Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS ANALYSES RY BY JOSEPH JT JP labine labbe potential E enemies help reich build powerful war machine r neutrality looks like myth alyth EDITORS NOTE when are arc expressed la 6 these columns column they are those of the nem analyst analyse md and not necessarily of this ibis newspaper released Be leased by perUn lon J WERI NATIONAL armaments what constitutes absolute neutrality tra lity in wartime has never made itself quite clear superficial neutrality under the U S law bans sale of arms and Je lethal thal weapons yet under the amendment of chios rep jachn ILL vorys such indispensable war making equipment ax as trucks and commercial air airplanes phines may be sent abroad early july when brhen the neutrality bill was making its way through congress found the he agriculture department proposing government dazed export of cotton in a program whose chief benefactors wol would ld be aggressive germany and japan both of whom need cotton to tuff stuff into their ammunition but U S participation in dictator rearmament is only part ot of the picture though france has jut just banned shipment of scrap iron to germany though britaina Brit ains alWs new cew ministry of supply will have the right f SCRAP IRON SHRAPNEL british suel british deathe to ban such shipments profit con scions democracies and dictatorships have bare no moral compunctions about such things scrap I 1 iron ron or any other material of mars liars Is sold abroad to the highest bidder until domestic rearmament demands that it be kept at home samples last month britaina Brit ains liberal lord davies told how bow scrap iron and steel exports from the united king dom to the reich rose from aw tons in july 1938 to tons in august tons in september month of the munich crisis and tons in december france gave germany tons rif of pig iron last august when the czech crisis was just rising gave her tons in september when the crisis was at its peak and tons in november in march when germany took bohemia moravia and slovakia france still had no compunctions selling the reich kelch tons still more revealing are ger banys 1938 foreign trade statistics showing that tons of germanas germanys Germ anys if total tons of 1038 1938 scrap iron came from belgium luxemburg france great britain 11 holland olland and the U S al all potential enemies enches in march 1939 the same countries contributed 1611 1 tons which would make tons it if the same import level were maintained throughout the year from theu the U S in 1938 came tons la in march 1939 came tons other import figures tor for germany lion ore toni lans 1 1333 11 sweden 54 SAM france S spain pain alosio copper ore tons ton S G britain mace france wa WW belgium manganese ore tons U M S S R ar brit india 17 australia S africa alli 44 ka nickel ckel ore tons brit india adf 2711 1 60 greece canada in iiii most logical deduction is that the next world war may find and british french canadian belgian and possibly U S troops 3 dying of wounds inflicted by armaments made of at metal from their own homelands hom elands MEDICINE cancer standard treatment but no sure cure for cancer Is volt xray X ray treatment ten years ago dr albert of los angeles began experimenting on animal and plant tissues with half million volt X rays finding no visible difference in th the biological effectiveness of the heavier ray only obvious result was that higher voltage penetrated deeper with less burning of skirl skin clinically dr fou found rid something else reporting at oslo norway to the northern society for medical radiology he said hundreds of cancers have been cured by the heavier ra ray after the volt charge had bad failed ills his conclusion A biological difference in action must exist if the final analysis is drawn from observations based on clinical facts philippines no fears world economists have long enumerated reasons whyna why Japan an should want the nearby philippine islands which even now are undergoing an orderly withdrawal from IT S supervision per vision but never have military strategists told why japan should not want the philippines moreover why such a conquest would be mill harily and financially impossible such however is the opinion ot of i gen douglas macarthur former U S chief of staff and now military a adviser to the philippines asked i point blank for his opinion general macarthur admitted there were so many imponderables involved I 1 3 W GENERAL learthur MacART Me ARTHUR HUB no prophet t but he has opinions wayll bs fool to en ar of a prophet yet offered an opinion based on broad basic facts the opinion such a war must be brought to the philippines would cost more than and men would risk almost certain foreign intervention by h a powerful fleet and might not then insure concentration of superior forces at any vital philippine area whether japan even covets the islands Is doubtful to the general puzzled over such popular beliefs he told reporters such ownership would actually be a strategic weakness to japan splitting the empire militarily into two parts separated by broad oceans and with chinese enemies between the two parts POLITICS invitation soon each major political party must choose its 1840 1940 convention site though both groups look favorably on chicago no city or state could frame so flowery ap an invitation as that received by democratic chairman james A parley farley from the california legislature where as california is an ideal stale naze which u to hold such mich a convention because of a its hs adequate Ode qUille convention facilities cili ties unsurpassed cui best es I 1 entertainment in the world m most 0 t equable spring climate unexcelled ll 11 e d vacation cation tw attractions w magnificent lakes friendly loyal people fore ore most an and most progressive state stale in the greatest nation on earth now therefore besl belt resolved Hes olied that the assembly and senate of the state stale of california Cati lornis memo memo r W e the national democratic admi committee to designate a major city in the he state stale of california as a place achere e the 1940 national contention shall be held territories paradox As a newspaper and magazine magai ine editor dr ernest IL greening became an opponent of big stick slick policies a toe foe of U S colonial acquisition and general allaround all around irreconcilable anti imperialist but time found him entering the Inter interior lor department part ment to head bead the division of territories ri and island possessions possession which heretofore maintained jurisdiction over ever hawaii and a few other territories but july I 1 found this anu anti imperi alist assuming the roost most imperialistic job ever created by the U S an enlarged division of territories and islands which smacks of great britaina Brit ains colonial office for the first time in history all M U S off ME N h as 4 1 1 1 2 DR GRUE NINO imperialist anti imperialist shore possessions excepting guam and samoa are included under the divisions jurisdiction paradoxically dr gruening becomes chief administrator of col colonies whose acquisition he has many times attacked he also becomes the butt of imperialist and dictator charges quitting his job would be one salvation but he prefers to stick it out and continue crusading for liberalism eral ism meanwhile seeking a solution for his bis no I 1 problem child puerto rico arco now applying for statehood and presenting one of the most difficult tasks in insular administration EUROPE august A crisis continental crisis have come with such regular frequency the past year that most americans have become bored with them confident no boil will ever burst by early july this sentiment was also felt in france and london despite war counsels at hillers Hit lers berchtey gaden retreat and mysterious go ingson ings on in danzig which is germa nys next goal no such confidence was felt by paris and london officialdom ci however there were intimations that the most serious crisis yet Is expected in august delayed simply because german and italian farmers must harvest their wheat before going to war by that time both nazi and fascist war maneuvers will bring dictator armies to their peaks neither premier edouard deladier Da ladier ladler nor prime minister neville chamberlain will confirm chis fear but confirmation is needless in view of preparations britain summer leave tor for the home fleet has been advanced from august to july because of a decision to hold exercises in august mo more re than officers and men of the territorial army anny like americas national guard have been instructed truc ted to pack their furniture and wind up personal affairs before reporting tor for annual training period L ii august fAugust A oll tri h rf r bounced an man in the standing army meanwhile the first conscripts under the universal service law were ordered to report july 15 trial blackouts were planned at strategic points through throughout july followed by a big blackout therLing ertag half of england august 9 and 10 france after telling parliament of a propaganda plot to split france and britain temporary dictator deladier Da ladier ladler recessed his audience for the summer but warned that an outbreak dfwar of war was momentarily possible hence parliament might be recalled at a moments notice with an estimated armed men inen on his borders M deladier Da ladier placed the nation on full war tooting |