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LOG OF LOST LINER
READ AT REARING
Story of Vestris Sinking Fea
tured by Tragic Descrip
tion of Disaster.
»y the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 4.—The delicate ques
tion of the log of the liner Vestris,
with its entries dealing with the ship's
draught and a tragic story of her sink
ing last November, was introduced yes
terday into the Board of Trade inquiry
into the disaster by two of the ship's
former officers.
W. F. Johnson, former chief officer of
the Vestris. testified that Capt. Carey
had told him to be careful what he put
into the log. Johnson replied in the
affirmative when counsel for the Lam
port & Holt Line inquired if he was
suggesting that Capt. Carey had in
tended him to put a false record of the
draught in the official log.
Second Officer Testifies.
Second Officer Leslie Watson, testify
ing in the afternoon, described the dra
matic death of Capt. Carey, who. as
they were clinging together in the water
after the ship had turned turtle, cried
to Watson, ‘My God! My God! I’m not
to blame for this.” Capt. Carey was
without a lifeboat, although there were
plenty available.
"I don’t know whether he was say
ing It to himself or to me.” Watson
exclaimed. ‘ That was when the ship
was nearly going down.”
Johnson, who yesterday attributed
the disaster to the Vestris to a combi
nation of bad w’eather, ship's "ten
derness” and water in the between
decks, today gave his opinion that over
loading as one of the causes of her
foundering.
Admits He Failed to Protest.
On further questioning from the own
ers’ counsel as to the logbook entries,
Johnson admitted that he had not pro
tested when Chief Officer Anderson,
from whom he took over the ship, cau
tioned him to be careful what he put
into the log.
“Do you suggest that you were ready
to commit a criminal offense without
protest?” said counsel for Lamport &
Holt. j
“Yes.” replied Johnson.
Before adjourning until Monday
members of the court indicated that
they were profoundly interested in the
position of the heavy weights aboard
the Vestris.
HOUGHTON RETURNS.
NEW YORK. May 4 (A 3 ).—Alanson B.
Houghton, who recently resigned as
American Ambassador to England,
arrived here late yesterday from Europe
on the liner Aquitania. He was accom
panied by Mrs. Houghton. They expect
to go to Washington tomorrow.
He said that Gen. Charles G. Dawes,
who has been appointed to succeed him,
will be “most welcome in England,
where he is well known.”
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FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN WEYGAND
AND FOCH CLOSE KNIT BY WORK
French War Leader and Chief of General
Staff, Strangers at Start of Strife,
Become Inseparable.
Commandant Biienet. aide de camp to
the lale Marshal Forh from June. 1921.
until the generalissimo's death. Rives in
his book. Foch Talks,” intimate and
revealine conversations with the mail
who commanded the allied forces in the
World War. Marshal Foch knew and
approved of Commandant Bugnet s woik
I of revealing the real Foch. but asked
j that the book be withheld from publi
] cation until his death in order to escape
| possible criticism that it was inspired.
This is the sixth of a series of articles
I written exclusively for The Star and al
lied newspapers of the North American
Newspaper Alliance, incorporating the
most important parts of "Foch Talks."
BY COMMANDANT BI’GNET.
Written Exclusively for The Star and the
North American Newspaper Alliance.
“It is a bad thing to change horses,
; especially in midstream.” The marshal
! loved this proverb and applied it. He
I kept his colleagues p.s long as he could.
| In selecting them, he examined their
proofs more than their promises. He
quickly weighed up those who were
thrust upon him by the accident of ap
pointment or the exigencies of com
mand. In both cases it was by their
j work that he considered them.
What he asked of them was efficient
j service and performance of duty. That
i was all he would take into account if
any occasion arose. With every one in
| the service he was exacting, even severe,
but just.
Praises Three Aides.
With what pride the marshal declared.
“Weygand, Destiektr and Georges—
those are the three men we have
brought out during the war, and we
have not been mistaken in them.
‘ Weygand! He is a wonderful execu
tive who understands everything and
has moreover an extraordinarily clear
and accurate memory and a consuming
energy. At the end. when I left tlie
reins to him, I was sure that he would
do what 1 should have done myself. We
were the inseparables.
"So with Desticker and Georges. With
them my mind was at ease. They
could see and understand. I sent them
J out and they brought me back their re
! ports.
Desticker Had Clear Mind.
Gen. Desticker, besides being a man
! of great integrity, loyalty and devotion,
possessed a clear and accurate mind, a
sound judgment, a calm and noble
temperament, as well as a profound
knowledge of his profession, a sane and
comprehensive outlook, with the cour
age, the vision, the passion for work
and the grasp of detail necessary for
their fullest utilization.
Col. Georges, a much younger man.
arrived later. His clarity of vision and
decision of judgment, his candor and
tenacity, were so remarkable that they
made a strong impression on the mar
shal.
As for Gen. Weygand. his character
and personality were strongly marked,
although, it was his utter forgetfulness
of self which enabled him to rise nearer
to the level of his chief and thus render
THE TVFNTNO ST AT?. ‘WASTTIXCiTOy. T>. r.. SATURDAY, MAY 4.
to him. and to his country, services of
J inestimable worth.
Like the marshal, he was endowed
i with indomitable physical vigor and.
I like him, could count on moral
! forces of the same degree, quality ana !
i origin; like him again, he was sus- j
: tained by the most sterling qualities j
I of intellect, fired by the same patriotism ,
| and brought up in the same princt
-1 pies—military discipline and the wor
! ship of duty.
Put Forward His Opinions.
Possessing the highest conception of
his faculties as chief of the general !
staff, lie determined to remain himself j
I while subordinating himself to his chief. )
i He never hesitated to put forward his |
opinion, on whatever subject, with sin- ]
I cerity and courage, and with ever-in- j
I creasing skill and conviction, so long
1 as the question was still open,
j This absolute submission, while spring
; ing from a recognition of superiority j
! which one cannot but admire, bears no i
| resemblance to that sycophancy w hich
j the marshal could not have endured.
Between these two men grew up in
j numerable tics, binding them by a com-
I munity of thought, by an identity of
I purpose and method. Yet at the same
I time each retained his own personality.
To realize the relations between them
\ it was enough to see Gen. Weygand
! talking with the marshal or to hear the
1 marshal speak of Weygand. The terms
I used were ordinary, but their intona
! tion gave them a special significance.
Praise of Him Pleased Foch.
Nothing pleased the marshal more
than praise of his C. G. S. “Quite true,”
! he would agree, as if to elicit further
I eulogies. And how pleased he was to
give details and reminiscences when
! questioned about their association!
Marshal Foch, who did not know
Weygand before the war except through
reports, was sent Gen. Weygand.
"From the beginning I took him with
me all the time instead of keeping him
on paper work, and I told him every
thing. At night, when I was going to
bed, he was still working, translating
my ideas into definite instructions.
"With this astonishing intelligence,
memory and power of work, at the end
l of three months he knew all my
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i r-i: -Inr-——ini ini=ni =ini =hdi —==]□
I views. • • • And we -were never apart,
i That is not the usual method of work
: for the C. G. S.. but it is the best. He
I can express my views as well as I
I should have done myself. * * * In
; 1922, at the time of the bolshevik suc
| cesses, when the President said to me.
j We must send somebody to Poland,’ I
' replied. Send Weygand. He will do
j what I should. I will go later if nec
essary.’
“ ’But he has never been in command.’
“Emergency Repairers.”
“ ‘Send him and you will see. And
you have seen! We were the emer
gency repairers. Wherever things were
going badly in Italy. France. Poland, we
went. We were familiar with desperate
1 situations. Nothing is easier. We ar
rive, see what is required. We give or
ders. We take determined steps. We
stick to them and succeed.’ ”
Was there any need, then, to evince
surprise when the papers announced, on
April 20, 1923, the dispatch of Gen.
i Weygand to Syria as high com mis
| sioner? Was not the situation there one
of the worst. Well, then * » *!
The night before, the marshal, on his
return from the Arademie Francaise,
had shut himself in his office. Shortly
after, in haste and in ignorance of the
! question at issue, arrived Gen. Wey
! gand.
I He had abandoned the course of map
| reading that he w'as conducting at the
| Staff College in response to an urgent
j telephone summons from the marshal. |
A very long consultation took place
between them. Nothing leaked out. The
next day the surprise was complete,
j Every one racked his brains to find the
reason. Some talked of exile, others of
a vice royalty.
Poincare Wanted Weygand.
Gen. Weygand was not elated at the
prospect. But the marshal told him in
confidence: "M. Poincare spoke to me
about it at the Academie yesterday. He
took me on one side and said: ’Are you
willing to iet me have Weygand—if it
is necessary! Yes, he is important. I
know. He is your C. G. S. * * * We
all know what he did in Warsaw. If he ,
goes to Syria, we shall feel easier in
mind.’ ”
On this occasion, moreover, the most i
malicious rumors were spread about, t
Some regarded it as the removal of
this too conspicuous general by ap
pointment to an extraordinarily diffi
cult- and delicate mission in the hope
that he would lose his reputation.
Others insinuated that it was revenge
on him for not having approved all
that was being done in the Ruhr.
"Weygand! He is a paragon. He
has the necessary range. Now was the
time for him to spread his wings. It
was not without many heart-burnings
that I let him go, but I had not the
right to clip his wings.”
How can these two men sever their
connection? Within 10 days they were
1 to leave at the same time for Poland
and Czechoslovakia! Since August,
1914. they have continually worked to
gether.
On April 30. 1923. all the members
of the interallied military committee
and many Poles came to the Gare de
l’Est to say farewell to the marshal.
By general consent, they left Gen. Wey
gand to talk with the marshal They
walked to and fro along the platform
beside the train.
Keen Emotion at Parting.
There followed a moment of keen
emotion. The two inseparable col
leagues were parting—one for Warsaw,
the other shortly for Beirut.
Gen. Weygand Ls rather pale and is
chewing a cigar. The marshal is
gloomy and absorbed. At this moment
of parting nothing seems to exist for
him but the presence of Weygand. It
is farewell to his most intimate col
league. his most devoted disciple, his
best, friend! He embraces him. kissing
him affectionately on each cheek. He
boards the train, but remains on the ;
footboard and leans towards him. j
"Remember what I said to you Just I
now.”
Standing in the frame of the door, ;
waiting for the train to start, he re- |
mains sad and silent, but still thinking j
of some last word of advice, which he
throws to Weygand in disjointed J
phrases, while the general listens with j
respect and approves: "Be strong * * *
| alertness * * * variety of resources * * *
Roll yourself up into a ball * * * like i
a porcupine and then get to work!
Eh?” * * * Each word is punctuated by
a determined gesture.
The train is on the point of leaving.
The marshal comes down a step, leans
over Weygand, keeps his gaze fixed
upon him: he seems to be smiling at
him. but with a superficial smile to hide
the profound pain which the separation 1
causes him. The train starts. One last
word. But in what a tongue! "My
dear Weygand.”
In his next article. Commandant [
Bugnet gives Marshal Foch’s story of j
j the first battle of the Marne.)
! (Copyright, 1929. by North American News- I
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Ranger May Throw Light on!
Identity of Woman’s Body
Found in River.
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, May 4.— Belief that
Leland Wesley Abbott. 33, employe of
! the United States Forest Service, might
jbe able to throw some light on the
identity of a girl whose torso was found
j in the Los Angeles River a few’ weeks
ago led detectives to begin a search for
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