Show SAYS FOE COULD HAVE ANNIHILATED FLEET Richard Barry Tells of Trip of Battleships Over the Pacific Los Loa Angeles Oct l 12 Richard Barry Barry Barry Bar Bar- ry a correspondent aboard the battleship battleship battle battle- ship fleet during the trip nip from the tho Atlantic At At- lantic to the tho ci c c. c told tho the member s u ain oads u han hD afa a I fa f He Jal ri at fleet b bay ny Kho r x ri B Barry explained that t that at he be made u this statement at this time because ho he Had been Informed that Rear Admiral l lEVAns EVAns E Intends to publish It In even a stronger wa way in a a. forthcoming forthcoming- magazine maga- maga zine zinc article on tho the navy and that having hang havIng hav- hav Ing ng be boon on so informed he beat him to lt- lt The liThe ships left tho Atlantic at very short notice said eald Barry BIrry They were unprepared for tor action Should Japan have declared war on America and attacked us tho the result might have been disastrous But Dut In three months the he American naY navy was waa in s such uch a n condition condition condition con con- that we could give Jive nn any navy In n the world a hard n light fight ht and we would be tho ho victors From the moment we wo left Hampton Roads the battleships were being prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared for tor war The telephone service was completed d and by the time we reached Magdalena ta dalena we were cre in p perfect per per- r- r condition Tho The coi correspondents respondents knew this but we were of course not allowed to send out word about It jt Though it ended in a frolic wo we were prepared to fight Mr tr Barry then sent lent chills through his audience of oC women b by giving an imaginary account of an attack by the Japanese upon the city of or Los Angeles that in hl Ho Io told the club dub members there Is a map of or Los Angeles In n the possession of the Japanese e similar simi simi- Jar lar ar to the one In the city engineers engineer's office here spoke for Cor an hour an and n a Mr rr Barry Barr halt half He was given an Informal reception reception recep- recep inn tion tion following the lecture |