The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-14

Be Dire Threat Co Peace
 ... War of Federal Sleuths
 Is Still Live Capital Topic
 ... What Caused Their
 Clash Is Revealed.
 Washington, Aug. lS.--If you lool at . map of the Mediterranean Sea, you win quickly perceive thu serious potentialities involved in diplomatic rumor which has con tributed largely to the widespread war scare,
 The rumor Is that Che Spanish
 rebel leaders have offered to
 Italy, In return for her support
 tn the current rebellion, the port
 Oe Ceuta In Spanish Morocco and
 the island of MlnoroA In the
 BalearioS.
 There is no way of confirminI or diSproving the rumor, Sucl stories have e way of turning uI during international crises, Ye this one has persisted lately 1T various capitals of the world.
 If 1t happens to be true, a. rumors sometimes are, 1t holds thu seeds of another great European war. If 1t isn't true, 1t may vel turn out to have been concoctee by Spaniards loyal to the Madrid government who sought support from the British,
 But there's plenty of eVidencC that the rebels have had Italian support,
 Risk Would Me Great
 Cessation of Ceuta and Minorcs to Italy would have approximately the effect of realizing Mussolini's dream of turning the Mediterranean Into m Italian lake,"
 Whether MuSsOllnl would dare accept such an offer at this time would depend on whether he felt ho could afford to take . chance of provoking Great Brl- tain to war
 Fertilization of Ceuta tpronounc- ed "thay-oo-taO could destroy British control of the Straits ot Gibraltar. Mlnorca, in Italian hands, would also strategically cut the route from Gibraltar to Malta.
 Along with Sardinia and Sicily, plus Italy proper and bases In Tripoli, Pelage Island, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Italian Somililand, possession of Ceuta and Minorca would give Mussolini Q dominance which you can quickly appreciate by consulting the map.
 Thanks to her air force, Italy may be considered already to dominate the Mediterranean. That's why England Is armlng feverlshly.
 International experts agree that Britain must Vanquish Italy in war. frighten her into becoming Q more or less dooile ally, or prepare to become Q second.class power.
 If Italy were to try to take over Ceuta and Minorca, however, war probably would break out at an early date,
 What Sleuth War Is About
 Jealousy among different groups of government detectives is the only known reason behind the incident wherein two high-ranking secret service men were denoted for in- vestigating actions of some of !, Edgar HooVer's "d-men," Wide- spread suspicion, however, persists In Washington that the secret serv- Ice men were not acting without ape proval of someone higher up.
 Part of the reported jeAlously Is said tO be due to the heavy pub llcity which the federal bureau of investigation men received when they began wlplng out kldnapers and other gangSterS. But there was also . blll In the last con. gresS, which may be revived, to consolidate oil federal law en- f0reement agencies.
 Congress, If 1t passed such bill, would be likely to insist that Hoover head the consolidated forces. And that horrifies the pos tai inspectors and secret service men, who are proud of their own records,
 PrObed Gangster Killing
 It appears that certain persons came to Secret Service Agent Grady L. Boatwright, who now has been denoted a grade, along with Assist Chief Joseph r. Murphy, and com plained about the way Eddie Green had been shot down by G-men In St. Paul.
 It was alleged that Hoover's men hadn't known Greens iden- tity until he revealed 1t on hls deathbed, that he had been shot down without warning, and was only . small-tlme hoodlum, any way.
 Green was unarmed when ann pushed by the G-men. But de- partment or JuStlce reports say ne was running when ordered to halt and that he reached to his pocket for an imaginary gun, which was the reason for shooting him. He is alleged to have been an asso- ciate of and arsenal-keeper for Dillinger and other gangsters.
 That's the oflcial record and there's no indication that Boat wright who was authorized by Murphy to investigate, ever dug up any real dirt"
 There is considerable sympathy in Washington for the secret service men. But the fact remains that Hoover has built up @ crack force of men