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Ruaeta Rulia Hu- Hu Ru- Ru Rua- Rua Hula - * - lia eta la is ! an n ally Uy of Britain " . One of the ilgni signs that tha the Reds * ' de- de defense detense d dfenr - -fenr fenr - - fense tense of their homeland was vigor- vigor vigorous vigorous vigor-ou vigor ou - - . ous and nd not without military mllitary mlltary [ merit meritcame meritcame meritcam came * from an official oft\clal oft clal otRcial \ admiflon admission on onthe onthe onthe the part of Germany GermBD7 Germany's Germanys ' ' 8 * high com corn command cornmend cornmand mand mend that the Nazi armlei armies bad had badburled hadhurled badhurled burled hurled back a conilderable considerable counter counter- counterattack counterattack counterattack - attack attackCommunique Communique " . ' solvers olver ' ' naturallyaw natural17saw naturallysaw naturally natural17 saw < aw in this thi * admisiion admission proof that the theRussian theRussian theRuffian Russian armiea armies were actually fight ftght- ftght fight- ftghting fighting fighting - - ing and kattling battling to oroe some purpose purpo e in intheir intheir intheir their gradual withdrawal to the theStalin theStalin theStalin Stalin Una line and perhaps further fI1rther to tothe tothe tothe the interiorWashington interiorWashington Interior InteriorWashington Washington obrrver observers * cautioned cautionedagainst cautionedagainst cautionedagainst against too much mucb faith in an eventu eventual al Rusiian Russian victory victo1'7 victo17 ' , , however bowever , unless unlessthe unle unlessthe the defender defenders * would be b * able to with withdraw withdraw withdraw draw their armies with much ot of ottheir oftheir oftheir their equipment Irftact bhaet Intact . , , Into that thathinterland thathinterland thathinterland hinterland broadly described de crlbed as asthe asthe a athe the UralsAs UralsAs Urals UralsA As A * In the Battle Battie of Prance France , , , It was wasconceded wasconceded wa waconceded conceded that the French Frencb would wouldbave wouldhave wouldhave bave have had a chance of immobilizingthe imrnobWzlngthe imrnobWzlng immobilizing the war only if they wera were willing willingto to give up Paris and other cherished cher- cher cherished cher-iihed cher iihed - - - ished citlei cities and move backward backwardwith backwardwith backwardwith with the fault assault a haraising harassing tha the ad- ad advancing advancing ad advancing - vancing Nazis and ottening softening their theirblows theirblows then'blows thenblows ' blows riding with the punche punchel punches * 'a a ' as * the boxing phrase has ha * it . . . TMa 'I\ 'I I s 'Is This ' \ was the technique which en- en - enabled enabled en enabled - abled to make a four year-old year old y ear-old ear old - - - war warof warof warof of position out of the Japanese blitz blitzof blitzof blitzof of 1B37 1937 in China It was wa * the aame same aametechnique sametechnique cametechnique technique which observers In this thiscountry thiscountry thiscountry country were recommending for forRussia forRussia torRunia torRuniaThere Russia RussiaThere There was nothing in dispatches dispatchesto to show tha thai that t the Reds . were not do- do doing dotog do doing - ing tog Just that save that no city of ofvital ofvital ofvital vital irnportance importance like Leningrad LeningradMoscow , , Moscow or Kiev had yet fallen fallenthough fallenthough fallenthough though Germans claimed they had hadpassed hadpassed hadpassed passed the latterIt latterIt latter latterIt It was Impossible in view of 01 can con canmcting confiicting condieting mcting fiicting claims to determine with witheven witheven witheven even probable ccuracy accuracy and allow allow- allowing allowing . - ing for ( or a wide margin of error to totl.gure tofigure tofigure tl.gure tlgure figure . tha the price being bemg paid by either eitheraide eitheraide eitherside aide In the Russo-Gennan Russo Gennan Russo-German German - - warIt warIf war warIf If It German claims were to be be- be belleved believed be believed - - lieved lleved Russia Runia 1 t I ad left only a trag frag tragmentary fragmentary fragmentary mentary part of her motorized motorizedequipment motorizedequipment motorizedequipment equipment and her air force It If ItRussia IfRussia IfRussia Russia were to be believed Germanywas Germany Germanywas Germanywas was reduced redun"d redund " t US usi I f g canvas tanks tanksand tanksand tankand * and mere b ys to operate themBut themBut them themBut But even the German communi comrnuni communiques comrnuniques communiqueg ques admitted Ru Ilu'siia Ilusiia Russia ' sla ttill still had bad hun bun hundreds bundreds hundreds dreds of tanki tanks in action aetlon and hun hundreds hundreds hundred dreds * of 1la i la " os I"S IS es and the Reds Redsbombing Redsbombing Redsbombing bombing activ aetlv acttv tleq ties tie < were reported reportedfrom reportedfrom reportedfrom from neutr 11 ii > 1 p < p < nts IIts tits to be hitting tar targets targels targets gets gels far tar w th n Rumania and far farw farw tarw w thin UHn Uitn Finlind Fini Flnl Finl wd ind wdThe indThe > nd ndThe The actual fuels facts fucts of the war how however however however ever ren role a ained aired Ini"d Inid " c ntmually ntlnually nanually clouded cloudedin in mystt.ry mysttry myslt.ry mysltry mystery . d I { ( te to the fact that cor correspondents correspondents correipondents respondents flnullv fin.lIlv finlIlv finally . . were admitted to toMoscow toMoscow toMoscow Moscow whici whld whicl also installed ashort ashort a short hort v " vivc 1ve sve ' r radio idlo < to give out war warnews warnews warnews news to th the . 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( ' ; countriesHOPKINS HOPKIN HOPKINS HOPKINSTo To LondonHarry London LondonHarry Harry Hopklns Hopkins HOl > kina , , , President Roose Roose- Roosevelt Roosevelts Roosevelt - - velts velt s trouble shooter and confi conft confi- confident confidant . - dant dent was being sent to Londonagain London Londonagain Londonagain LondonagainWhile again againWhOe againWhile While WhOe there was little definite deftnlte in information Information Information formation readilyavailable readily available as to the therea.on thereason thereaaoa re-a.on rea.on re a.on aon reason - . tor for Hopkins sec second . > nd triy trip to toEngland toEngland toEngland England . , . it was reca recalled lIed taat that tha t onJy only onJythl onlythe onlythe thl the ! other othq day in 111 the bouse house of com com- commons commons commons - - mons there bad had beeo been some .ome ome . bitterstatement litter bitter bitterstatement tateaeat statement orer over the aanaling bandUng handling of ofAmerican ofAmerican efAmerican American plane purchases purcbaus MARSHALL : His PlanGen Plan PlanGen Gen George C Marshall MarBhall , . chief of.tall ofstag at of .tall tall stag . taff of the U S army , urged two twomajor twomajor twomajor major points before congress senate sen sen- senate senate - - ate military affairs affairl committee , . and andapparently andapparently andapparently apparently the President was will willing willfog willIng ing fog to go along with one but not notwith notwith notwith with the otherPoint otherPoint other otherPoint Point No 1 was that the selectees selecteesshould selecteesshould selecteesshould should be kept in uniform longer longerthan longerthan longerthan than a calendar year from the time timeof timeof timeof of their induction He wpnted v wanted anted this thisrestriction thisrestriction thisrestriction restriction removed by congress congressfrom congressfrom congressfrom from the selective service * crvic lawPoint lawPoint law lawPoint Point No 2 was that he wanted wantedthe wantedthe wantedthe the restrictions removed ordering orderingthat orderingthat orderingthat that selectees selectee . couldserve could serve only In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Western hemisphere The Presldent Presl Presli President i dent apparently was willing to ex exert excrt exert ert crt some White Hous Hougp House ! " prcasure pressure In on Incongress oncongress < oncongress congress to get the tht " second provision provisionpassed provisionpassed provltlonpassed provltlonpassedHowever passed passedHowever , However early polls of senatorial senatorialI senatorialreactions senatorialreactions I reactions to both points were t l1Ilfa l1Ilfai l1Ilfavorab unfavorable nfa nfavorable i , vorab vorable e though a majority of thosequestioned those ' | questioned reported themselves unI undecided undecided un undecided I decided and preferring to hear thedebate the I Idebate | debate debateThe The question had broadly resolved resolveditself resolveditself resolvedItself itself Into how largo large an army theU the theU theU U S should have and how long it ittakes ittakes ittakes takes to train a soldierGeneral soldierGeneral soldier soldierGeneral General Marshall also made the thepoint thepoint thepoint point that the selectees selectevs had been beenpoured beenpoured beenpoured poured into all army units with the theresult theresult theresult result that it if they were sent home homeafter homeafter homeafter after a year these units would wouid But nit Butfer nitfez sufter fer fez dismembermentJAPAN dismemberment dismembermentJAPANOn JAPAN ' - JAPAN-On JAPAN On On the Verge VergeThe VergeThe The sudden ludden resignation resiJPIation of the Jap .Jap- .Jap Jsp- Jsp .Japanesc Jspanese . Japanese - - anese anesc cabinet . , , together with many manydlspatcbes manydispatches manydispatches dlspatcbes dispatches quoting the Indeflntte'diplomatic indefinite Indeflntte diplomatic 'diplomatic ' sources seemed to In IndIcate Indicate Indicate dIcate that Nippon might be on the theverge theverge theverge verge of some Important step In Inworld inworld Inworld world affairsWhat affairsWhat affairs affairsWhat What this might be remained bid hid bidden hidden bidden den denhough uiough \hough hough though \ British statements statementsseemed statementsseemed statementsseemed seemed to hint that Japan might mlgbt be becontemplating becontemplating becontemplating contemplating a move into Indo- Indo Info- Info IndoChIna InfoChina lado-Chlna lado Chlna ladoChlnaA - - ChIna ChInaA A secondary guess was that Japan Japanmight Japanmight Japanmight might be planning plannmg a token as assault assault asaault sault on Russia s . east coast- coast coastSiberia coastSiberia coast coastSiberia - Siberia perhaps to attempt to close closethe closethe closethe the port of Vladivostok-name Vladivostok name Vladivostok - - name famoue fa famoltS famous moltS moue In the Japanese Russian war warat warat warat at the turn of the centuryThe centuryThe century centuryThe The quitting cabinet is the one onewhich onewhich onewhich which put Soviet Russia into mto the theRomeBerlin theRomeBerlin theRome-Berlin theRome Berlin Rome-Berlin Rome Berlin - - axis axle , and nd also strangely strange strange- strangely strangely - - ly enough . , into a neutrality neutrahty acc accord accordwith accordwith lrd lrdwith < with Russia Ruslia RusliaThe RussiaThe RussiaThe The government lovernment was almost altnost exaetly ex exacUy exactly acUy aetly a year in otftce oft\ce oft ce otltce \ so 80 U It could not notbe notbe notbe be charged with the stalemate in inChina inchina inChina China in fact it was not organized organizedto to do anything about the Chinese Chinesewar Chinesewar Chinesewar ChinesewarThere war warThere There was little UtUe that could couid be said saidsurely saidsurely saidsurely surely about the situation some somebolding someholding someholding , bolding holding that the cabinet reslgna resigns reslgnaI resignstion resignatlon I tion meant that Japan s whole whoie for foreign foreign foreign eign policy would be reoriented in inview Inview inview view of the German Russian warI warWhether warWhether war warWhether Whether this would mean that the thenext thenext thenext next government would be more moreproGerman moreproGerman morepro-German morepro German I pro-German pro German - - - . , , or whether Japan wa way waygetting wasgetting , eetting getting ready to withdraw from trom all allEuropean allEuropean allEuropean European commitments could hard hardIy hardly bardly Iy ly be toldCertain told toldCertain toldCertain Certain It was that in Tokyo was wasa wasa wasa a little llttle Uttie group of Nazis who were weresaid weresaid weresaid said to have dominated the last cab cab- cabInet cabmet cabinet - - inet met and to have |
