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Edison Versus Hague
New Jersey Split May Emborross
National Leaders of Democratic Party

is to be elected in 1912 and p Gov
ernor In 1943.
There Is the difference also that
whereas Mr.. Wilson specialized in
fighting public utilities, Gov. Edison
selected for his break with Mayor
Hague an issue in which he is ar
rayed on the side of the railroads.
A Hague controlled State ad-
ministration a decade ago enacted
laws under which a railroad delin-
quency of s34,000,00O in taxes and
$4,000 900 in interest and penalties
since has accumulated. Because vast
terminal facilities, serving New
York, are centered in Hudson Coun-
ty, that bailiWick stood to win or
lose heavily in the determination of
this issue. Mayor Hague has justi-
fed a top heavy bonded debt. con-
tracted during his rule Of the coun-
ty. on the ground that railroad tax
collections eventually would pro-
vide the money to pay it, without
resort to the general taxpayers. The
railroads, several of them insolvent,
have pleaded inability to pay.
Special Study Made.
One of Mr.. Edison's first acts as
Governor was to appoint special
commission which, on basis of re-
search conducted by experts drawn
from Princeton University, offered
a series of bills embodying a COM
promise OF the railroad tax dispute.
This called for payment in full of
the S34 100000 basic delinquency,
but waived the interest and penal
ties and changed the method OF
taxation for the future so as to
make net earnings rather than
capital investment the controlling
factor.
The showdown came last week in
an all-night legislative session, in
which the Governor soundly
trounced the Hague forces.
Two days later Mayor Hague
declared war on Gov. Edison TO
the finish" coupled with the an
nouncement that he was surrender
ing the State Democratic leader
ship to the Governor in order to
free his own hands completely for
the battle. 1t was noted, however,
that Mr.. Hague retained his leader
ship in Hudson County.
Battle Is Under Way.
Gov. Edison retorted that Mayor
Hague had no State leadership TO
give up because there was no such
Office and only the rank and file of
Democrats in New Jersey could sup
ply it.
The one thing certain is that the
gage has been passed and the bat
tie is on. The winner very possibly
may be determined by the attitude
OF the national administration.
Shortly before he retired as Attor-
ney General, Frank Murphy broad
ly hinted that he was investigating
the actions of certain important
State bosses. Mr.. Hague among
them. Mr.. Murphy fully believes
that this threat of meddling with
the political machine gears was
principal reason why he was kicked
upstairs to the Supreme Court.
released by North American Newspaper
Alliance, InC)
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discipline. as always, must play
an important part when the
showdown of battle comes.
Persistent Menace.
Gen. Washington was endan-
gered and the whole cause of free
dom of this country, again and
again, by short-term enlistments.
Gen. Scott was placed in danger
of losing the Mexican War, or at
least of serious defeat, for the
same reason. In the Civil War,
the Union forces constantly faced
the same danger. He did not
overlook the War of 18l2-When
the Capitol was burned by the
British. In the Civil War, the
term of enlistment finally was
fixed at three years, giving the
volunteers time to become veter-
ans.
Washington. on August 20,
1870, wrote: Had We formed a
permanent army in the begin
ming we never should have
had to retreat with a handful
of men across the Delaware in
1776, trembling for the fate of
America; we should not
have been the greatest part of
the war inferior to the enemy,
indebted for our safety to their
inactivity, enduring frequently
the modification of seeing invit-
ing opportunities to ruin them
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members of the Roosevelt admins
| tration incline to his side. But it
also is realized that, excepting the
Roosevelt landslide in 1886. every
Democratic Statewide election vic
tory in New Jersey for 80 years has
hinged on the plurality rolled up in
Hudson County, which Mayor Hague
has demonstrated he can turn on or
off at will.
No wonder the Democratic ma
tional leaders shudder at the pros
pect of being compelled to choose
between this Hague bag Of votes
and the high political purity and
respectability typifled by Mr.. Edi-
son.
There is suspicion further that
Mr.. Edison is playing a game for
big stakes in his seemingly deliber-
ate defiance of Mr.. Hague. 1t is
just 80 years since another Jersey
Governor, named Woodrow Wilson,
dramatically cut loose from the
then ruling State bosses, James
Smith, jr., and James r. Nugent.
A year later Mr.. Wilson was elected
President of the United States. Mr..
Edison scarcely can be oblivious to
this precedent.
Differences in Situation.
True, there are some marked diff
ferences between Mr.. Wilson's sit
uation in 1911 and Mr.. Edison's now.
Mr.. Wilson gave up the governorship
before the offended party bosses got
whack at him. 1t is significant
in this connection that Mr.. Wilson
received only AZ per cent of the New
Jersey vote for President in 1912.
He won the States electors because
his opposition was divided between
William H. Taft and Theodore
Roosevelt.
Gov. Edison must fight it out with
both Hague and the Republicans in
at least three elections before he
can reach for the presidency. A
State legislative contest, to be de-
termined next November, already is
shaping up. A United States Senator
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The Political Mill
MorshuIrs Arguments Seen os Ruyine Congress
To Correct the Short Term Enlistment Menace

East or the West enormously
increases.
Senator Hayden of Arizona has
just had published as a Senate
document extracts from "The
Military Policy of the United
States" written by Emory Uptons
brevet major general, U. S. A..
colonel of artillery at the time
of his death in 1881. Senator
Hayden has given the document
a title, The Evil Effects of
Short Term Army Enlistments."
Gen. Upton, graduate of West
Point in 1861. fought with great
gallantry throughout the Civil
War and was brevet major gen.
eral of United States Volunteers
at the age of IS. He was only AZ
when he died.
"All our wars" wrote Gen.
Upton, have been prolonged for
want of judicious and econom-
ical preparation, and often when
the people have impatiently
awaited the tidings of victory,
those of humiliating defeat have
plunged the Nation into mourn
ing. The cause of all this is
obvious to the soldier and should
be no less to the statesman.
Points Out Weaknesses.
Gen. Upton gave three causes
OF weakness in the military sys-
tenn of the country as follows:
First. The employment Of
militia and undisciplined troops
commanded by generals and Off
GERS utterly ignorant of the mill
tary art.
Second. Short enliStments
from three months to three years.
instead of for or during the war.
Third. Reliance upon volun-
tary enlistments, instead of VOL
untary enlistments coupled with
conscription."
With these premises as a back
ground, Gen. Upton has given
ad seriatim actual cases where
disaster has followed American
arms due to the short term en-
listment of volunteers, beginning
with the War of the Revolution,
through the Mexican War, and
through the Civil War. He has
shown what happened when raw
troops were thrown into action,
what has happened when volun-
teers insisted upon ending their
service at the close of short
enlistments. 1t is all peculiarly
pat in these days, when long
periods of training are necessary
for soldiers who are to be effec-
tive in modern warfare, and when
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By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

American military and political
observers are holding their
breath; If contrary to all expec-
tation and military estimates the
campaign in Eastern Europe
settles down TO an old-fashioned
war of positions with all the
drudgery Of the trench warfare,
Hitlers goose can be considered
as cooked. 1t is premature to
shout victory, but even II the
Russians can hold out only an
other six weeks without disin-
tegrating, we can give a sigh of
relief and settle down to
methodical planning of the de-
struction of the Axis war might.
Nobody in military quarters
here thinks any longer in terms
of what centers the Germans
are going to occupy henceforth.
The whole question turns around
the fact whether the Red forces
will be able to retreat in an or
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the japanese admirals were con-
vinced that the bulk Of the
United States Navy in the Paci-
fic would have to be moved into
the Atlantic TO help the hard
pressed British.
Nothing of the sort seems in
the offng. The answer of the
British, American and Neither
lands governments was immedi-
ate and harsh. The British and
the American diplomats in Toxic
indicated clearly that the eco
nomic pressure on Japan was only
a beginning of harsher measures
to be taken later.
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This Changing World
Military Experts Believe Russians Can
Force Germons to Dig In for Long Fight

The only serious concern Of
American military observers is
whether the forces of the Soviet
Republics will continue to hold
together If they are overwhelmed
in blitz actions on the three bat
tie fronts. From the military
point of view this is still con-
sidered possible. But civilian OBJ
servers point out that in spite Of
contradictory stories, the Russian
soldier is by far more determined
to defend his country against any
invader than was the Russian
soldier of the last World War.
Like the Germans-and un-
like the French and some of the
other western European nations
the present day Russian soldier
fights for an ideal Whether We
approve it or not is immaterial.
In these quarters it is pointed
out that the French soldiers who
came from the peasant and work
man classes felt that they were
fighting for lies quatre cent
families" (the 400 families which
were supposed to control the
wealth of the country. They did
not see why they should break
their necks TO further the luxurl-
Gus living" of the families.
Russians Fighting Well.
These six weeks of fighting on
the eastern front have shown one
thing clearly: That however con-
trary to our theories Of life the
Russian system may be, the Rus
sian peasant and worker must
have been favorably impressed
with the change from Czarism TO
Bolshevism because Russia's ma
tional army has fought better
than the most wishful thinkers
had hoped.
The reaction of these historical
six weeks is already felt in Japan.
The japanese high command
was fully convinced that by the
time its troops moved into Indo-
China and Thailand the roper
cussion of the Russian disaster
in the United States and Great
Britain would be such that both
countries would accept the Jap
anese operations with reSigna-
ton.
Neither Washington nor Lon
don. it was believed in the Nip
ponese capital, would dare stick
their necks out and challenge
Japans actions when they had to
Worry over the next German
blitz in the west. Furthermore,
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Roosevelt. There Is no slightest
doubt that the words spoken by
Gen. Marshall to the Senate and
House Military Affairs Commit
tees and widely publish e d
throughout the country, have
been responsible for this change
of heart-and Gen. Marshall has
been backed up by the President
in his request that the Army be
not dismembered at a time of
peril to the country.
The Senate Military Affairs
Committee has reported by an
overwhelming majority the bill
giving the President authority to
retain these men in service for
the duration of the emergency
and also authority to increase
the number of selectees to any
number neceSsary-the limit is
now 100000 at any one time.
The House committee is ex-
pected to do the same-probably
will take such action today.
Two arguments are used by OPP
ponents of these proposals,
among others. The first is that
the Selective Service Bill of last
year entered the Government
into a contract with the selectees
to keep them only II months
and the bill calling the National
Guard into service did the same.
An examination of the Selective
Service Act itself shows that no
such contract was entered into,
that a provision was inserted au-
thorizing the retention of the
men as long as the President
deemed necessary, if Congress
proclaimed that the national in
terest was in peril. That, Con-
gress now proposes to proclaim in
the new legislation.
Weakening Invites Attack.
The second reason given is that
to keep these men is simply an
other step toward involvement in
the foreign wars. Any thought
on the subject, however, clearly
demonstrates that if the armed
forces of the country are permit
ted to disintegrate now, the
chance of attack from either the
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a n d dog fight
now raging be-
t W e e n Gov.
Charles Edison
and - B o. S
Frank Hague of
New Jersey.
G. ov. Edison
was rated a loyal
New Dealer and
we'll liked per-
sonally during
his service in
w a S h i n g t on.
From tn e S e
S [ an dnOin [ S
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trio pow e +
production.
Latest official
estimates indi-
cate that Ger
many can de-
pend on some
where between
10 and 200 bill
lion kiloWatt
hours of produc-
tion in her own
and o ecu p / e d
territories. The
United States in
the year l94O
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Mclemore-
The 0. B. A. P. 0.
Shouts Secrets
By HENRY McLEMORE.

One OF the busiest men IN Wasfl@
ington these days must be the Of
fetal intrusted with the task Of
keeping the public up to date on
all vital military and naval secrets.
Now don't try to tell me there
is no such mar or Office.
There has to be one. All you
have to do 10 know that is to read
the newspapers, listen to the RADIO
or talk to your acquaintances once
III a while.
Not by any casual, haphazard
means could so much private and
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c o II I ! d e n tld4
matter find it.
way 10 the out
side world. No
sir, only through
the efforts of 2
capable, CO n
Scient ious eX>
ecutive, and q
bustling sta fl
of vo k ers.
could so much
news of the in
ner workings Of.
our prepared.
ness program De
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pass unimproved for want of a
force which the country was
completely able to afford, and of
seeing the country ravaged. our
towns burnt, the inhabitants
plundered, abused, murdered,
with impunity, from the same
cause"
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HE opinions OF the Uriters this their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions
effort to all sides OF questions OF interest its
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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BY JAY G. HAYDEN.

No domestic political event In
many months has sent so many
Democratic leaders, national and
State, scurrying for cover as the cat
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Power Body
Key Agency
In Defense
Federal Agency Must
Mobilize Americas
Electric Resources
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

The World War of today is gen.
orally recognized to be a battle
between American and German in
dustrial strength. This means a
contest in cleo
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most effective instrument for this
purpose. But the decision 10 use
II, and the fleets subsequent
operations. must employ what
Mahan calls, 1.-The unremitting
energy which wastes no time. y
Any time advantage permitted 10
Hitler is one of which he Will make
most energetic use.
The free rein which Nichy gave
to the NaziS in Syria and now to
the Japanese in French Indo-
China. is conclusive demonStra-
ton Of what may he expected
from Spain and Portugal regard
ing their Atlantic island posses
sionS.
While we arc waiting and de-
batting the matter of what we
should do, Hitler undoubtedly is
rapidly completing his plans 10
outwit and block us by a move
through Spain and Portugal TO
occupy these strategic islands.
And this ir preparation for the
day Of reckoning with the United
States should he be successful in
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lenSk, which lies go miles west of
Moscow, the official NaN war
bulletin laid particular emphasis
on the advances and cnvelopng
operations proceeding in the south
ern section Of the 2000-milc front.
The latest communique Of the
German supreme command re-
Trained from mentioning the fight
ing on the northern fronts before
Leningrad and MurmanSk. but
DNB reported these two cities
were rapidly becoming isolated
by cirClIng maneuVerS n co-ordI-
mated German and Finnish forces.
In IIelSinki the high com
mand announced Finnish troops
captured Salmi on tho eastern
shore Of Lake Ladoga in a drive
threatening Leningrad from the
north and east. Soviet bombcrS.
IL was announced, heavily raidcd
the Finnish rail center Of Kotka
and the coastal town Of Porvoo.
destroying 10 houses in the
former but causing no damage in
the latter.J
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Rock Is Britain'S
Only Base in Area

II successful in this venture,
Britain would he deprived OF her
only base I'M that area and pre-
vented from transferring her naval
squadron IN those waters 10 the
decisive North Atlantic area
As reward for falling in with
AXIS plans. Spain could lcgiti-
.maiclY expect, after the war. the
restoration f Gibraltar and some
parts OF the French African em-
pire. Moreover. as a partner IN
the ANS new world order she
would be i'm a position 10 intensity
her plans 10 revive her influence
in Latin America.
Jndersccrctary Of State WelleS,
on Monday. stated that the gov
-CTnmcnt has information that
Germany plans other aCgrcSSionS
i'm Europe after completing her at
tack on Russia, but gave no
further details. However, this CO
'ncides with other reports received
by official quarters to tho effect
that Germany might strike next
in the direction of Spain and
I Portugal Coming only four days
after Frances speech this infor-
nation may be very significant.
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More Still Seems
Good for Germans

Such a move, coupled with opor-
atiOnS IN Africa based on Spanish
Morocco. still seem attractive
from the Nazi viewpoint as u
would involve comparatively few
troops and little air support. In
addition 10 aiding attaelfs-eR BIT
aims line of communications, II
would have a great effect on
Nichy and French Africa, into
which latter area Germans have
been filtcTinC for months in inn
CreaSinC numbers -- and undOuht-
edly prepared for sudden coup
The heavy Spanish guns AZ
Ceuta and Tangier. having COM
mand % the straits. would make
passage into or out Of the Ncdl-
terranesn most difficult Spanish
military forces i'm those areas arc
well armed and equipped with
tanks and armored cars
Should Hitler be DELAYED Zoe
long m his Russian campaign. "a.
now seems probable though or
Thursday Hitler announced thi,
would be- completed in August d
VIII be TOO late IN The Year ~ ro-
organize his forces for an attack
on the British Isles which HItlci
nov schedules for, ScFtomhcTr H.
stead, he would probably make 2
move for closing the Mediterra-
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Franco Termed
Tool of Hitler

The Spanish Fascist leader
warned this country 10 stay out
or The European conflict az the
aires had already lost the waT,
and appealed 10 other American
nations 10 lend their SympathlcS
40 The Axis. He c aim q that
United States Intervention would
only lead 10 universal conflict
lasting years and ending IN the
ruin OF all nations.
II was evident that the Spanish
dictator is an eXpedient tool OF
HitlerS. and that his frequent anc
bitter denunciat DRY remarks
against the United States were
Axis-inspired in an effort 10 SOW
discord in Central md South
America.
As usual. and in accordance with
Nazi technique 10 divide and
rule Frances principal effort
was 10 discredt the United States
in the eyes of her sister republics
hy diStorting facts regarding the
"ulterior designs" motivatlng the
gifts of food and medical supplies
TO Spain, causing a division
Of sympathies and loyaltieS among
the peoples of the various Coun-
tries south Of the Rio GTsnde-a
very necessary step in Hitler 5
,1potaa napHa faHfirC
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Spain May Lose
Il T.. S. Food Cdrg0eS

Surprised and stung by Franco
baseless blast against friendly
nation that had responded 81
literally to appeals for food. The
United States government prob
ably will make Spain suffer for
her perfidy by sending no further
supplies.
German Influence In Spain
which was strong during her civil
war, is now greater than ever
The Fascist rulers. having re-
newed confidence in Hitler'S ulti'
mate victory, apparently are Will
ing 10 collaborate with the AXIS
regardless of what the United
States may think or do. in Tho
belief that. despite inevitable
hardships, Spain viii be well re-
warded after The war.
Ever since tho beginning al
The European war Spain because
of her strategic position, has beer
q possible thester and tempting
arena for a German thrust agalnSi
Gibraltar. Britain's fortress pro
tecting the western entrance O.
the Mediterranean
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SAIGON, July q Sunday
Japanese troops were pouring INTO
French Indo-China early today
following the arrival in Saigon
Saturday of Gen Roshiro Sumita,
commander of the japanese mill
tary mission.
General Sumita and three mill
tary and naval aides reached the
capital aboard a commercial trans
port plane escorted by three Nip
poneSe bombcrS and at once be-
gan 10 arrange for the arrival Of
japanese troops from Hanoi, &C.
cupied last Fall under the Franco
Japanese agreement of August.
1910.
Throughout the night long truck
trains rolled southwark from
Hanoi bearing the occupation
forces which will take over defense
of French Indo-China under the
new accord with Japan announced
in Nichy yesterday.
Other Japanese staff officers
arrived in Saigon by plane or in
speedy motor cars. All plunged
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Nazis Ready for Lunge
AT M0scOW, Berlin Says

BERLIN. July 26.-Defeat OF
violent Counter-attackS by newly
arrived Soviet troops northeast Of
SmOlCnSk was declared in official
NaZi circles tonight 10 have opened
the road for a final drive TO
Moscow.
simultaneously the Ukrainian
capital of Kiev and the Black Sea
port Of Odessa were pictured as
falling within the lengtheninC
shadow Of German troops, together
with their allies. after tho high
command announced Russian roar
guard resistance in thA Ukraine
hand been broken.
As the German-Sovietw war closed
its fifth week, the most significant
portion of the latest NaZi COM
munique was sentence declaring
that attacks by strong Soviet
units, newly thrown into battle
west and southwest of WiaSma
ton the central fronD, failed with
heavy Rcd losses"
The NaZi agency. DicnSt Aus
Deutschland German Service). in
terpreted this as meaning that the
German troops nearing the gates
Of Moscow are now preparing the
final drive on the Red Capital"
The high command in a bulletin
from Chancellor Hitler's field
headquarters further claimed that
daylight German air attacks scored
damaging direct hits on railroad
tracks. stations and other facili-
tics within the Moscow metro
politan region
These initial daytime luflWaffe
thuStS at tho core OF Moscow :
communication network said the
DienSt Indicate complete German
mastery I'M the air.
'---fNfTrfc ruakfnE a PoiTf or The
Sanguinarv defeat of the Soviet
counterattacks northeast Of Smo-
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