| Show Views of the Press The obstacles to a British Invasion in invasion In- In of the continent are of course far greater than the obstacles obstacles obstacles' ob oh- to nazi invasion of Eng Eng- land It is plain that if II the BritIsh BritIsh Brit Brit- ish are correct in their calculations calculations calculations that they can defend England England Eng Eng- land the war war can can follow but one course that of a struggle for economic economic eco eco- eco eco- exhaustion with British control of the sea and an air force at present Inferior pitted against a preponderant German army and an air force that for a year or perhaps two will wilt remain superior Such a struggle of mutual mutual mutual mu mu- punishment will go on until the combatants find terms of set set- They will not consider offers of mediation from outsiders ers era any more mote than they did 20 years ago ChIcago Chicago Tribune In St St. Louis 45 per per- percent cent of all boys of of- appropriate age were members of Boy Scout troops in 1940 1040 This is the highest percentage percentage percentage per per- for any metropolitan area in the country and represents represents represents the statistical side aide of what the scouts are doing locally Today the St. St Louis scouts and their confreres throughout the nation begin a weeks week's observance of the thirty-first thirty anniversary of Boy Scouting in America It isa Isa is isa a cheerful challenging occasion It presents a picture of American American Ameri Ameri- can youth on the march idealistic idealistic ideal ideal- bile loving freedom doing a character-building character job that the dictators cant can't begin to match with all aU their powered high cours courses course In goose St. St StLouis Louis Post As to the supposed instability of Mussolini's regime at home borne it now seems certain that reports of antifascist rioting in Milan and other northern Italian titles cities were base baseless ess and that If 11 Musso Musso- lint lini Is less popular than at the peak of his Ethiopian invasion he heis heis heLa is La still far fr from m a a. a gone goose If It he did fade out chances chances- are that 1 he would be succeeded by a government which would adopt adept about the same attitude toward Germany as that of tI the e Vichy government in occupied France or 2 Hitler Hitler who'd who'd certainly certainly certainly know It first if Mussolini were tottering would tottering would occupy Italy as easily as he occupied Denmark The notion that an Italian people might depose il Ii duce join the British cause and start invading Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many through the Brenner pass is 15 a pipedream Its It's okay to kid Mussolini but Mussolini but lets let's not kid our our- selves Minneapolis Star Star-J Star Jour our our- nal A publication which speaks for the German foreign office announces announces announces an an- that the United States is In large part responsible forthe for the suffering In the occupied countries We Ve have been expecting expecting ex ex- ex- ex this discovery from Ber Ber- lin In fact it has hu been ble bie Germany having overrun Its neighboring countries and raided their larders and shut off oU their outlets for trade something some some- thing has had to be said to quiet the people in their lamentations or at least confuse the issue And what what could be simpler than to blame Uncle Sam Isn't uncle supposed to keep his hands off oft European politics but always be ready with relief ships in case of hunger That in brief seems to be the European conception of our historic role Our charity and restraint have become in their opinion a duty And at atthe atthe atthe the same time we are never supposed supposed supposed sup sup- posed to take a thought as to their knavish private ate lives lives- Portland Oregonian |
