Show Views of the Press PEACE FEELERS FRO FROM I JAPAN Perhaps the Rome-Berlin- Rome Tokyo axis is becoming weary of war Periodically rumors of peace proposals come from one or another of the three capitals proposals unsubstantiated by later reports but nevertheless nevertheless less bearing an authenticity that thatIs thatis Is unquestioned Perhaps the axis front recalls the first World war when an unfounded peace report threw the whole warring world into an hysteria of delight delight delight de de- de- de light and hopes a foundation for such a reaction can be laid again Perhaps too their own countries are close to the desperate desperate desperate des des- weariness of war in which they hope to find the de de- de- de But so far there has been no confirming indication Indica Indica- tion Japans Japan's rumored peace proposals showed that However the Scranton Times declared that Japanese statesmen statesmen statesmen states states- men even the most cunning types would be more stupid than there is reason to believe they are if the peace proposals of the Times-Advertiser Times of Tokyo Japan Japan Japan Ja Ja- Ja- Ja pan are intended to be more than a joke At the same time the San Francisco Chronicle saw in the proposals the that Tokyo has become a base for a new axis offensive in the war of nerves This Tokyo peace plan is intended primarily primar primar- ily for British consumption The anglers who dangle It hope some will find allurement in its seeming promise not to strip the British empire completely completely completely com com- if Britain will come to terms now They would like to get the the- British to arguing and quarreling about it amongst themselves Meanwhile Those who agree I i with Colonel Lindbergh in advocating advocating cating eating a negotiated peace with Great Britain and Germany can learn from an undisputed axis source what would be considered by the aggressor powers to be fair terms said the Philadelphia Bulletin which added These terms as given in the press organ organ organ or or- gan of the Tokyo foreign office include cession of certain British British British Brit Brit- ish and French colonies to Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many and Italy Japans Japan's own demands demands demands de de- de- de mands have a seeming modera modera- tion The Dutch East Indies and French Indo-China Indo are to become independent and the British colonies in m the east are areto areto areto to obtain self government Then pointing out the proposals called for naval parity as between between be be- tween Great Britain and the United States on the one hand and the axis on the other and the abandonment by the United States of its Hawaiian bases the Chicago o News Ness sets forth that Had such a feeler been put out of Rome or Berlin there would probably have been less emphasis on Asia and the P Pacific But that's a detail In the main the Tokyo proposal ought to satisfy Hitler well enough and Hitler presumably saw and approved it before it was published The terms set forth emphasize emphasize emphasize size the conclusion that we must consider ourselves a vanquished people asserted the Wilmington News It is necessary to discuss discuss discuss dis dis- dis- dis cuss only the first of them to realize that the intention is to tomake tomake tomake make it impossible for the United States to defend Itself in the fu fu- fu ture And the New York Post rost declared The peace offensive depicts the grim reality of the world in which all dreams of Isolation isolation isolation iso Iso- lation are dead although a few of the dreamers still live It recognizes that the United States is already in the war whether we like it or face it or not All Rights Reserved by Editorial I Symposium |