WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W ladine intensified warfare started As germany at last realizes futility of peace overtures EDITORS NOT EWhen opinions are expressed in these columns they arc those of the newa analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper Ti jiin in by watern newspaper union EUROPE war of diplomacy biggest news on the diplomatic front was wishful thinking in london and paris to the effect that italy was swinging away from berlin to form a strong balkan peace bloc meanwhile adopting a policy of benevolent neutrality toward the allies there were good reasons for such a move because italy has strong trade interests in the dalhaus Dal hans where russia Is trying to win an upper hand backing the rumor italian newspapers continued heaping insults on communism partially it however was authoritative editor virginia gayda whose II 11 Gl ornate Dl talla termed prime minister chamberlains refusal to call oft alm wara dangerous no meanwhile germany continued latt minute efforts to war having waited until the final heartbreaking moment in the h opa that prime minister chamberlain would capitulate U S aid asked unofficially was not forthcoming such desperate efforts could only mean that germany had been surprised perhaps to her ultimate ruin by allied determination for recourse der fuehrer redoubled his efforts to cement trade relations with russia now busy elsewhere utter getting all the wanted from germany biggest question now that the allies had shunned peace where was the operation cooperation co germany and russia had threatened only two weeks before proclaiming armistice day president revived Eu ropes intervention hopes by asking americans to boak for 0 o a lime when c fust and en during peace ahall be established war on land in air on the western front 63 german divisions were massed from the bea to the rhine significantly 30 of them stood opposite holland and belgium satisfying the experts that offensive will follow 1014 ROYAL OAK men and an omen tactics intensified german pres euro was not long in coming in a tingle day it drove the french back to their own soil on a four mile front in the moselle valley but at n cost of to 1000 casualties and the loss of 20 tanks dut bigger news came from the clr berlins first bombing score arrived one as nazi housewives were meditating on lard sandwiches for next mornings breakfast included in the weeks suggest cd ration menu twenty thousand feet up antiaircraft anti aircraft artilleryman artillerymen artillery men spotted a raider shot down in the panic the plane turned out to bo a lost german bomber britain had a genuine scare next day fourteen german bombers in evaded english soli for the first time their objectives the huge naval base and bridge at firth 0 forth near edinburgh scotland wen tho malco was over britain counted 62 killed or wounded and slight damage to one cruiser four nazi bombers had been brought own war at sea in 1651 britaina Brit ains fugitive king charles II 11 hid in an oak tree at after the bat tie of worcester A few years later proud britons named a warship aft er their revered royal oak the ship was promptly sunk by iho dutch in 1607 ten more royal oaks carried the omen the last going into action at jutland less than a month after being commissioned weathering this battle she was damaged at valencia in 1937 last year the craft was sunk in a film labeled torpedoed this month the royal oak was really torpedoed and sunk carrying to the bottom her omen and some men this was only one part 0 a week ends terrific warfare at tea berlin claimed the same submarine which sank the royal oak also damaged britaina Brit ains battle cruiser repulse but the admiralty said it be bothered denying all these reports six other british and french freighters vent to davy jones locker within three days but on friday the thirteenth the british navy sank three U boats at rome the official paper vie revealed en ambitious nazi scheme to blow britaina Brit ains navy oft the sea by allotting planes to bomb each warship fireside fighters of the long theorized war 0 airship vs warship agreed the nazis had made a good start russian education in the U S john public discovered for the first time that soviet russia had a president to michael Koll who Is dictator josef no 1 puppet franklin roosevelt expressed a hope tor continued peaceful russian finnish relations many another nation was also learning about soviet russia a 20 year old bear which has just begun to feel its strength scandinavia having won domination of the baltic states lithuania estonia and latvia the soviet turned to finland and demanded military naval bases A finn named dr juho gustl went to moscow and heard the russian requests the folks back homo rushed mobilization liza tion and lined up a inn scandinavian bloc to stock holm swe dens acner KALININ able king addressed him gustav summoned Den marks king christian Nor ways king haakon and Fin lands president kyosti kal ho to decide scandinavians attitude it was expected the finns would surrender a few islands but not the strategic arlands which russia covets baltic estonian Es gen johan lal doner assured the people their nation was still free but there were signs to the contrary among them the premier resigned and a new cabinet was established meanwhile lithuania which received a better break from moscow than elther latvia or esbela winning rule over the former polish city of wll no decided to demand that germany grant her extraterritorial extra territorial rights in the harbor of memel which adolt hitler seized last spring the lithuanians Lithuania ns hoped russia would back their request balkans hungary feared that dussias Rus sias baltic conquest would be followed by demands for ruthenia Ruth enla the ukrainian province seized from czecho slovakia early this year ru manla had similar worries over Bes sarabia the petroleum rich area she took from russia alter the world war moreover rumania heard reports that russia might try to settle balkan troubles at her expense taking both Bes sarabia and ruthe ala and placating the hungarians Hung arians and bulgarians Bulga rians by giving each a slice of land they lost to rumania after the last war this it was reliably stated held a top place among demands russia tried to force down the throat of turkeys foreign minister cukro acting as mediator tor all balkan states had reportedly port edly refused not only to sell rumania short but also to recognize dussias Rus sias polish grab create a neutral balkan bloc under german rus sian domination or break turkeys alliance with britain and france russian troops were massed on her borders but the turks stood so firm that many a diplomat felt she held the balance of european power her position turkey would stay neutral if the allies fought russia but she would join the allies if italy took sides with germany with troops under arms controlling the strategic Darde nelles and holding considerable influence over other balkan states the turks were not to be slighted CONGRESS peace neutrality was making a bum this month out of ciany an otherwise efficient states manach day the lower house of congress assembled halfheartedly half heartedly listened to a few pointless speeches and went its way to cocktail rooms and bars there was nothing else to do until the senate finished wrangling with neutrality and sent the bill over meanwhile that happy day was drawing nearer senators passed the word mark in their debate on isolationism vs cash and carry though they were still going strong compromise was in the air to replace the premature victory song of embargo re some of the incentive came from outside such as col charles A Lind berghs second radio speech in which he plumped for retention of the arms embargo howard coonley president of the national association of manufacturers pointed out that industry Is opposed to war and realizes the falseness of war profits this gave north dakotas sen gerald P neutrality nye a new talking point thus far isolationist propaganda has tried to convince the nation that cash and carry neutrality will set america into war but thecae laign failed to jell so isolationists found a more potent weapon by dramatizing the postwar post war depression that will inevitably follow it U S industry expands to serve warring europe said mr nye with pretty fair logic 1 I dare the senate to find 10 of 50 leading industrialists who will wish to repeat the experience of the last war boom A few later ahen senator returned to the old song thap administration neutrality proposals are a step toward war he found himself confronted for the first timo with Ne braskas 78 year old sen george W who had a fey things to get off his mind this charge that the presidents recommendation men dation would lead to participation in the war is without foundation whatever I 1 know this bill wont please hitler but are we going to ask him what to do are we NORRIS LEFT AND NYE are ue going 0 o hitler going to be so afraid that we will celend him that we are going to refuse to act within a few days actton seamed imminent the arms embargo was a cinch for repeal but on other issues there was compromise chairman key of the foreign relations committee abandoned the 90 day credit clause which critics charged was a circumvention of tha jahnson net forbidding loans to war debt defaulting nations restrictions strict ions on U S shipping would be relaxed to permit operations in belligerent li areas far removed from the war sector fie australia new zealand and other french british colonies on this point presidential discretion will probably bo the rule LABOR probe at washington indictment of a la bor union charged with delaying work on government buildings opened the coast U S attack on reputed trade restraints in the building industry among cities to be probed chicago new york seattle and cleveland the allega alon that union jurisdictional fights arc hamstringing ham stringing a building revival