Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne clash between russia and germany speeds up pace of war in europe changing aspect of entire conflict british register new gains in syria miTOI lB whon opinions opinion are r expressed in these columna colum ni they hr are those hoi ot t the nw analyst ana nl not necessarily ni arlly of ebli newspaper new paper released by western newspaper union NV ajr n A 4 4 X ADOLV HITLER STALIN the best ol 01 friends did aart F LAME FLAME hits russia anxious eyes watched the beginning of actual war between those erstwhile partners of opposite political faiths nazi germany and communist russia and once moro more the world war was making strange bed fellows americans who wanted britain to win the war cheered loudly for tho soviet which they had been condemning just a short time before by claiming that russia was responsible for defense strikes because russia wanted germany to win americans who had gone into their pockets to aid finland the victim of rotten russian aggression suddenly Bud denly awoke to find finland according to hillers Hit lers word marching bravely hand in hand with ilia the nazi soldiers against russia and somo some americans figured that inthe battle between the woolda two leading dictatorships tho the democracies now practically boiled down to the united states england and china had everything to win and nothing to lose their memories were able to hark back to the day when britain in or oc der to avoid war had endeavored to encircle germany by lining up france italy the balkans turkey and russia as allies it had been on august 24 1039 that russia had thrown this into the pot by the dramatic and sons sensational a formation of an alliance with germany thus breaking tho the encirclement at a vital point and encouraging cou raging the nazis to move into poland but it was undeniable that when germanys germanas Germ anys march brought hor her to the balkans and down into greece that russia had made unfriendly diplomatic statements and overtures particularly in the case of 0 and bulgaria not churchill had told russia following the loss of the bottle battle of greece you will be neati the event bore out the prediction of tho the british premier and the event was not long coming in the german statements accompanying the declaration of war on russia it was stated that we gave russia half of poland most observers thought then and now that there was considerable surp surprise rise and not a little chagrin in nazi germany that russia had leaped in and captured hall half of the booty it was regarded as one of the signposts of discord that lined the almost two years of pathway that russia had traveled apparently hand in hand with germany there also was no question but that the visit of sir stafford cripps as envoy to russia was a recognition on the part of england that the regret over the alliance between the reds and the nazis was mutual the feeling was general fic that rusin having observed having been inside the nazi military machine having learned lessons in the finnish campaign was beginning to feel fed herself strong enough to refuse german demands that it place its supplies and railway facilities under german control most certain it was that russia was not completely ready or it would have been her turn to declare the war and make the first move for there was no feeling that russia would have any scruples about treaty breaking in the demands that molotov was wan supposed to have made of germany with regard to finland bulgaria and the bases on the dardanelles Darda nelles and provided they were truly reported by von one could see that russia had BRIEF washington senator andrew jackson houston of texas reached his eighty seventh birthday making him one of the oldest men ever 10 lo 10 serve in the senate NEW YORK school janitors from 15 states were here to attend a day course in columbia uni hersity in rat catching insect con arol and plumbing repair aej an sweeping technique confidence needed for a fight also there was the angle that germany was being stymied in her effort to get aid to the near east that germany was stalemated stale mated in north africa that germany feared with the russian situation being what it was to start an invasion attempt against britain until her eastern door was safely shut DISASTER R in air on sea while the war swept into its net new millions of combatants there were two disasters which while they involved only small numbers caused considerable comment and hit the front pages with a crash one was the dramatic sinking of th the 0 submarine 09 0 9 off portsmouth N II 11 with some 30 odd navy lads ads aboard 4 the other was the crash of a martin bomber at baltimore after what eyewitnesses called an explosion in midair mid air two died in this disaster relatives HeIn tives of victims of the 09 0 9 disaster fired verbal guns at the navy department tor for sending to sea for deep diving tests in feet of water a submarine the oldest in the navy which had been shown to be in leaky and poor condition when she was given her first undersea tests after being re commissioned while salvage crews worked apparently parent ly vainly to bring the ship to the surface as the was brought up not so long ago once more the public wondered it if perhaps sabotage might not have had a hand in the sinking it was the same with the huge bomber of the latest type it had been test gown flown for two hours one day for halt half an hour the next and then the army pilots both qualified fled experts who had flown several of the same ships before took off the speedy bomber sailed into the a normal working perfectly suddenly there was a series of backfires back fires a huge cloud of black smoke poured from the ship and she nose dived into a woods killing both men one an army officer test pilot the other a civilian army inspector test pilot DAMASCUS oft conquered the fall of damascus believed the worlds oldest city opened the british Bri tibb road to aleppo and thus forecast the near end of vichy troops resistance in syria whether the british occupation timed happily for them with ger banys severe occupation with the russians would be in such for force c e that syria could be held and organized for c leable defense defence in case the soviet gave up was a question 0 n many believed however that if russia put up a good defense and held the germant at bay somewhat after the chinese chines fashion of dealing with the Ju japanese that the british move to a union with turkeys southern ern frontier might enable britain to give russia hussla some aerial support in the ukrainian district the syrian campaign plus the holding situation in northern africa was v as giving the british a slightly more favorable outlook on the progress of the war provided russia was able to do anything more than france did in the way 0 of f defending herself against the nazis the fall fail of damascus saw a city of years history a city about which wars had raged for centuries once more conquered by an invader the city was rich with biblical tradition for it was on the road from froin jerusalem to damascus that st paul had his vision and was converted to christianity in those days the city belonged to egypt to israel to rome in succession in it was captured by the moslems and the crusaders tried in vain to wrest it from frog them alexander the great conquered it the mongolians Mongo lians got it in 1260 A D the egyptians captured it back again the turks hid had their tum at it in 1516 and there it remained until tha world war no 1 when lord allenby cap red it for britain the league of nations gave it and all of syria to france under mandate |