeling reckless, she
treated herself to a couple of
new blouSeS to wear with her
suit, to the office.
Afterwards she wished she
hadn't, because her old blouses
were really all right, and it
would take long enough to pay
for the other things. Bennet GER
tainly didn't notice what she
had on. She might come wrap
ped in gunny sacks for all the
difference it would make to
him.
CHAPTER XVI
Ethelyn was going through
one of her funny phases, gone
very highbrow this time. She
was attending three university
extension courses a week. And
as if that wasn't enough, she
was starting esthetic dances at
the Y.
It had something to do with
Alexander, probably. All her
moods depended on him.
And after a day or so it came
out. He was going to marry that
Mrs. Adoree Sprague Speggen
that hung around the office so
much.
AL Mary's sympathy rushed
to poor Ethelyn, who surely
must be broken-hearted That
accounted for her "sublimat.
ing" all these new interests!
Not that Ethelyn would let you
come near enough to her to SYM
pathize. She was just as import
ant and full Of her RESPONSE
bilitieS as ever.
"And so I'll have to go look at
luggage this afternoon. He's
giving her a complete set as a
wedding present. Oh, he'll give
her some other lovely things,
too-pearls, perhaps"
Pearls! Maybe!
''He wants this set of different
sized bags and the trunk to be
absolutely perfect and he's left
1t to me. I told him I didn't
wish the entire responsibility.
but he insisted. OF course, it's
very hard for me to decide, be-
cause there's airplane linen and
then there's leather. I told
him that if we get a small fitted
bag that he'd just have to pick
that out himself. But he says
no, that my taste is better than
his! Imagine that! He wants
me to get pigskin, with dark red
fittings, and of course that does
limit one"
"Get her the first thing you
see," Mary suggested brutally,
for she was getting tired of
listening. Anything will be bet
ter than Speggen could have got
for herself"
Ethelyn raised her eyebrows.
"I'm afraid you're talking
about something you know moth
ing about. Mrs. Speggen has
been accustomed to every
luxury. I feel very flattered
that Dexter Alexander would
trust me to choose something
for her!"
Oh, very well, Mary thought.
I won't waste any more sym
pathy on you. Last week she
was "that creature" and now
she's perfect already because she
IS going to be MRS. Chief!
And when Ethelyn noticed
she was angry and tried to fling
a little flattery her way by say
ing she'd like her opinion on a
fitted case she saw in a window
on Post Street, Mary said she
didn't have time; that she had
The Washington times., 1935-10-21
''LOVe Blind
Beautiful Mary Shannon
Confronted With An
Age-O1d Problem
WHAT HAS HAPPENED

shin Copany is brokenheurted 1Ohen "Jaie" Todd jr
becomes engaged to Nesa Granger. To add to her
roo her Aunt Willie commits suicide and Marys father
remains in Oakland at Mrs. Henrys boarding house Oth
q friend, Mdrgot Patterson
Mary decides to get all she out of life Margot
does She Oins the attention of Milton HoIden IN
surance broker, bald and fat, but good dresser.
When Stephen Bennett is promoted Mary becomes a
close friend of LGla aVkom she believes to be the 1Oue
of Edovin Samson the neoc manager. Mary goes
n1ired drinking party Uith Samson and Italia" aOhere
the former becomes Ill and is taken to hospital.
When the office fails to function properly, Bennett re-
turns to investigate.
The Washington times., 1935-10-21
NOW READ ON

She bought dinner dress Black organza. It was
only $2950 and looked much Deep frs her
shoulders and low in the back Of course it required
new slippers and she got silver because though they
Q little more expensive they 60 well with anything
The Washington times., 1935-10-21

This treasure, worth probably hve million dollars
had been stolen from Captain De Cana, when his
1t belonged to De Cana, Prudence Lutreue. Tom
Coakley, and Jerry Hart.
The Washington times., 1935-10-21

With these, Blackboard had captured also scud
Skorry, gigantic Georgian, and Pedro mysterious
dark man, both members of De Gama's crew. on a
voyage from Lima. The treasure had belonged TO
people who lived in Peru before the Incas.
La opinión., 1935-08-18

las comunicaciones telegraflcas en-
Francia, pidio a quien p~resentaba ell
mensaje que 10 firmara nuevamente,
a causa de la palabra tachada. Tai
vez por hallarse bajo la Influenza del
opio, o simplemente por distraction,
el joven marino firm6 otra vez, y 10
hizo con su propio nombre: "iUllmol"
In1til es decir que bien pronto Sc
%enconrro en- poder de las autoridades.
La sensation %provocada por su ares
to y por su subsecuente proceso, solo
e%ncuentra parallel en- ell case de
Dreyfus. luna vez mas, un Official
frances habia sido p1blicamente acu-
sado de alta TRACTION! Los patriotas
franceses clamaban: "iTenemos que
avergonzarnos ante ell mundo!" La
eterna enemiga, Alemania, era indi-
rectamente acusada y las cosas lie
garon al extreme de que fue retirado
ell Attache naval aleman, Almirante
Siegel. "La Libre Parole" public6
un a~rticulo estableciendo una relacion
directa entire ell acusado y ell marine
aleman, y aunque Alemania Official
mente nego c~ualquiera c~onexi6n con
ell %asunto, nadie quiso der credito a
tales declaraciones. =.
La figura de Charles Benjamin
Ullmo ante u %jueces, no pudo ser
mas patetica. Su vida de ~disipacion
y su afici6n a las drogas heroicas lie
habian minado fisica y moralmente.i
Fue con lagrimas en- los ojos como
confes6 a los oficiales que lie estaban
j%uzgando, que habfa llegado a con-
v~ertirse en- ell ~esclavo de una vampi-
resa humana encarnada en- la Belle
Lison. En- vano fue que jurara que
nunca habia abrigado la intencion de
vender los pianos y las claves a un
pals ~extranjero. Fueron aducidas
pruebas c~oncluyentes en- contrario y
la suerte del acusado qued6 decidida
en- brevisimo tempo.
Sc lie sentencio a la degradation
publica de su grade de Official de la
Marina francesa y a prisi6n perpetua
en- ell preside de la Isla del Dia-
blo....
Fue una multitud enorme, que ha-
bia hecho ell viaje en- trenes especial
La opinión., 1935-08-18

tia podfa tener ell Consejo Superior de
Guerra de que tales documentos no
lutheran sido antes copiados y ven
didas las copias a alguna potencia ex
tranjera? Por otra parte, 81 no hui
biera mediado csc r~ecelo, la insigni-
ficante suma de 10000 frances, ha-
bria sido pagada en- ell acto sinm as
averiguacion. Sc puso a TRAFALGAR
en- ell asunto a los mejores agentes
de la policia francesa, mientras que
sc enviaban cartas a las diveras d.
recciones dadas por ell corresponsal
anonimo, para ganar tempo.
Mientras tanto, Ullmo, que tenia
acceso a los documentos mas secretos
de la Marina, cometi6 errores que solo
pueden compararse con los que es-
taba cometiendo la policia al mismo
tempo. Segun las instrucciones del
poseedor de los documentos, ell CAME
de estos por ell dinero debfa hacerse
en- un tren expreso entire ciertos pun
tos del recorrido de Paris a Avinon.
Ell dinero tenia que dejarse en- deter
minado ~lavatorio del tren, mientras
que en- otro sitio del convoy habr1an
de encontrarse los documentos, GUAM
do ell tren fuera llegando a Avinon.
La escena estaba bien %preparada pa
ra ell dramatico trueque; los altos fun
cionarios en- Paris no las tenfan to-
das consigo, y en- ell expreso de lujo
pululaban agentes de la policia bien
di~sfrazados. Al acercarse a Lamuc
ell convoy, varios de los policias vie
ron a un hombres entrar en- ell lava
torio donde Sc habfa ocultado ell di-
nero segun las instrucciones del chan
tagista. Ell sumo apresuramiento con
que aquel individuo sali6 del ~lavato-
rio, no dejo duda alguna a q~uienes
estaban espiandolo. Ell sujeto en-
question quedo en- ell acto reducido
a la impotencia por luchadores pro-
fe~sionales, a pesar de sus protestas y
juramentos, obligandosele a bajar del
tren en- la estaci6n a que sc habia
llegado. Pero una minuciosa revision
de SUI persona, de su equipaje y de
sus documentos, demostro irrecusa-
mente su inocencia.
Naturalmente, fueron vanos todos
los preparativos para apresar esa vez
al traidor. Habfa que e%mprender de
nuevo las negociaciones. Ell Teniente
Ullmo Sc volvio entonces doblemen-
tie ~precavido, va que habfa sido tes-
tigo inadvertido del false arresto efec
tuado por la policfa. Pero a pesar de
ESQ y de la sagacidad que despleg6
para arreglar I'm nuevo contacto, du-
rante aquellas m%aniobras cometio un
error cast inconcebible. Mientras que
enviaba I'm ~telegrama con nuevas ms
trucciones para las autoridades a
wales, tacho una palabra que era in
necesaria. fernando con un nombre
supuesto, naturalmente, present6 ell
telegrama al empleado del TELEGRAPH,
quien siguiendo las reglas que rigen
La opinión., 1935-08-18


" tos meses entire nosotros sc
suicidara, dejando una de-
claracion escrita de que despues de
haberse hallado en- ell inferno por
algun tempo Y de haber tenido la
o%portun5dad de comparable con 10
terra, preferfa regresar a la tradi-
cional morada de los condenados,
nuestro asombro Sc marifestaria sin
duda alguna por medic de los mas
sensacionales artfculos en- las prime
ras paginas de todos los per.odicos.
Hace pocas semana dieron algunos
diarios una noticia tan fantastica CO.
mo la suposicion que dejamos apun-
tada: Charles Benjamin Ullmo, n
tiguo Official de la marina de guerra
~francesa, despues de pasar 26 amos
preso en- la terrible Isla del Diablo,
fue indultado por ell gobierno frances.
Pero despues de pasar seis meses
entire sus compatriotas de la Metro
poll, Sc sintio completamente DISCUS
4 'ooA uoo eIed uo!ooe eceq !m 9Iop
tado con ell mundo moderno; con su
"complejidad Y estupidez inmensas",
para valernos de sus propias pala-
bras; con nuestra confusion de ia
cantidad por la calidad Y, sobre TODD,
con 10 que ell antique convicto de la
Guyana califico ante los reporters
de Paris como la "~degradaci6n paten
tie en- las normas de conciencia Y de
inteligencia....
mi regreso a este mundo de uste-
des', dijo Ullmo a los periodistas,
cha sido como ell despertar de un sue
no de &c amos bajo las palmeras de
mi" isla de la Guayana, para encon-
trarme en- presencia de la ~infinita
estupidez de una raza humana que
cree en- su propia superioridad -"
jQuien es Benjamin Ullmo? iPor
que vivio tantos amos encarcelado?...
Cuando por vez primera estudi6 ell
autor de estas lineas ell "affaire Ull-
mo" de hace 26 amos, que tiene al
gunos puntos de semejanza con ell
"affaire Dreyfus" de resonancia nun
dial, fue en- Cayena, en- la Guayana
francesa. Hablando con un antique
p%risionero de la Isla del Diablo a
quien por su buen comportamieiito
Sc lie permitia yivir en- la %colonia con
tinental, salio a colacion ell apodo de
Ullmo, a quien llamaban eel ermita-
no" sus c%ompaneros de preside. Mi
informante, que en- manera alguna
tenia ell aspecto de un criminal pc
ligroso, pues mas que NADIA parecia
un ~inofensivo pescador breton, hablo
de Ullmo con respeto y con admira-
ci6n. Esa actitud hacia un hombre
que. rehusaba mezclarse con otros des
venturados y que preferia pasar sls
dias en- SOLITAIRE aislamiento, no podfa
menos que interesar a un periodista
que, como yo, andaba en- busca de
figuras extraordinarias
Ullmo, ademas de sus novelescos
antecedentes, era entonces un extra
no personaje, como 10 sigue siendo
hoy despues de sus sensacionales de-
claraciones a los periodistas de Pa
ris. Durante la mayor parte de su
encarcelamiento Y gracias a la inter
vencion de un sacerdote compasivo,
pudo vivir tambien en- ell c~ontinente.
En- una playa solitaria Sc construy6
su cabaha, donde solo podia hablar
consigo mismo y tai vez con los in
contables tiburones que infestan
aquellas aguas. Su extraha conduc-
ia no era en- manera alguna ell result
tado de ninguna clase de %locura, 81
no mas bien del deseo que tenfa de
no ~volverse loco.
Hace &c amos, y a la edad de &c, 81
PAGINA IL
La opinión., 1935-08-18

niente de navfo, Benjamin Ullmo, hi
10 de un rico industrial de Lyon,
quien lie daba una considerable pen.
sion ademas de su paga de Official,
habfa quedado ~convieto de TRACTION y
condenado a vivir para siempre en- la
Isla del Diablo.
"Cherchez la femmel" dicen los
franceses. Y en- ell caso de Ullmo no
hubo que ir a buscar muy lejos a la
mujer causante de aquel desastre.
iPorque, acaso no era ell amante de
ia Belle Lison'? POGO antes, Ullmo
habia sido ell objeto de la envidia de
sus camaradas. Cerca de Tol6n, te-
MIA una elegante villa para su ami
guita, "la Bella Lison", con la cual
visitaba frecuentemente los sitios mas
elegantes de la Riviera. LA Belle
Lison', que en- realidad era una mt
chacha alemana de humilde origen LA
dondequiera con ell desembarazo de
una mujer de mundo. NADIA era de-
masiado bueno para ella. Su auto
m6vil era un soberbio Renault y sus
vestidos parisienses eran la nvidia
hasta de las %j6venes de las mejores
familias.
Las atracciones de la ruleta, del
treinta Y c%uarenta, del baccarat y
de los demas juegos del Casino de
Monte Carlo, resultaron bien prom
to insuficientes para esa mujer. Per
dia sumas considerables con la ma
yor indiferencia y pronto busco nue.
vos placeres en- las drogas que va an
teriormente la habian seducido. -. Ell
ioven Ullmo Sc vic irremisiblemente
preso en- aquel torbellino de extra
vagancias Y de %vicios, y bien pronto
Sc halo no solamente esclavo de Ia
Bella Lison', sino de sus vicios =.
No habfa pension paterna, por ge-
nerosa que fuese, capaz de sostener
tanta dissipation por largo tempo. Las
cantidades que mensualmente lie re-
militia su familia, las vendia con mu-
chos meses de anticipation y, una
vez agotado su credito, comenzo a
buscar alguna nueva fuente de recur-
SOS. LEGO ell momento en- que su
querida lie dijo categoricamente que
10 a~bandonaria ell momento mismo
en- que faltara ell dinero....
POGO despues, ell Teniente Ullmo
comenz6 a negociar secretamente con
los agentes alemanes, para vender-
les toda la clave secreta de la ma
rina francesa para 1908, los mapas
secretos indicando los canales de en-
trada en- tempo de guerra a los puer-
tos de tanta importancia militar CO.
mo Tol6n y Marsella, y otros docu-
mentos. Aunque entonces eran fire.
cuentes los rumores de guerra fran
co-alemana y aunque los documentos
ofrecidos eran de evidente importan-
cha, ell hecho es que las platicas fra
sacaron.
Temiendo perder ell objeto de su
fatal passion, al yer Ullmo fracasar
sus negociaciones con los alemanes,
comenz6 a desarrollar in plan que
reveal hasta que extreme lie habia en-
loquecido la Belle Lison. Envi6, en-
efecto, un an6nimo al Ministerio de
Marina, ~preguntando 81 no resulta-
ria mas econ6mico entregar 0 5000
frances al autor de la misiva, a cambio
de ciertos documentos que probaba
tener en- su poder, en- vez de zanzibar
por complete todas las %claves, todos
los mapas secretos y todas las forti-
ficaciones. Como prueba de la po-
session de tales documentos, inclufase
en- ell an6nimo la segunda palabra de
la mas secreta de las claves navales
francesas. -.
Auuella misiya cayo como una
La opinión., 1935-08-18
Por DON ALVARAD0

John Dillinger reapareciera
subitamente en- ell mundo y
despues de vivir unos GUAM
tos meses entire nosotros Sc
suicidara, dejando una de-
Evening star., 1935-10-01

turmoil. Physicians know well enough
that incessant disturbance has dele
terious effect upon the human mind.
When a citizen goes berserk and murders
a saxophoning neighbor, the victim of his
homicidal wrath is largely, if not wholly,
responsible for the outbreak.
The principle of cause and effect is
involved. Men and women cannot re-
main temperamenta1ly stable under un-
remitting torture. The tumult of the
machine age is a "cruel and unusual
punishment" which should not be tol-
Grated. Mr. La Guardia may not achieve
his ultimate objective of noiseless
civilization, but he will have the SYM
pathy of thousands in his struggle toward
that end. Joke about it as many may, it
still remains true that the forces of law
and order are defensibly employed when
they are used to terminate community
nuiSances. The traditional din of New
York can be and should be corrected;
and similar drive in Washington would
not be amiss.
Evening star., 1935-10-01
Anti.Noise Campaign.

Mayor F. H. La Guardia of New York
this evening will declare war on noise.
Like Mussolini, he has been preparing
for action for months. A heavy barrage
of publicity was laid down under his
direction during the Summer, and the
public was prepared for the proclama-
tion of q zero hour. Now, at last, the
moment for the great drive has arrived.
Curfew is to ring at eleven o'clock to-
night. After that the metropolis is
supposed to be a quiet and peaceful
community. Blaring radios, honking
automobile horns, piercing bus sirens and
other senseless and unnecessary forms
of clamor are to be abated. The law in
the full and complete panoply of its
majesty will "crack down" upon racket.
Seriously, Mr.. La Guardia should have
the good wishes of the Nation in his
determination to save the population of
the largest city of the Western World
from neurasthenia. Even the wish to do
something about the erve-shattering
din is commendable. The mayor mani
tests a social instinct as well as courage
In wanting to provide relief from the