Show rD Dont Quote t Mj M 0 By United Press The These e words arc are the ones most frequently heard by ton correspondents Items which never appear In the regu I patches and little intimate pictures of ot pu public publio ic f appear In this thi column from rom time to time WASHINGTON Feb 6 The 6 The activities ac- ac i ac-i of ot the United States navy in connection with the Shanghai imbroglio imbroglio im im- im- im broglio ma may be easier to understand It if t one remembers that navy traditions traditions ions contain a number of bloodless diplomatic victories along with conI conquests conquests con con- quests through force of ot arms I There has been a great dusting off oft In n recent days of the navys navy's books on international law Undoubtedly Rear Admiral Montgomery Meigs Taylor was hard at work on them as his Asiatic fleet steamed from Manila Manna to Shanghai And the wardrooms of the destroyers usually places of ot gaiety and relaxation among the younger officers probably became classrooms in diplomacy for the short cruise northward The nav navy has had some splendid diplomats who whose e exploits live side sideby sideby sideby by side with the more glamorous adventures adventures ad ad- ventures of Jones Joncs Lawrence and Dewey Rear Admiral Mark L L. Bristol chairman of ot the general board who is scheduled for retirement this year Jear is isone isone isone one of them Bristol acted as high commissioner In Turkey for more than eight years during the disturbing incidents between between be be- tween the Turks and the Greeks During Dur Dur- Lag ing nr his regime American naval officers officers officers cers evacuated about men women and children from irom Smyrna and other places paces on the coast In 1927 Bristol negotiated a change of or notes providing j le- le of diplomatic a delicate situation with Tm arisen as a result of a senat enatt ri to ratify a treaty When signed a short shor time later to command of ot the Asiatic i a n fw dent Coolidge extolled hb ambassador in i all but name ane t ambassador moreover chare duties of or unusual difficulty JJ cae cacy Bristol's success Mr has been notable In the ar aw American diplomacy Also navy men like to r a John remark made by Secretary oi of Hay to President 1902 when there was some rome t trouble in the The situation Hay told th the dent has been handled by na nY without a single mt That Thal remark o of Hays Hay's is S fran hangs on the wall of ot the r board office Near by b- 1 l ar t II framed document part of ot a amade I made in m 1898 by Lord SaL Sali British prime minister and set Ut of state late for foreign affairs affair I 1 have sometimes thou h the prime minis minister r that I if fL thi th mets were all aU dismissed and i miral installed in place of e eat rope would get gel along better belter t tL docs does now |