Show NEWS THIS WEEK by LEMUEL F PARTON consolidated features service EW YORK adm sir charles NM NEW M forbes F commander in chiel of the british home fleet may be taking his current naval battles rhet rather P per british n L admiral admira AJ i SO serially nally he I 1 jutland butlan d veteran has a charm heads home flee ing swedish who wife was marie louise berndtson daughter of axel berndtson of S stockholm t ock holm their home has been a salon of mingling british and scandinavian culture sir charles has not been particularly conspicuous in britaina Brit ains high command of the navy but by all accounts he has what it takes sixty years old in the navy for 48 46 years he has been in command of the home fleet since 1938 he fought in the battle of jutland winning the D S C from 1925 to 1928 he was director of naval ordnance he commanded the destroyer flotilla mediterranean fleet in 1930 and 1931 and was sea lord and controller ol of the navy from 1932 to 1934 he was second in command of the mediterranean fleet from 1934 to 1936 A british friend who arrived here recently tells me sir charles is regarded as perhaps the best naval strategist and tactician of england of the esteemed bulldog type who unless spurred by higher command would attempt no too hazard ou ous s exploits but may be depended to go all the way through fa N 0 RUNS no hits no errors Is a good score for a diplomat the runs and the hits arent expected in diplomacy and goose egg in the error colu S diplomats u dmn mn is tops baft balling I 1 n g average ray ather ton scored rated at 1000 thus after 24 years in the state d department is americas fully adequate a te minister to denmark at a critical hour he assumes charge ot of french and british interests he emerged against the backdrop of the boston beacon street aristocracy to cracy and was known as the beau of the beaux arts when he was rAu studying dying architecture in paris after short turns in architecture and banking he entered the diplomatic service as a career man serving in various posts at tokyo the philippines and london until his bis appointment as minister to bulgaria in 1037 1937 he became minister ml nister to denmark last august he is a cautious message to garcia diplomat who has learned never to get out on a limb no I 1 in the diplomats rubric this in spite of an occasional frolicsome mood as when he named his infant daughter helen maria in honor of general dawes his bis former chief at london T WAS just a year ago that lean I 1 IT grim calvinistic Calvinl old premier hendryk colijn warned holland of big bad trouble ahead in which in by statesman coltin colijn M standers slanders warned holland would to be prepared get hurt un less they pre pared to defend themselves his urging had much to do with his count rys diligent war preparations of the last twelvemonth twelve month and today toda Y mr colijn no longer premier but an influential elder statesman says holland is ready to make things extremely unpleasant for trespassers in the world war the astute queen wilhelmina managed to save her country by a miracle of adroit maneuvering she might be able to do it again but just in case they have re rigged their dykes tor for web tooted footed warfare if necessary sary greatly enlarged their fighting forces and co coordinated best possible s showing bowing a bantamweight country could possibly maki against the big sluggers mr collan 70 years old aid next july is an amiable cultured gentleman not given to fighting talk but not inexperienced in real fighting his political and financial fortunes were advanced by his showing in some catch as catch can milling against the savage on the island of lombok bombok east of java when he was a young lieutenant in the netherlands army his service in the far east brought him in touch with sir hen henry ry deterding and he moved along with sir henry to wealth and eminence in the world expansion of f the royal dutch shell oil company he Is a financier with a strongly liberal political orientation in his public activities he be has been a vigorous foe of both bath th the i nazis and communists in ili november 1938 he denounced the nazi anti semitic pogroms as the ibe most tragic episode of modern times 11 he is calmly assured that civilization has staying power air bombs or no air bombs he has been leader of hollands calvinist party he was a farm boy who knocked oft off rw milking aking one night and told his father he was off to military school |