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THE BEE: OMAHA THURSDAY, MARCH 111, 1929. SIMS SAYS NAVY DELAY IN WAR COST r.1ANY LIVES Reiterates Statements Before Senate Committee Prob ing Admiral's Charges. afnir.f ton, Aiarcn iu. Kcar ,w ' miral Sims jave the senate naval in vestigating Committee today what :c asserts, was indisputable evidence iliat the Navy department fell down almost completely daring the first : it months of the war. Viimormti mrtMi snt hv tfi .'ulir.iral to the Navy department t letter. uunntr tne early days of America 9 participation jn the conflict and other documents were offered as proof that despite the officer's urgent and reiterated requests that every avail ably vessel be sent to the critical nreii of submarine activities, the do r partment neither . followed his rec ommendations nor informed him of its plans and policies. The lack of whole-hearted Ameri can co-operation with the allies from the start, thf admiral said, re sulted in prolongation of the war until November, 1918, when it could have been ended in July; needless sacrifice of 500,000 lives; expenditure of $ 15,000,000,000 which might have been saved, and gain of 2,500,000 tons of shipping. Information Accidental. Iifost of. his information regarding American nnval plans, he said, was -obtained accidentally at the admiral ty or thr6ugh visiting armed guard officers. When he advised that the convoy . system proposed by the British ad miralty be put into immediate opera tion, Admiral Sims said he received a cablegram from Secretary Daniels, stating that "in regard to convoy I consider that American naval ves sels having armed guards are safer when sailing independently." Later 'adoption of the convoy system he said indicated the wisdom of hts recommendation. Taking up the situation created by the submarine menace, the ad miral said that in June, 1917, he told the department the efforts then being made to curb the U-boats was not succeeding and the necessity again was presented "of sending all destroyers, tugs, yachts and craft which can reach the critical area, by themselves or be towed part way, Willing to Co-operate. The department in reply, he said, stated that ".the department recog nizes the necessity of sending all anti-submarine craft which can be spared from home waters into active European waters and when such craft become available will send them," and announced "willingness to co-operate in every way. In a letter to the ambassador on Jane 15. 1915, he made most of the assertions that brought the present investigation, reviewed the entire situation quoted from messages ex changed with the department and closed with the statement that the "war will be wotr or lost within the next few months" for "if the ship ping losses continue at the present rate it must be lost because the al lies cannot win." The admiralty did not say what was the result of the Suffragists Victors In W. Virginia Fight .(Continued From lint Fee.) they thrill as few words do or can." J.IU9 was uic ciiiuus aging luiiiiuaivu of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, presi dent of the National - American Woman Suffrage association, in a statement issued here on receipt of news that West, Virginia had rati fied the federal suffrage amendment. With West Virginia won and the' Washington and Delaware legisla tures meeting soon in special ses sion, the opinion expressed at head quarters was, that the struggle is over." , ' "People who Have followed the course of woman suffrage from the outside "'with indifference or small understanding of what has been at slake," said Mrs. Catt, "will have no comprehension of the real message which the West Virginia victory carries to women. To us it means, that the nation is won, that the 70-year struggle is over, that the women of America are enfranchised women. "And now whatever comes out of granting the suffrage to women, it is safe to predict that it will never be responsible for any offering to the general welfare except those thifigskwhich have been well consid ered and intelligently endorsed." Bee Want Ads Produce Results. TIRE BARGAINS Prices Based on Old Costs : Not Seconds Not Rebuilt 5,000-Mile Guaranteed Tires , All Prices Quoted Include War Tax ' ; , Smooth . 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It is not upon the peace treaty that such a reproach can be based. The treaty was judged and defined by Presi dent Wtlsi himself, in solidarity with the heads of the other govern ments, in the response addressed by i them on June 16. 1919. to Count von Brokdorf-'Rantzau, head of the German peace delegation. j : ' That was a capital document, said M. Tardieu, who continued: "But this is the situation: "First We asked that part of the leagua of nations create an organ ized aimed force as an essential condition of disarmament in the different cout-tries. "Our proposition was rejected three different times. U. S. Promised Guarantee. "Second The United States promised us their guarantee in case of unprovoked attack, as well by the treatv of Versailles as by the spe cial treaty between them and us, and neither of those treaties is rat- ficd. "Third The treatv of Versailles wnjiosed upon the allied and asso ciated powers a certain number ot common - military duties occupa tion of the leit bank ot the Khine, Schleswig, Danzig, Memel, Allen- stem, Manenwender, Upper bilesia and Teschen. Excepting a few thou sand Americans on the Rhine, it is French troops which everywhere bear that charge alone, or nearly alone. The treaty was to be exe cuted by several. We are executing it nearly alone. France Called Upon. , "Fourth The negotiations in Paris had in view participation by all the allied and associated powers in the occupation of mandated ter- t Si Iff I IK if1- f: uiHi hi HOUSTON PUTS BAN ON FUTURE FOREIGN LOANS - i Allies May Be Allowed to Post pone Interest Pay - ments for Three Years. Federal Prohibition Officer Defies "Public Officials" Chicago, March lO.-Maj. A. V. Dalrymple, federal prohibition offi cer for the central states, has issued a statement, in which he defied "public officials" who, he said, by their actions, hundered the enforce ment of prohibition and stated that no orders ever were received from Washington prohibiting officials from making arrests and seizing' liquor without warrants. "We know what rights we have and we intend to enforce the law." said the major. " If the district at torney refuses to prosecute our cases we will find some one who will." ; Mayoralty Fight in " .Kansas City Started. Kansas City, Mo.. March 10.. Mayor James Cowgill was nomi nated for re-election' by the demo cratic city convention. Mayor Cow- fill will be opposed by Matthew oster, a wealthy real estate owner, republican nominee. . United protect Andre Tardieu. ritories. Here, again, the States disappeared, and to tne populations against massacres in Constantinople, Anatolia, Ar menia and Cilicia it i was again France that was 'called upon. "Therefore, I repeat, it is unjust to accuse us of imperialism. No one in France protests, against the continual increase of the American navy. Our army, like the Ameri can navy, is what circumstances re quire it to be and it is not France that created those circumstances. "It is the debate going on for months in the United States over ratification of the peace treaty that created them. Every one knows my respect for President Wilson, but I think that in his last letter to Sen ator Hitchcock he has been unjust to France." Hitchcock Men Accept -Challenge of Bryan ' (Contiautd fom; Mrat Pa.) will be. wholly immaterial to him. Before any instruction is binding on him, it will be necessary for him to be elected as a delegate to the San Francisco convention. The demo crats of Nebraska arc not Very much in the humor of sending a man as a delegate who insolently tells them in advance, that he win not De bound oy an instruction jnven. ine prob abilities are that Mr. Bryan will be sitting in the press gallery at San Francisco just as he did iiv St. Louis four years ago. 'y: "In every emergency, Mr. Bryan always resorts to "Wall street in fluence as the reason tor his con duct This "Watl street" talk is stale and unprofitable. The public records disclose that the immediate members of Mr. Brjan's family got very close to Wall street and to Mr. Bryan in 1904. The Bryan family; is an authority on Wall street influ ence. THey got nearer to Wall street money and Wall street influence than anyone else ever din in .Nebraska. The scurrilous reference to Senator Hitchcock does no credit to Mr. Bryan and is beneath the dignity of any man who assumes to speak in theVname of others. 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Bryan and his oolicies through three presidential campaigns? Was Sen ator Hitchcock a "reactionary" and a "Wall street tool" when he sup ported Mr. Bryan for congress and employed him as an-editor on his newspaper? Was Senator Hitch cock a "Wall street tool" and a "re actionary", a few weeks ago when Brother Charley invited him to have a seat on the Bryan delegation as a delegate to the San Francisco con vention? Absentee Dictator. "Senator Hitchcock's" attitude has been that of an honorable, upright man. He took the position, person ally and with his newspaper, every time that Bryan was a candidate, that Mr. uryan was entitled to have the support of this state and to have men elected as delegates who were friendly and interested in Mr. Bryan's candidacy and who desired to have him nominated. "The contrast between these two men measures the difference be tween greatness and mediocrity. He assumes that he is better than othei democrats. He claims to be a sort of super-democrat, different from the ordinary man. Like the Pharisee of old, he thanks tne Lord that he is not like other democrats. He claims to be . a sort of 'holier than thou' citizen "This last statement is but another example of .the Bryan brothers at tempting to "dictate to the democrats of Nebraska from Mr. Bryan's home in Florida regarding the internal pol icies of the state. This non-resident who keeps a mythical residence in Nebraska tor political purposes only. assumes the role of an absentee dic tator and with the pretensions of a Pharisee and the methods of a Machievelli, undertakes to direct the democrats of Nebraska and to bull doze them into sending him as a delegate with permission to disre gard instructions given to him by them. "Senator Hitchcock's friends wel come the issue. They will meet Bryan in every precinct in Nebras ka. Senator Hitchcock is entitled to fair treatment. He is entitled to have the wishes of the democrats of this state regarding instructions in his behalf respected not only by Mr. Bryan but by every other man who aspires to be a delegate to, the San Francisco conevntion. If the prefer ence vote in Nebraska is for Senator Hitchcock, he it entitled to have a set of delegates elected who are friendly to him and interested in helping him secure the nomination. The question is whether the instruc tions of the democrats of Nebraska or the" wishes of a would-be dicta tor shall control the action of the delegation from Nebraska in the San Francisco convention." Washington, March 10 An nouncement bv Serrtnrv 11n,ctn that no further loans would be made ! to the allies was believed to indicate the adoption by the, treasury of the policy favored by the debtor nations deferring interest payment for the next three years or more. Under authority granted by con gress to extend $10,000,000,000 credits to the allied nations, the treasury has made loans amounting to $9 659,834,649. Secretary Houston Said that the remainder nf Vi rr.Aitt, authorized would not be granted as ii was tnougnt sutlnient advances had been made. Discussing the question, treasury officials said that in view of the ex change situation and th economic condition of the European nanons during the reconstruction period, it would permit them to postpone interest payments for at least three years. Then, it is believed, they would be in a position to meet their obliga tions. Enormous Sum Due. r With the intir;i- nn li Umc computed at a per cent the total uucme united Mates yearly is about $470,000,000, an enormous sum for the war-wearied countries to nav at present. If interest is funded into long-term obligations the interest on the payments thus deferred will amount to only $23,000,000 yearly, which can be paid and the crediWof ine cieoior nations maintained. TreaSUrV officials nr mnrlrinil fr recommendations to submit to con gress as ro ine course to be followed if deferred navmrnts arr nermilttil It has been suggested that the in terest on tne interest he charged oft, out tne proposal has met with strong opposition in congress. Amernca s cnier aebtors are Great Britain with $4,277,000,000: France. $3,047,974,777. anrl Italv $1,621,338,986. Belgium's debt is iwf j.Tt .-i.Di iu aim .Russia is cnargea with $157,729,750. Roumania, Ser bia. Crirv Pnka Prti-Qln,ratiS are other countries listed on the books ot the treasury. s Parcel Post With Lithuania. Washington, March 10. Opening ot a parcel post service with Lithuania is announced by the post office department. Parcels up to a weight of 22 pounds will be accepted at a rate ot t cents a pound. 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