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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1941)
PXXZS FQU3 Tho 02EG0M STATESMAXl Zaimm. OnqotL Tuesday Morning. March 25. 1941 "No THE STATESMAN Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclusively entitle to the use for publication of jail news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. Blockade The sinking of 22 British merchantmen by German capital ships loose in the North At- 1n4!n 4 Via sanm-al infroacA in tVlA flliantitv of British ships sunk by submarine, bomb or sur face action, the report that British cruisers may be en route to American shipyards for repairs, .the escape of a German merchant vessel to South America with a cargo of airplanes and airplane parts all points to a single, all-important con clusion. The British blockade of the European coast and the British defense of the Atlantic sea-lanes, have been weakened nearly to the point of impotence. i; How this has come about cannot be simply answered. The British entered the war with a navy which had felt the effects of the disarma ment conferences of the 'twenties, so that many fewer capital ships were on hand than at the conclusion of the World war. The available suonlies of liehter craft, cruisers and destroyers, were also limited. More important, however, have been the tasks to which the British fleet has been as signed. At the outbreak of the war its task seemed fairly clear: to protect the Atlantic sea lanes against a reasonably small German sub marine fleet; to keep what there was of the German navy bottled up in Kiel; and to cooper ate with the French navy In maintaining a gen t era! blockade on German ports, and a general control over all shipping bound to and from Continental ports. - With the fall of France, the burden, never light, became vastly heavier. Merchantmen bound toward Britain across the Atlantic be came vulnerable to German aircraft based in Brittany, Norway and the Low Countries. Sub marine shoals, guided by airplane scouts, lay in wait for convoys protected by. destroyers too few for the task. Meanwhile, the scourging of the Italian fleet in Mediterranean waters de- manded more and more of the heavier units of the British flotilla, and a corresponding quan tity of small, protective and striking craft. ; It has thus not been a deficiency of spirit, or of men, or of ability which has limited the Brit ish control of the Atlantic and the middle sea between Italy and Africa. It has been lack of ships and ship replacements which not even the receipt of American destroyers and the acquisition of merchant navies from invaded lands can fully overcome. Now the battle of the Atlantic, as the first lord of the British admiralty has termed it, has been fully joined, and the leaks, the inade quacies of the blockade and the convoy system have become apparent in a way which can hard ly be explained away by British understatement or by German hyper-boastfulness. Already the British are confident that American cruisers, destroyers and even battleships will be brought from the Pacific to guard the shipments of American war materials on their way to Eng land; and their confidence, as any close ob server of the president must realize, is by no means wholly without foundation. The war, so far as England is concerned, de pends on keeping the blockade operative and the convoys protected; the war, so far as Amer ica is concerned, depends on maintaining the British cause by means of materials which must be delivered. If the convoys and the blockade break, England is done for; and the United States, now committed fully to an English vic tory, can hardly deny naval assistance if it ap pears to be imperative for the continued resist ance of the British. That, at least, is the rea- aoning on which any belligerent naval step tak en by this country will be based, and that is the justification for it. Reciprocity J "The American market for the American farmer" has been in recent years a favorite slo gan of the Grange. It was aimed rather direct ly) at the Hull reciprocal trade agreements. The Statesman has also been critical of that program on a slightly different basis, always" with the ' reservation that reciprocal trade is the only sus tained trade possible. Other nations can't and won't buy from America unless they can sell to; America. . If there is any issue in this country that the war has buried deeply even if perhaps temporarily, it is reciprocal trade. And now it looks as though the farmers are getting what the Grange sought for them but not in a way they like. The American market is almost the only market available to the American farmer. In the last half of 1940. exports of farm products amounted only to $166,000,000. The nation's total exports for the year were around four bil , lion dollars, of which little more than half a billion was in farm products. Imports amounted to 2 V2 billion, about half in farm commodities. The percentages suggest that the farmer has a kick coming along the lines which The States man often pointed out when the trade program was in effect; that one industry was penalized, sometimes arbitrarily, at the expense of another. The Grange now argues more' insistently -than ever, that the America a farmer "should be given the American market to the limit of r his capacity to supply it," since no other market is open to him. But he has a greater hold on the home market Ithan ever before; Europe is not a competitor. X The American ' market has expanded because of the defense program and the, greater speed of purchasing powe. But it . rnasn't oeen ante to aosoro we American iann ' ef surpluses. He is feeling the pinch because he x-annot export. ;).-' . IVm & ...... v. I wmm.. ...All and if normal trade conditions are restored. The ' farmer needs an export market, which means the nation must Import goods to maintain trade balances. Some of those goods will have to be agricultural, because many of the nations with which the United States wants to trade, produce no others. To some extent trade may be worked .' out so that competitive . products are '. riot- irn . ported., v But the lesson, ; in part,, is ' that the. Grange's" slogan is too glib, its solution too simple. It cant be done that way. , . I 1 - i Favor Sways Vs; No Fear Shall From First Statesman, March 28, 185 1 CHARLES A. SPRAGUE, President Botanist Botanically lews i he News By PAUL x-4 tAw . V. nv time to swing the A ice" G CO. I speaking, Nortll America is di vided into seven "life zones." Five of the seven occjur in Oregon, those missing peing the tropin cal and j the semi-tropical which goes by a higher-sounding name. Zones Which properly belpng in) the far north, nevertheless are repre sented on! the higher levels of th4 Cascade range. Oregon thus enjoys almost irnilrniff va riety of plant life and this prdbably accounts for1 Dr. Morton E. Peck's choioe of Oregon, a thifd of a century ago, as the field for his in tensive study in this fascinating field. At any rate, no one excels him in extensive knowledge of ;he life that springs from Oregon soil. Dr. Peck, will at the close of the current academic ; year terminate his service as a class room teacher at Willamette jmiversity. At about the same time his comprehensive "Man ual of the; Higher Plants of Oregon will appear. But official retirement will ordy mean in his case, his friends suspect, more tinie to be devoted to his favorite study, and further contributions to :he fund of knowledge concerning it. Though unassuming arid retiring. Dr. Peck is honored for his achievement, nqt only by other scientists but by his Salem neighbors. Behind MALLON (Distributed by King Features SnypMcate. Inc.. re production in whole or in part strictly prohibited.) WASHINGTON, March 24 The pattern of Hit ler's purposes In the Balkans is beginning to be visible through the gaseous news from German con trolled areas. Clouds of confusing! propaganda can no longer conceal the fact that der slick fuehrer's crafty game is working out only 50 per cent successful so far. Hitler nehrer wanted to fight in the Balkans. He went in to rescue the fallen Musso lini. He conceived a series of skillful diplomatic and military moves, which! on the chess board, seemed certain to relieve the death-grip! on his fallen mate. He his succeeded in diverting General Wavell's British troops from annihilation ram Minn of what was left of Graziani's Italian army in Africa (probably half of it.) His thruSt doiwn through Bulgaria reojuired Wavell to withdraw to Mediterranean ports and detach troops for service in Greece and possibli Turkey. (Get your! map out to follow the rest of j this.) of the pi in But the other half of the plari fell flat He hoped, by threatening the unprotected Greek flank in Salonika, to cause the Greeks to withdraw their best troops from pursuit of the Italians in Albania. The ; sure-thing was devised in the last meeting of Hitler and Mussolini some weeks' ago. Mussolini prepared a last big drive in Albania to take ad vantage of the weakening of the Greek lines which Hitler was to contrive for him. I The Greeks outslicked them. fThey sent a few of tHeir crack troops out of Albahia to Salonika, but only a few. They took the chance that Hitler was not really preparing to fight at once in Sa lonika. When Mussolini fell upon their supposedly weakened lines for an easy victory, they let him have! it personally. II Duce soon learned that Greek power against him showea no noticeable results from Berlin's effort His drive failed. He wenti back to Rome dejected, while Hitler warmed up this new scheme of going in directly through Yugoslavia to hold up the collapsing Italians by the trousers -personally. j yfhta it all comes out, the story of the Greek success will make one of the most brilliant exploits of the war, even if its effect prove temporary. "pie British are spoofing about the number of troops they have in Greece. It is 50P sea miles from the nearest British embarkation point in Africa to Greece. With slow transports such as are being used iin the Mediterranean, the trip across cannot be made in much less than two days. Material cannot be knocked down and packed. It must be carried set up for use. In this form it requires considerable space. I tf the British send 50,000 troops, they are plan ning to fight only a delayed action against the Germans.! If they ever get 300,0001 on the job (the number they claim now to have landed) you" will know they intend to scrap. j If Yugoslavia has really made; any kind of an agreement with Hitler, German trojops will soon be moving through that country. Dod't trust contrary claim. The Yugoslav government! has been trying to saye face with its people by allowing German equipment and hospital trains free, transit but not nasi Soldiers. There is bound to be a lot of small print or unwritten understandings, and the com plete sellout will be in the appendix as. usual. Yugoslavia, however, has roozjn for only 4 or S German divisions at its mountainous southern front a mere 50,000 to 75,000 metk.' Furthermore, the roads are not good for mechanized equipment If the Turks see that the Greeks and British have a chance, they could contribute enough defen sively in Salonika to enable the allies to put up a fight With the Greeks on the left of the line, the British in the center and the Turks on the right Hitler's army would have a job onj its hands. 'The British weakness of a long rear jline of supplies back across the Mediterranean to Africa would not appear insurmountable. They still hold all the seas around Africa so they could maintain their various enterprises with reasonable hope, j . ' The answer to all these questions will develop in the number of men they put into Greece which is not clear yet The official tune on the war is :hanging around here. State Assistant Secretary Brle was not just propagandizing for his St Lawrence treaty when he said the Conflict may last three more years. You hear tlree or four years on every Official side. The opinion has been substantiated by certain returning; news correspondents who nave inspected conditions in Germany over recent years, but do not fff fre jto say under their own names what they believel German propaganda has jbeen superior to 4he British from the start of the wkr and too much out of Berlin is taken in the United'States at its face value, j This is natural because Germany has been, more successful up to now. I' 3 '- Thje new tune (wishful or not) is of dominant importance because It implies the superiority of American production (barring strikes) will have tide. Ss t .. -r t -tt:,M.Jt?Zrr- i Fed up!-Wonder What Will Be Done About It, and When? Bits tfoir EfreaCtlfastt By R. J. HENDRICKS Reprinting some 3-25-41 matter from old files of this column reaching back over eleven years: S (Continuing from Sunday:) "B. F. (Frank) Brown was for many years Wells-Fargo express agent He was accused of em bezzlement but was not con victed. J. A. Johns was a harness maker. Members of the family are here yet. "W. (Wiley) Kenyon was the first mayor of Salem, his term beginning in 1857. In those days there was no city jail; the county bastile was used, a small red brick building on the northwest , corner of the present court house block. Kenyon' was a po pular photographer, his gallery being where the White House restaurant is now. He went to Crawfordsville, Indiana, and be came the janitor of the Wabash college. (The White House res taurant was at 362 State street) "Win. M. Laughead had a meat market in partnership with Pap' (Geo. M.) Stroud, after wards for many, years popular railroad conductor, and his son is still a prominent man with the traffic department of the Southern Pacific. The firm name was Stroud ic Laughead. There are numerous members of both families in this section. (Benita Stroud, formerly in charge of Marion county health service, has been living here; in West Salem.) "W. H. ("Bill") Watkinds was a famous Democratic war horse. He was a harness maker here; then superintendent of the peni tentiary (had that place when the cornerstone of the present main building was laid), and was afterward chief of police of Portland. He was also a whilom Democratic newspaper manager. (The first corner of the main building of the penitentiary was a few years ago torn away, to accommodate the present main Here's the 11 Thomas Kenaedy ' L Geerga M. Harris Eugene Meyer In an effort to settle labor disputes before they can disrupt the national defense rrorram. PresLimr nMH ..'- j- mediation bo8-wlthOan A. Dyxstra, pridentTfhe University xicSa S .chalraian. Besides Dykstra, the members named are William Haminatt Davis, caalnnaatt P. Graham president of toe University of North Carolina; George Meany, gSeral secretarof tS aTtcIO 5J2S building, making it necessary to move the keepsakes in the cor nerstone.) "Samuel E. May was a great singer, chorister of the First Methodist church, and popular citizen. He was the second sec retary of state of the state of Oregon, for two terms, 1862 to 1870, and was the grandfather of our junior United States Senator Frederick Steiwer. (Sen ator Steiwer died a few years ago. His brother, Karl Steiwer, is a prominent citizen of the Loon ey neighborhood in southern Marion county; address, Jeffer son, rural . route.) "E. J. ("Jenk") Harding was a prominent pioneer, county clerk, and brother of United States Senator B. F. Harding, serving from '62 to 65, to fin ish the term of Col. E. D. Baker, killed at the battle of Ball's Bluff. The widow of 'Jenk' Hard ing is the grand old lady of Ger vais, hale and hearty, and in possession of a large body of land, the estate of her deceased husband. (Born April 14, 1838, she lived beyond the century mark; was around 100 years of age when she died.) 1. "J. H. Moores was a pioneer merchant of the firm of J. H. and I. R. Moores. He was the second mayor of Salem, serving four terms, and was state sena tor, and served on the commis sion with George H. Atkinson to select the lands for the peniten tiary and asylum (now called state hospital) sites. He was the father of C. B. and A. N. Moores, of Portland and Salem respec tively. (Both prominent In pub lic and business affairs and now deceased.) W. Warren was an old time physician.- George II. Jones was an early day real estate oper ator and owner. He platted the George H. Jones addition to Sa lem. In the rude pioneer style, he was called "Hog Jones," be -Man Defense Mediation Board Set up t WOam n. Davis Gates A. Dykstra George Meaay cause he was thrifty, saved his money, and became wealthy.) "J. L. Starkey was a promi nent man in many early day enterprises. He erected and own ed the Starkey block, northwest corner of Commercial and Court streets, part of which stands about a it was originally. A. A. (Amos) Starkey, his brother, was a liveryman. "A. S. Kightlinger was a car p enter and builder. His sons, Schuyler and Marion, are still residents of Salem. B. B. Hay ward was an old time stage dri ver. In those days stage drivers were among the best known and most popular and best paid of the public servants; in a class with the railroad conductors and engineers who followed them. S "Is there any old timer who does not remember Shan Conser and Pap Stroud, conductors, and Big Jack Miller and Phil Cor kin, engineers, and the first passenger train and only ones for a considerable time on the railroad running from Portland to Roseburg the only- line in Oregon? (Some of the old time railroad conductors and engi neers ought to have long chap ters of books devoted to. them. For instance, Phil Corkin, who spent years and years as a main line engineer, and never had a wreck or near wreck and when he was shifted to a branch line, went into the then abandoned and incompleted foundation of the Portland Hotel and killed himself with a pistoL) . . . "L. Hirsch was Leopold, part ner of Ed. Hirsch, of the firm of L. & E. Hirsch, merchants. Ed. Hirsch was state treasurer two terms, elected In 1878, re jected in 1882, and afterwards postmaster of Salem." j (Continued tomorrow.) y4 : PaBlp Mnrraj. ; Walter a Chairman' Ftaak P. Graham ' ; f 1 i ... T J ! f ' 1 . w KadlS IFiregirainaiG KSLM TUZS D AY VSSt Ke, ; JO Sunrise Salute, t 7 JO New. - - - m - n . ' 1:Sn-Don Allen's Orchestra. S JO New. - -S:43 Tun Tabloid. - - - JM Pastor's Call. -OS The Enquires. 45 Melody Mart.' 10-00 The World This Morning. 10:13 Women In the News. 1030 WnoTs Sophisticates. .... i 10 JO Top o' tlx Morning. 105 Jerry Sears Orchestra, i 11:00 Musical Horoscope. . ! 1130 Willamette V Chapel.- i 11HS Valu Parade. 11:00 Market Reports. -1 12:0S Ivan Ditmars at the Organ. 12 J5 Noontime New. liJO Hillbilly Serenade. 13:35 Willamette Valley Opinions. 1250 Tha Song Shop. . - ' 1 300 Harry H or lick Orchestra. . las Isle of Paradise. 1 -jo Western Serenade, . 2:00 News.- - 2:15 Salem Art Center. i 2 JO Two Kings and a Queen. iJOOCross-Road Troubador. ;. 3:15 Concert Gems. 4 J5 New. . 4 JO Tea time Tune. - j 4:45 HUady'a Melody. KM Popularity Bow. , 3 JO Dinner Hour Melodies, C0 Tonishfs Headlines. :1S War Commentary. JB Ahrino Key's Orchestra. :45 A Sons 1 Bom. T US Interesting Facta. . 7 JO Twilight Trio. , j 75 Singinc Strings. '- ' - S 0 Europe Tonight. " S:15 Harry Owen Orchestra. 85 Kenny Baker's Orchestra. -1 500 News Tabloid. 9:15 Johnny Messners Orchestra. 9 JO South American Nights. . 10:00 Hit of the Day. 10 JO New. 10:45 Let's Dance. 11:15 Dream Time. , . KGW NBC TUESDAY CI Ke. AO Sunrise Serenade. JO TraU Blazers. 7.-O0 New. - . 7:45 Sam Hayes. S;00 Stars of Today. I S;1S Against the Storm. :45 Darid Harum. :4S Km and My Shadow. 10:15 Between the Bookends. ' 10;45 Dr. Kate. 114)0 Hymns of AH Churches. 11:15 Arnold Grimm's Daughter.' 11 JO Valiant Lady. 11:45 Light of the World. 12:00 Story of Mary Marlln. 12:15 Ma Perkins 12 JO Pepper Young's Family. 12:15 Vic and Sade. 1:00 Bactataie Wife. 1:15 Stella Dallas. 1J0 Lorenzo Jones. 1:45 Young Widder Brown. 2.-00 Girl Alone. 2:15 Lone Journey 2:30 The Guiding Light. 25 Life Can Be Beautiful. 5 as New. 40 Maurice end His Music 4:45 H. V. Kaltenborn. 5:J 5 Jack Armstrong. 5 JO Horace Heidfs Treasure Chest :00 Hill Cadets on Parade. SJ0 Tibber McGee and Molly. 70 Bob Hope. 7 JO Uncle Walter's Doghouse. 8:00 Tred Waring Pleasure Tim. 8:15 Armchair Cruises. 30 Johnny Presents. - 90 Richard Himber Orchestra. JO Battle of the Sexes. 103 News Flashes. 10 JO Bal Tabarin Cafe Orchestra. Today's Garden By LJLLI3S L. MADSEN E.W. Asks if there is any special care to be given to vio lets. Violets are like any other flower; they respond best to proper treatment. They like a rather heavy soil, but one that is well drained. However, it must be retentive ' of moisture. A good, moderately rich com post is considered best. They should have a comparatively cool place throughout the sum mer. March Is one of the best times to take root cuttings for new starts. Double and single violets grow in about the same conditions. P.O. Asks if wallflower seed, planted now wQl bloom this spring. And if they are annuals? No, they will not bloom until next spring. If you seed the plants now you must carry them over. Wallflowers are most often treated as biennials. However, they will frequently live from year to year until they are quite old plants. MB. Wants to know when la the proper time to plant forget-me-not seed. July or early August You can get plants at most of the green houses or florists and set them out now. They transplant read ily when they are in bloom. E.W.W. Asks if it Is too a r 1 y to set out pansies and when should pansy seed be' own. Pansies may be set out any time now. I notice they are in bloom in the nurseries and at the florists' outdoor: gardens. Pansy seed should be sown In July or August by Roosevelt Cyrus Odng Teagla ; ; Serer D. Lapkam I -i ..: :.,.. . Si tl-ii""' ...J..r... , These seheeoles are sirapUeel ay the respeetiT ataooas. Any varU tioas noted by listeners are da to changes snade by the stations wttaaaS netlce to this newspaper. 11.00 News. 11:15 SC Francis Hotel Orchestra. KEX NBC TTJESDAV 1158 Kc. JO Musical Clock. 7. -80 Western Agncultura. 705 Financial Service, j , i 7 JO Breakfast Club. 9itQ Amen Corner. JO National Farm and Horn. ' 10.00 News. J0J0 Charmingly Wa Lire. 10:45 Associated Press News. 11 JO Us Array Band. 12.-00 Orphans of Divorce 12:15 Amanda of Honeymoon H1Q. 12 JO John's Other Wife. 12:45 Just Plain Bill. . ; 1.-00 Mother of Mine. 1:15 Market Reports. ' ' 1J0 News. 15 Curbctooe Quia. 20 The Quiet Hour. " 3.-00 Ireena Wicker. 3:15 The Bartons. 3 JO The Munroa. 3.-45 W tie Saver. 4 as Mr. Keen. Tracer. 4J0 America Stars. 3M Readinc Is Fun. 5:45 Tom Mix. 6 JO John B. Kennedy. Ji The Inner Sanctum. 7:15 New. 7 JO Question Bee. 8:00 Crand Central Station. 8 JO-Ben Bemia Muni raj iuia. I 8-tlB rasy Ace. 103)0 Sir Francis Drake Orchestra. . II 0 This Moving World. 11:15 Florentine Gardens Orchestra. 11:45 Portland Police Beports. 02:00 War New Round ap. - KOIN CBS TCXSDAV 48 Ka. 8:00 NW Farm Reporter. 8:15 KOIN Klock. 7 J 5 News. -. :,-" 8:15 Consumer News. A I ' JO The Goldbergs. -8:45 By Kaihleen Norris. - 0 Kate Smith -Speaks. as When m Gin Marries. i 30 Romance sot Helen Trent .'45 Our t Gal Sunday. 180 LMe Can 'Be BaattttuL 10:15 Women In Whit. , 18 JO Right to Happiness, t 10:45 Mary Leo Taylor, i 110 Big Sister. 11:15 Aunt Jenny. 11 JO Fletcher Wiley. 11:45 My Son and L ' 120 Martha Webstar. 12:15 News. . 12 30 Kate Hopkins. . 12:45 Woman of Courts'. . 1. -00 Portia Blake. 1:15 Myrt and Marge. 1 JO Hilltop House. 1:45 Stepmother. 20 Stngln Sam. -2AHeUo Again. 2:45 Scattergood Balnea. 3 ."CO Young Dr. Malon. 3 JO Joyce Jordan. - IM The Second Mr. Burton. 4 as W 4he Abbotts. 4 JO Second Husband. r 80 Newspaper of the Air. 5 JO First Nighter. 5:53 Elmer Davis. News. '' 8. -00 The World Today. JO Professor Quiz. 70 Glen Miller Orchestra. 7 US Invitation to Learning. 7:45 News of the War. 8:00 Amos n Andy. 8:15 Lanny Ross. JO Court of Missing Hairs. 8:00 We. the People. JO Baker Theatre Players. 10:00 Five Star Final. 10 JO Nightcap Yarns. 18:45 Hal Howard Orchestra. 11 Jo Manny Strand Orchestra. 11 J3 New. . SCALE MBS TTTSSDAT 1388 Ka. JO Memory Timekeeper. 70 News. .-00 Good Morning Neighbor. JO News 45 Buyer's Parade. fi "OA Tii inH That JO The Woman's Sid 4tf the N :a n.eep rn to Music 18.-00 John B. Hughes. 10:38 Voice of American Women. 10:45 Bachelor's Children. " Friendly Neighbors. " U JO Concert Gems. a 11:45 News. 10 We Are Always Young. ! 1 JO Johnson Family. 20 American School. 2J0 New S Everett Hoa gland Orchestra. 4 JO Sands of Tuna. 5:15 News. 8:38 Shatter Parker Circus. 3:45 Captain Midnight. . 8 Fulton Lewis. Jr. J John B. Huhe. . 78 Ray Gram Swing, t -15 Jimmy Allen. 7:30 Wythe WiUiams. :34-Laff Swing Club. . News. J5 Sketches In Black and Whit. 100 Fchoe From Opera. 18 J8 New. 10 Henry King Orchestra. 110 Jan Garber Orchestra. ' KOACJ TUSSDAT 858 K.- 0 New. . . as Th Homemakers Hour. 188 Weather Forecast. 10 as Cavalcade of Drama. JO Music of the Masters. 120 News. 12:15 Farm Hour. 20 H om maker's Half Hour. 2:45 Monitor View the News. 3:15 Little Bad Schoolhoui. 2:45 News. 4 JO Stories for Boys and Girl. 58 On the Campuses. AS VesperaT - . 8:15 New. JO Farm Hour. 7 JO Chechoslovakia Uudc. : 7:45 Consumers Forum. JO School of Huiie. . 1 o OSC Round Table. . JO OSC Cadet Band. A5 School of Education. : By FRANCIS GERARD Chapter Thirty-Four Continaea! "Nothing. Sir John, the tele phone informed him. " We had strict instructions from Mr. Hafl ey that the party was not to be Interfered with." , "How did you discover it?" "Tailed him, as we have been 'doing., and actually saw him dump - the body on ! Putney Heath." . "Who is It? snapped Mere dith. - "A lady, sir. A foreign one as had Visited him before, Tve got the name here, sir; Hi spell it out to you." He did so. - "Graf in Adelheid , von Rein hold," : repeated Meredith and shook his head. "All! right Thanks for "phoning me. Will you let Sir Hector .McAllister know that I. shall be with him at ten thirty in his office unless I hear to the contrary? And, for heaven's sake don't let that cer tain party know jthat you're on to him!" "We won't sir." replied the man at the Yard. ! "Another thing." went- on Meredith. "Tve not heard from Beef. I'm worried. He promised to let me have a telegram at twelve-hourly intervals. He's more ". than twelve hours over due. I want enquiries made. Discreet, you understand. I want "to know If Makyn's can tell you where he is, but I dont want these enquiries broadcast D'you get it?" "O. K. Sir John. Tve got it an, ' right Well check up. pronto!" . - 1 . (To' be continued)