| Show C r J Jr r r News l tHe theNe Newl Written for The T Telegram lm WASHINGTON The prospective prospective prospective pros pros- return of ot Ambassador Kennedy has caused deep concern In the Inside chambers chambers cham chain bers of the White House and the state department High officials officials dais In charge of ot our foreign policy are privately distressed lest he he blurt out some unpleasant ant facts about Anglo-American Anglo deals and relations Always a realist the ambassador ambassador ambas ambas- ambassador to the court of St. St James has been unpopular at London and Washington recently because because because be be- cause cause he insisted on facing facts When he warned Chamberlain of Hitler's air might and suggested suggested suggested sug sug- that Brit Britain in prepare he was branded as pro German i More recently when he cabled gloomy reports about England's ability to withstand the nazi onslaught onslaught onslaught on on- slaught his advices were pigeon pigeon- holed It Is unlikely that Mr Kennedy Kennedy Kennedy Ken Ken- nedy will wiil publicize these differences differences dif dif- and difficulties al although although al- al although though he is boiling to do so so But in the past he has exhibited great r resourcefulness in letting his views be aired through his newspaper contacts Should he fully himself before election day it might cost the president thousands of votes Confidential advices reaching administration quarters from American observers observer abroad paint an appallingly black picture of ot Britain's chances to survive the Hitler blitzkrieg Although necessarily necessarily necessarily fragmentary In their nature nature na na- nature na- na ture these reports undoubtedly constitute the most reliable information information information in in- formation on one of the worlds world's determining battles Here are the highlights England had only 50 seaworthy seaworthy seaworthy sea sea- worthy destroyers at the time President Roosevelt traded 50 of Uncle Sams Sam's for eight western hemisphere bases Reinforced by Italian subs sups and electric boats the nazis have virtually transformed transformed transformed trans trans- formed the channel Into a German German German Ger Ger- man lake Their aerial and underwater underwater underwater un un- un- un forces are fiercely harassing convoys carrying supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies and weapons from the tie United States Churchill's concern over his peoples people's morale precipitated his request for as many flying fortresses as the United States can spare These ships can carry a heavy pay load of death- death dealing missiles dump them on Berlin and return easily to their home fields And the prime minister minister min mm- ister feels that the British will endure prolonged sacrifices only so long as they have assurances that the German capital is also suffering These reports explain n the sudden sudden sudden sud sud- den shift in German aerial tactics tactics tactics tac tac- tics which has bewildered our shrewdest military experts The changeover consisted of darkening darkening darken darken- ing London's skies fast lightly loaded instead instead in instead in- in stead of ot fleets of heavy bombers Hitler Hitler's aerial al observers reported reported re re- reported re- re ported that British workers' workers loss of sleep was due to the terrific detonations of London's antiaircraft antiaircraft antiaircraft anti anti- aircraft guns as much as to falling failing fallIng fall fail ing bombs So instead of riskIng risking risking risk risk- ing his bigger ships der fuehrer now instructs his speedy planes v tto t to circle far above the guns guns' range and simply draw their lire tire Sleeplessness is gradually damaging the defenders' defenders health and slowing down production production- also producing poorer mechanical mechanical mechanIcal ical and engineering output Even the American embassy's clerical staff staf can work only about five hours a day with a consequent drop in the he efficiency of our most important diplomatic diplomatic diplo diplo- matic outpost abroad Hitler has not completely abandoned the Idea of a winter Invasion according to our ob ob- ob- ob servers In any event they feel that the best Britain can obtain Is a draw They doubt whether the British will ever be able to toland toland toland land an army on the continent itself Besides Besides- his air force Hitler Hitler Hit Hit- Hitler ler has fortified the coasts so strongly that any invader would almost surely be repulsed William J. J Donovans Donovan's appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance in the Roosevelt camp was wasa a surprise to everybody except a few insiders who knew of his frequent tete a with the president It was F. F D. D R. R himself himself him him- himself self who commandeered the fighting colonel to reply to By B RAY TU Colonel Lindbergh's law fiercest attack on ort the a aF nl Colonel Donovans Donovan's first pI JP p mission on behalf of the S w House was his trip to toa d during ring Italy's war on E P Em Selassie He submitted a lull t port to the war warthe the White House on hIs l' l d He was f dr-f again by Secretary Knox Kno for tor a mission to Europe Since hij M turn he lie has collaborated s' s Knox newspaperman in a on the fifth filth column column In United States But not uS t went on the air did it be bec generally known that t-t ne Hoovers Hoover's closest 1928 r adviser apparently a Roosevelt r porter J I 1 F. F D. D Rs R.'s selection of VII S. S Knudsen Si as uncrowned h B of ot the national defense commission is paying payin dOll cents and dividends No NoS ie dealer could make the ha hanI j gains nl that with iu the private a manuta t ers ex-automobile ex S J i er is getting away with S u days S Mr Knudsen recently re a leading an airplane lna to let Jet the Ule gove a turn over his his famous riyal rival companies for tk on a license basi basis How fow ni do you want for royalty royalty- e engine queried the defeS delen commissioner Oh was the thi r ply I guess about e eart h Oh no purred Mr dr Knud too much much much- But w v V getting It from other protested the r man But this is different t the Youa not selling to the government to private industry now Tiff patriotism not business Si eventually hammered the down to 50 an engine engine-a deal in view of the fact th the selling cost for tor each n m nIs moir t Is about t Elliott Roosevelt's belated tempt to resign his and his commanding to accept accept has has resentment over alleged favoritism to the Pl son It has particular i aroused army air men who k knoof kno of the treatment accorded i MB of ot their finest fliers In a general last spring all aU air officers ut required to undergo new leal kal exams Several who old did jc measure up per cent wr e retired including a few World wars war's most hi aces All AU attempts to pers th the high command th that t. t 16 should be kept for other dut were rebuffed They were fire cold although they hav have jS been recalled for plant inspection paper i rk etc Copyright 1940 McClure Syndicate |
