Show WEEKLY NETS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH IV labine expanding soviet domination presents threat to germany afghanistan drive predicted E KUI TOIlS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns 11 they he are those of the news newa analyst and not necessarily of 0 this newspaper fir released by western newspaper union path russia would 10 follow with aou avian boats ad deliver ing to britain A PA A tic I 1 ocean way IMA d 1 asi to hip I 1 I 1 n a wh finla n d expects au N mutu ai assistance pac with s vial N sw 1 60 I 1 esto plemely arm S NI undo domina llod lighuani latvia R L VIA 0 expected to I 1 MIMS soviet G v in baltic soa GERMANY RUSSIAN HUSSIAN ACTIVITY IN THE BALTIC why il if not to 0 o stalemate german ambitions RUSSIA kiss ol of death A welter of confused cont used comment come came sharp on the heels of russo german partition of poland tr trade aae agreement and promise to cooper co oper ate ata for european peace even japan long friendly to germany attacked the retch reich in its press sum total of comment was that dussias Rus sias dictator josef stalin Is interested only in himself I 1 and that germany must eventually discover it has kissed death baltic heavy was the activity here see map the russian bears big red paw reached into estonia and made it a virtual protectorate ha harboring soviet naval and air bases next f it reached in 1 I to latvia I 1 for r the same S purpose so unexpectedly that foreign minister 4 1 t e r vilhelms M u n t 0 r s scooted oft off to moscow and signed a treaty next it side swiped lithuania nominally w within germanys germanas Germ anys sphere of influence appropriating transit privileges fr from om the baltic seacoast to inner russia no commentator needed to stretch his imagination to see the reason russia not trusting her nazi accomplice Is merely strengthening her baltic position two balkan question marks were left first finland wondered whether she would be called to moscow like her baltic neighbors second the soviet made arrangements to rent finnish danish norwegian and swedish boats to haul timber from the white sea to britain in defiance of the nazi blockade balkans having intended to stay in moscow only three days the turkish delegation headed by foreign minister sukru remained two weeks apparently representing all balkan states anybody could guess what was in the air but many observers believed russia sought to neutralize the black sea control the strategic dar dari da nelles elles and thus assure herself a free hand to move against afghanistan and thence to india both within britaina Brit ains sphere of influence THE WAR no peace consigned to the inside pages of U S newspapers were reports of actual knife to knife combat in eu ropes war germany laughed over a british claim that bombers had raided berlin with propaganda leaflets german troops were beaten back a bit in the one engagement ga featuring point blank shelling between tanks the long missing pocket cruiser admiral scheer popped up oft off brazil to sink a british freighter a german sub sank a finnish boat a british mine out pointed a norwegian steamer oft singapore but this was merely one side ot of war As customary in the war of 1939 1930 most news came from state council chambers or from the speakers rostrum armed with his kiss of death pact with russia see above abote adolt adolf hitler proposed to force peace upon the allies proposed further that the mediation should come through his erstwhile friend to the south benito mussolini to berlin went italis foreign minister count galeazzo clano ciano for what was reputed to be a stormy conference in which the reich was charged with introducing the soviet threat into europe and thereby causing italy to lose faith in the axis meanwhile dor der fuehrer got the answer to his speech in advance prime minister neville chamberlain told the house houm of commons the war must go on until Is crushed no one expected nay anything thing new in the reichstag speech word got around that hitler would end the war on terms including 1 removal of international trade restrictions 2 creation of some form of 0 polish state under german supervision and readjustment ot of the czechs czecho status 3 gei general leral disarmament but tho speech itself was far less specific there was a plea for armistice and n conference since this problem must be solved it would be reasonable to start before millions I 1 have sacrificed their lives there was no capitulation over poland in substance poland bolands Po lands s future will be determined by germany and soviet russia alone A polish state may be created also a separate regime for fop jews in toto the 00 90 harr angue offered nothing new on the western front french soldiers merely tightened their belts and sighed there would be no peace at sea never has germany accepted responsibility SP for sinking the athekla Ath enla enta british vessel sunk mysteriously oft off Ir elands coast the day britain declared war on germany the german charge that britain herself sink sank alc tlc th e boat hoping to drown its american passengers pin the blame on germany and thus draw the U S into Eu ropes war A month later germanys germanas Germ anys grand admiral raeder did a strange thing through the U S naval at berlin he sent word that the iroquois caribbean vessel chartered to bring refugees home from britain would be sunk with her american passengers in the same manner as the athenia Ath enla PAN AMERICA insulation this month for the first time in its century old existence the monroe doctrine grows water wings biggest accomplishment of panama cites recent conference of 21 american nations was the mile safety belt around both northern and southern continents inside which Eu ropes belligerents are denied activity on land sea or in the air see map klap immediate reaction of wizened seamen and diplomats was to brand the safety belt impractical first CANAD A UNITED STATES an c SOUTH AMERICA pa afi C 1 NO trespassing TRES PASSING ZONE insulation is expensive stuff each american notion nation may decide for itself whether to refuel belligerent submarines argentina will thus inviting violation violat loni second most of the patrol responsibility fell on generous undo uncle sam wio who cheri the by found himself minus ships to safeguard his own waters third shippers decided the safety zone would permit german ships now ha in american ports to continue their inter american trade meanwhile the U S planned to make hay in south america for more than a month business men have waxed enthusiastic over now new trade possibilities below the equator now that european factories are busy making cannon to his press conference president roosevelt indicated he will ask congress to increase the Export Import banks credit authorization from to next january CONGRESS CONGRE SS oratory minus the strength of his ats convictions is the man who con can be swayed by oratory this purpose however stood t as a ghost beside every man in the U S senate w who ho shouted of chamber which in the first days I 1 octobers bright blue weather was overrun over run with oratory the issue the neutrality whether to keep arms s embargo now eaf enforced arced against belligerents or to substitute Eu ropes bel cash and carry in which could buy what they lige rents pleased taking it away in their own ships one by one the flower of the senates tar far famed oratory ry club rose and pleaded that the one sure w way ay of getting the U S into war Is to 1 2 retain repeal the arms embargo the arms embargo borah nevadas pittman Pl Vanden bel g texas connill connally A Schwelle eh north dakotas nyo nye and lou Loui louisianan is lanas overton led the parade sample repeal talk by connally s unless the act Is changed the united states will be baroug brought to the brink of war perhaps plunged into its dark and cruel depths sample anti repeal talk by 1 1 I 1 do no not say that repeal precipitates us into the war I 1 I 1 I 1 in the long view I 1 do not believe we can become an arsenal tor for one belligerent li without becom becoming ing a target tor for another after a week of this sort of thing some trends amazingly were apparent majority leader albert alben barkley claimed ests had picked up one or two votes more important however the once vague issue was sitting sifting down and its rough spots were becoming apparent among them should 90 days credit be allowed I 1 TEXAS CONNALLY into its dark and cruel crisel depths credit restrictions be applied against residents ot of belligerent nations as w welt ell as the nations themselves how were belligerent waters to be defined ned would they include ports of canada australia hongtong Hong kong and other french british possessions the credit issue evoked most debate thoroughly disgusted with extending any credit after the way european nations have failed to repay war debts massouris Missour Mis souris ls sen bennett champ dark clark and minnesotan Min sen ernest lundeen dragged out a weather beaten suggestion that france and britain surrender their western atlantic insular possessions bahamas jamaica newfoundland trinidad etc to the U S WHITE HOUSE statecraft in paris U S ambassador to poland anthony drexel biddle paid his first official call on the new president of poland on wheels wladislaw Rack lewicz in washington secretary ot of state cordell hull issued a statement that the U S will continue to recognize count jerzy as polish ambassador and refusing to recognize that nations seizure by germany and russia po land is the victim ot of force used as an I 1 I 1 mere seizure of territory however does not extinguish the legal existence of a government by the same token the U S said nothing about polands bolands Po lands war debt which germany and russia pay anyway when austria was seized by the reich the U S promptly blundered by handing Aus war debt bill to herr hitler not realizing this constituted tacit U S recognition of the seizure when czecho slovakia was captured the U S said nothing poland likewise trend how hoto the kind tt ind is blowing blowin g RADIO banned all broadcasts broa dc a t by spokesmen of controversial issues except in the public forum manner by action of the national association of broadcasters reason too tog many religious attacks attack 3 and counter attacks hurt by order oits outspoken rev father charles E coughlin new yorks judge joseph J rutherford and toledos To ledos rev walter cole LABOR labon at washington the U S circuit court of appeals held held the department of labor had ill illegally and arbitrarily exceeded authority in determining minimum wages for the iron and steel industry RELIEF of appropriated for european war relief relict by the american red cross has been sent direct to germany and to switzerland to care for polish refugees |