| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayno wayne nazi and italian activities in Us S are curtailed by government action war of nerves continues as fight fighting ing centers in near east and north africa ED ahen opinions opi nione ar es pressed in these columns they are 0 ills analyst all n of this newspaper Ine leased by western newspaper anion r 71 t 9 10 ak J what Is said to bo be tho the most modern short distance reconnaissance plane in lie world Is this his double fuselage ship of the nazi it Is superior in maneuverability to a pursuit plane and has strong offensive as well as defensive weapons cannons and machine guns of the latest construction are arc carried in tile tho ship which Is powered by two powerful motors its crew of three has unobstructed views on all sides tl through rough the glass enclosed cockpit NETS A tightening following up the sinking of the robin moor the government tightened still further its nets about fifth columnists first by freezing nil all axis assets in this country and second by ordering all german consulates closed down also news agencies and travel bureaus another order that barring the leaving of the united states of any german nationals until further notice plus the word that was sent out that there would be a tightening of immigration permits was held to bo be contingent on germanys germanas Germ anys attitude to the american protest on the robin moor the fact that the remaining 33 35 americans americana aboard the ship were eventually saved tho the state department said did not change the diplomatic situation regarding the vessel america president roosevelt indicated dica ted was going to be firm from now on with regard to fifth column activities and sabotage and was going to see sec to it that it was known who was coming into the country under tho the gulso guise of refugee WAR 0 of nerves in spite of considerable in tho the near east and tho the north at af fronts tho the war settled down to a war ot of nerves again with tile the nervous tension reaching far and wide as germany massed men and machines on tho the russian border the troops were not placed geographically close to the border but were so disposed that they were within an exceedingly short distance in time from what many believed was a bluff objective the announcement that a turkish russian nazi pact had been drawn up tip did little to relieve the nervous tension as it was not immediately confirmed nor was it clear whether this would solve the situation for few thought that any such agreement made under the threat of an army force variously estimated at from a million and a halt half to two million men would bo be long adhered to it if the men were withdrawn senator george head of the foreign affairs committee frankly expressed the belief that germany by the move against russia and the concentrations in the upper and lower lover balkans was trying to make sure of her eastern front before attempting the long expected invasion of grent great britain herself however even senator george s saw aw in the move the conviction by the germans that it would bo be a long war and an effort to obtain antis satisfactory supplies of wheat and oil still others believed that a rus sian turkish pact implemented by troops of sufficient numbers to continue to enforce respect and strict adherence might permit Germany to move southward through russia and tur turkey key into the near east and the middle east and thus to close the pincers on the entire eastern mediterranean country this was the stage setting that caused the spread of the war of nerves into britain itself for day after day wout went by with only the most desultory german bombing efforts against england AIR special arnt arm the question of whether the united states shall have a separate air force or whether the army and navy should each have its own was being debated tho the senate had a bill for a separate air arm under a new cabinet officer odker just as the army and navy each has its own secretary There were many taking stands on each side of the question but the general feeling was that the bill if it reached debate would pass however tome some pointed goinie d to the experience per peri lenco ence of the british eastern mediterranean fleet abandoned by planes when the RAT RAF decided not to defend crete crate the ships found themselves practically at the mercy of the german bombers and losses were heavy indeed the others pointed to the stories about the illustrious a british plane carrier presumably as well equipped as any fleet could be to copo cope with enemy planes yet almost destroyed twice in recent weeks by the fire power of enemy bombers the arst school nia maintains that the reason the fleet was in severe trouble off crete was that it was deserted by the RAF over which it hod had no control the RAF being a separate arm tho navy should have had its own planes and depended on them it was maintained the other school in pointing to the illustrious showed how the navy cannot expect to manage oven even its own planes efficiently as the two services are so foreign to each other they also pointed to the disastrous habit of army and navy aviation competing with each other in designing planes and purchasing and equipping them thus each developing its own source of supply a bad economic procedure ot of production when mass methods are arc considered yet it was pointed out even if the senate bill creating a separate force Is successfully carried it would be a long time before it would actually get into being for the army and navy are too busily engaged in supplying themselves and training pilots right now to allow any of their energies to be spared to build up a new separate air arm JAPAN admits Fai failure litre the upshot of the japanese dutch east indies affair appeared to be a total defeat for the japanese though it was by no means clear whether nippon was willing to lot let it go g 0 at that th a t the long awaited text of the final japanese statement once the dutch had stood firm and refused all the jap requests and ultimatums ultima tums was wa S briefly brieby this so sorry but everything will be as it always has the japanese admitted they had accomplished nothing but that normal relations with the dutch would continue yet back of all these wa the growing conviction that nazi germany would not be satisfied wl with th a bland admission of defeat on the part of japan but might demand action thus either losing an ally or perhaps hurling the specter of war var into the southern Pac pacific itic |
