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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W LaBINE LaB1NE LaBINEAllies LaB1NEAllies LaBINEAllies Allies Counter Nazi Air MightWith Might MightWith MightWith With Turkish Diplomatic Coup ; Italy Seeks Balkan Supremacy SupremacyEDITOIl'S Supremacyrroit's ( EDITOIl'S EDITOIlS EDITOR'S EDITORS ; rroit's rroits ' ' NOTE-Wben NOTE Wben NOTE-Wheu Wheu NOTE - : - When opinlomi epInJoJUI opinions are expreueclln expreued expreaaed la In the these tbeae . . colmnir columna columns . tbey tkey tkeyare tbeya.e tbeyre a.e ae are . re thou those tbo of 01 the new news jmlyt analyst analy _ and not oeoefrlly DeeM.lly DeeMlly necessarily . . . of 01 this thUt newspaper ewspaper ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R.l.d Rl.d Rld R.l.ae.d Rlae.d Rlaed Rl * . . a . . d bey bJ ' t W.tern Wtern Western W . . tom N.wapaper Nwapaper N.cvapap.r Ncvapap.r Ncvapapr N . w pap . r Union Unic UnicI - I ' KCIATtO 'IPIATIO IPIATIO MAll NAZI NAZIL OM IM * L E 0 GE E END ND NDAr N 0 0GERMANA | AT Ar 10 ItO NAVA1 MAVAI SAU AS * . . 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' THE WAR : : Diplomacy DiplomacyIn In early 1838 1938 Germany s a conserv conservaUve conservative conservBtlve aUve ative field Fjeld Marshal Wemer Werner van von vanBlombe vonBlomberg vonBlomberff Blombe Blomberg . . married blonde Erika Erlka ErikaGruhn ErlkaGruhn ErikaGruhn Gruhn a carpenter . daughter whom whomI whomother whomother whomother I other Nail Nazi officers . termed t.ermed 'sociallyimpossible sociallyimpossible ' 8oclally eociatly 8oclallyI 8oclallyimpossible eociatlyimpossible I " * * Erika ErikaGruhn ErikaGruhn ErikaGruhn impossible Thl Thu This . month mouth Gruhn felt teJt the news spotlight spoUJght Bgaln again Bgalnin againin againin in a British Britiab white paper ' ' by Slr Sir SlrNevile SirNevlle SirNevlle Nevile Nevlle Henderson pre pro war ambaseador ambas.ador ambas ambasador .ador ador eador . ador to Germany Wrote he to For Foreign Forelgu Foreign eign elgu Secretary Lord Halifax HalJlax HalJIax a " 01 ' } 1 drew your lordship lordllhlp s a . a ttenUon attention attentionIn ttenUonIn ( In 1938) 1938 ) to the far reaching and unfortunate un untortun unfortunate tortun fortunate te results result . : of the Blomberg Bloznberg Blombergmarriage Blombergmarriage . ' marriage I Iam Ia Iam am a in more moreth in morethan 0 r rWh th D ever everconvinced everconvinced convinced of ofthe oftho Wh- Wh Whth - ' _ ' the th , major majordl.aster majord _ dl.asterwhich dl.aster dlaster 1 . a s t e rwhich - t _ which that- that that1 that44 that thatIn - - -44 44 - 1 In D I itself- itself itselfWI94ctS it t 8 Belt-minor Belt minor e I f- f fminor - - - minor Incl mci Incldntlnvolved Incid WI94-ctS WI94 ctS WI94ctSminor _ dntlnvolved dnt . , ' , nt Involved Involvedowing - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dntlnvolvedowing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ owing to the theW theconsequent theconsequent s3 s3consequent consequent consequentM - W consequenteUmln consequentelimination - - - M . eUmln elimination eliminationVON eliminationVON a tlon tlonVON VON BLOMBEKG BLOMBEUG ELOMISERO trom from ( rom HerrIIi HerrIlls Herr HerrHis His Ills IIi , wiles wIle wife . war w r ? Hitler Ultler s a en entourage entouxage entourage tourage touxage of the more moderate of his hisadvisers hisadvisers hisadvisers , advisers such as von BlombergRecalled Blomberg ' Recalled by diplomats waa was the thegeneral thegeneral theeencrcl general army shakeup that followed followedIn In which Baron Konstantin von yon Neu Nm Neurath Nmrath Neurath rath lost lout contra cont.r91 contr91 contrel . ! of German foreign foreignpolicy foreignpoilcy foreignpolicy policy poilcy and prowaradvisors pro war advisors fas fastened fastened fastened tened themselves to Hitler It made madea a pretty new news story Is a 8 woman the thecause thecause thecause cause of Europe swarT s a war ? A At t SeaIn Sea SeaIn In 1918 1919 the proud but beaten Ger Ocr German Ocrman German man navy scuttled 72 12 warships In InScapa inScapa InScapa Scapa Flow ( ( are . e , . .e e map ) ) rather than thanlose thanlose thanlose lose them to the a allies mes In the war warof warof warof of 1939 Germany remembered rememberedScapa rememberedScapa rememberedI warI I Scapa Flow Day after Naxi Nul Nazi raiders raideru raidersbad raiderubad raidersbad bad bombed the Firth of Forth oa na oaval naval naval val yard at Edinburgh , . , long range rangeairships rangeairships rangeairships airships again set out ( probably probablyfrom probablyfrom probablyfrom from WUhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven Withelrnshaven ) and unleashed unleashedthe unleashedthe unleashedtha the full fury tury of ot Herr Hitler s a air airmight airmight airmight might against Scapa Flow Five FiveUrnes Fivetimes Fivetimes Urnes times in four tour ( our hours they struckdamaging struck struckdamaging struckdamaging damaging the old Iron Duke and and"Iving andLIvIng andfclving "Iving Iving LIvIng " Britishers Brltlshera a bad case of jlt ut jltter uttera jittera ter tera . Next day press and parlla parlia parllament parliament parllament ment rallied milled at Prime Minister Nev Nevme Nevtile NevUlc me tile Chamberlain tor for sloppy defense defensework defensework defensework work . . The cries grew stronger when whenChamberlain whenchamberlain whenChamberlain Chamberlain revealed the Royal Oak Oakhad Oakhad Oakhad had also alao been bn bonn _ sunk at t Scapa Flow Flowby Flowby Flowby by a . daring darinll U boat boatBut . . But Britain was not Idle In this thisbattle thisbattle thisbattle battle of at airship va vs v . - . warship ahe she aheWIUI shewas shewas WIUI was merely Ie less . communicative communicativethan communicativethan communicativethan than the Nazis who boasted of their theirconquests theirconquesta theirconquest conquests conquest-a conquest a . - * . Next day Hollanders re to reported topotted reported ported pot-ted pot ted - the Emden naval base had bad hadbeen badbeen hadbeen been bombed . , . and possibly posslbl.1 posslbl1 possthly . WIl WIlhelmshaven Wilhelmahaven Wllhelmshaven helmshaven helmahaven . . Both Danish and end Nor Nor- Norwegian Norwegian Norwegian - - wegian flshermen fishermen scurried tor for coy coyer coyer cover er when the toes foes clashed somewbere somewhere somewbereWl"st somewherewest somewnerewest Wl"st Wlst west " of Skagerrak : . . . But the sum euro sumtotal eurototal suntotal * total of war at sea which far oyer over oyerIhad overshad overshad Ihad shad shadtwa ! twa ) WB Wl ! the western front front . , . Is that thatNazi thatNazi thatNail Nazi air might Is ii I . humbling humbllnc bumbling the sup supposedly supposedly , pose-dly pose dly - - Invincible British navyIf navy navyI ( ( ( I If I ! Sthspi S , ships 'ups ups thspi ' WO fot vol ' tanglKl IISlf'd IISlfd tangled I ' in the tAe wartone war tear warS6ne tearanne S6ne anne The Th . IJR liner r " President "redden redden Pesiideni . lI.rdlAlJ lIrdlAlJ handing lI.rdlAlJWfU handingins Hurdmgwas . WfU ins , buffeted buO.1 buO1 buflelnii , . , . by br brlIo"ray lorwy lIo"ray lIoray usornty usornty.ieather " weather .ieather ieather _ . th " off fit .ff ff . ! the theIru theIruh theIrish "rlpJ.romhome Iru Iruh IruhtuniS , " cooil COG.I COGI tuniS . and end and"ad had "ad ad " to 10 $41 41 $ feek seek . _ Ie hetp help "rlpJ.rom rlpJ.rom rlpJrom " . from fromluame fromhome home luame The TheraogMrr freinhter IretlCh'f'r IretlChfr /raogMrr raogMrr / ' ' Independen hdependrni-e hdependrni e hdependrnieIh&Ii Ind , ( ' n f'nfiI fnfiI f'nfiIIIall ' < - - iHall IIall Ih&Ii IhIi & picked pkkNf pkkNfup pkk . d dup up 509 JOQ 300 tor.d tord tor torpedui , . _ . victimsfrom "lCum lCum victims victimsfrom " . Irom from the City Cuy of 01 ol MandalayJ Masidaiayj MandalayJWestern MasidaiayjWestern i Western FrontWhether Front FrontWhether I IWbether Whether Wbether by chotoe chokJe cholue or convenl convenience convenienceFrench convenienceFrench 'ncf ncf < ! ' ' I FrenLh French British troops began fighting fightinga fightingI I a defensive war whose principal fea tea feature teahire teature ture hire was strategic retreat rptreat On the thelOOmUe thelOGmiJe the100-mile the100 mile lOO-mUe lOO mUe lOG-miJe lOG miJe - - northern Bank flank of 01 the west westen westcn westen e-n e n c-n c - * - front Nazldom Nazidom s lighting tlghtlng men menopened menopened menopened opene-d opene d opened - a vicious offensive which whichdrove whichdrove whichdrove drove alJJtrd allied aUi d , " troops oops bach back to their theirmain theirmain theirmain main line Paris reported reportt"d reporttd " one part partof partof partof of this drive . , , on the Moselle Mosclle and andbefore andbefore andbefore before Saarbrueken Ssarbtueken . . . had cost the theGerml'ns theGermpna theGermtns Germl'ns Germlns Germpna ' S 000 i.asualtlc iasualtlc .asualtlt's .asualtlts asualtlts asuaIties . . ' In two twodays twodays twodays days The French were apparmtJy apparently apparentlyContent apparmtJycontent apparentlyj content to dig In letting GN"many GNmany Gee-many Gee many GN"manypay Geemanypay Germanypay " - pay the cost of offensive warfBre warfare warfBreBut warfareBut warfareBut But thp thpT thes , were wl"re wlre " also waiting tota totclearer for tot- tot - a aclearer aclearer clearer definition dd\nltlon dd nltlon \ of Russia Rmllda Rursia s Inten mIen Intentions mIenLions IntenUons tions Lions { ( . tee see _ THE TIlE TH NFVTRALS NFVTR.4LS NFVTR4LS NFUTRALS . ) ) Mean MeanwbUe MeanwhIle Meanwhile wbUe whIle reports pol't polt ' ! persisted penisted that ihe me the 20 20German 20German 20German German divisions dlvlslQl\J dlvlslQl J dlvialoig \ massed mlLSSed mzsed on the i Belgian Netherlands frontier were werenot wer wernot wernot not there to enjoy the scenery The TheburnlDg Th Thburning Thburning burnlDg burning question Will 1914 s route routeof rout routof routof of Invasion be usedagain uaedagain used uaed again ? THE NEUTRALS NEUTRALSSearch NEUTRALSSearch Search for SecurzyFrom Security Secunty Securzy SecurityFrom : From Scandinavia down through througi throughthe througithe throughthe the Balkans to Turkey TuI'key TuIkey ' diplomats diplomat diplomatsscurried diplomatscurried diplomatscurried scurried madly after an elusive elusiv elusiveQuanUty elusivquantity elusivquantity QuanUty quantity called security The rea rca rcason reason reason son was Russia Ruula Ruasia whoae whoee whose grisly head heat headhad heathad heaihad had been shoved Into eastern eaatern Eu Europe Europe Europe rope the moment Adolt Adolf Hitler Ilitle Hitleropened Ilitleopened Hilleopened opened the door Although Moscow Moscowshipped Moscowshipped Moscovshipped shipped 17 1714 17'1.a 171.a 171a ' . tons of gold to Berlin Bee-Ui Bee Ui BerlinI BeeUipresumably Berliipresumably - I ( ( presumably Polish gold ) andal and al although although although though German engineers were busy busysupervising bua buasupervising busysupervising supervising the Soviet s new flve five flveyear fiveyear fiveyear year plan the happy wedding of ofCommunism o oCommunism ofCommunism Communism and Nazlism NazlJsm Naziism seemed to tc tohave tchave tohave have coat cost both principals a lot 01 01friends o ofriends offriends offriendsBalkana friends friendsBalkalUl friendsBaikana Balkana BalkalUl Baikana Russian Rusf1lnn Turkish talks Uilks In InMoscow InMoscow InMoscow Moscow broke down and aod ForeIgn ForeIgnMinister ForeignMinister ForeignMinister Minister Sukru Saracoglu left for forIstanbul forIstanbul torIstanbul Istanbul presumably refusing Cl ( (1) 1 ( ) to tc toclose tcclose toclose close the strategic Dardanelles DardaneUt.s DardaneUts Dardanelka . Scall to Sc toall toall all but Russian warships and tJlUS thus tJlUSImperil thusimperil thusimperil Imperil the allies chances to aid aidRumanIa aidRumania aidRumania RumanIa (2) 2 ( ) to permit RU9so-Ger RU9so Ger Russo-Ocr Russo Ocr RU9soGerman RussoOcrman Russo-German Russo German - - man domination domlnatJon of a Balkan neutralbloc neutral neutralbloc neutralbloc bloc ( (3) 3 ( ) to recognize the Polish Polishpartition Polishpartition Polishpartition partition and ( W (4) 4 , ) to permit expan expanslon expansion expanslon slon sion of ot Bulgaria and Russia at Ru Rumania Rumania Rumania mania s 5 expense Next day Turkish Turkishfriendship Turkishfriendship Turkishfriendship friendship wi with th the allies was waa ce- ce cc- cc cemented ccmented ce cemented - - mented by mutual assistance pacts pactswhereby pactswhereby pactswhereby whereby France Britain and Turkey Turkeyagreed Turkeyagreed Turkeyagreed agreed to protect the eastern Medl Mccli Medlterranean Mccliterranean Mediterranean terranean Meanwhile Turkish Turkishtroops Turkishtroopa Turkishtroops troops troopa rushed to northern frontiersCommented frontiers frontier frontiersCommented . Commented irked Germany which whichpromptly whichpromptly whichpromptly promptly snuggled closer to Rus Russla Rusala Bussia sla ala It can be taken for certain certainthat certainthat certainthat that other states of the Balkan en entente entente entente tente will see in Turkey s attitude a a8UKRU - - 8UKRU SUKRU 8IJKILU BAUACOGLUl&aly SAIRACOGLUiwly 8ARACOGLU BAUACOGLU SAIRACOGLU 8ARACOGLUItaly Italy l&aly laly iwly & oWGlCh'd atfo o die uwtthed WGlCh'd WGlChd .veiuhed veiuhed . ( ' his hu hi , uforfc WOllr work workrenunciation . . renunciation of the preservation of ofneutrality ofneutrality ofneutrality neutrality which Is one of the m mst mstImportant mistImportant ( st stImportant Important a rns ml ma ! of U tl e Balkan Balkan.tates Balkanstates Balkanstates BalkanstatesBut .tates tates states . .tatesBut statesBut But Berlin could n t be bl " Iure sure IureThere sureThere ! sureAcre There was every n 11 it d ci cat or on U ti Hat Uat tiat at It Ital7 Italy Italy al7 aly which fears a Rus Russian lan inspired tnspired inspiredpan tnspiredpan inspiredpan pan Slavic movement in the Balk Balk8ns Balkuna Balkans 8ns una would . start .tart tart collaborating Yo stith stithI'urkeyto withTurkeyto Inl InlTurkey Turkey I'urkeyto Iurkeyto ' to prf preserve > serve the thp Da Balkan lkan sta slat stat I J5 is J5QUO isuo jsquo QUO uo Moreovir Moreovt.r Moreovtr Moreov.r Moreovr . . the Itallai ltallar ltaiir s kn'w knw knew kn'wtheIr knewtheir knewtheir ( " ' theIr valued Dodecanese Dodeeanf'se Dodeeanfse Dcodecanese ' islands of ofT ofTTurkey oflTurkey ! Turkey s a coast would be g M ci . , e I " the 11 11stant Iotant I islant stant otant II 11 It Duce teamed team'd teamd Sean-ted Sean ted - ( ' up with IIIUer hitler |