Show NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne nazi and italian activities dinue in U so S are curtailed by government action war var of nerves continues as fighting centers in near east and north africa EDITOR 18 NOTE opinions opinion are expressed in theme blomn olo mn th they arm n boom at 0 the new mows analyst and not of 0 this released by western newspaper union 4 lahl A g 06 pw U W what Is said to be the most modern short distance reconnaissance plane in the he world Is this 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 carried in the ship which is powered by two powerful motors its crew of three has unobstructed views on all sides through the glass enclosed cockpit i NETS A tightening following up the sinking of the robin moor the government tightened still further its nets about fifth columnists first by freezing freeing 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 vas sent out that there would be a tightening of immigration permits was held to be contingent on germanys germanas Germ anys attitude to the american protest on tha th robin moor the fact that thai the remaining 35 americans aboard the ship were eventually saved 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 to it that it was known who was coming into the country under tho the guise of refugee WAR 0 of nerves in spite of considerable activity in the near east bait and the north african fronts the war settled down to a war of nerves again with the nervous tension reaching far and wide as germany massed men and mu machines chineson on the russian border the troops were not placed geographically close to the border but i 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 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 n t made under tinder the threat thread of an army force variously estimated at from a million and a halt half to two million men would be long adhered to 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 tipper and lower balkans was trying to make sure of her eastern front I 1 before attempting the long expected invasion of great britain herself however even senator george saw in the move the conviction by the germans that it would be a long war and an effort to obtain satisfactory supplies of wheat and oil still others believed that a rus sion sian turkish pact implemented by troops of sufficient numbers to continue to cli enforce force respect and strict adherence might permit germany to move southward through russia and turkey into the near east and the middle east and thus to doss close the pincers on the entire eastern mediterranean country this was tho the stage setting that caused the spread of the war of nerves into britain itself for day after day went by with only the most desultory german bombing efforts against england AIR special arm the question of whether the united states shall have a separate air force or whether the army and d navy should each have its own was being debated the senate had a bill for fo a separate air arm under a new cabinet officer just as the army aimy 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 some pointed to the experience per peri lence ence of the british eastern mediterranean iteria nean fleet abandoned by planes when the RAF decided not to defend crete the ships found bound themselves i 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 i could bei be to cope with enemy atanes yet almost almost destroyed twice in recent weeks by the fire power of enemy bombers the first school maintains that the reason the fleet was in severe trouble off crete was that it iti was deserted by the RAF over which it had no control the RAF being a separate arm the 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 even its own planes efficiently I 1 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 of production when mass methods are considered yet it was pointed out even it if the senate bill creating a separate force is successfully carried it would b 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 Fail failure tire the upshot of the japanese dutch E east ast indies affair appeared to be a total defeat for the japanese though it was by no means clear whether nippon was willing to let it go at that the long awaited text of the final japanese statement once the dutch h had a d stood firm and refused all the jap requests and ultimatums ultima tums was briefly this so sorry but everything will be as it always has the Jd japanese admitted they had accomplished nothing but bu that normal relations with the dutch would continue yet back of rill all these was the growing conviction that nazi germany would not be satisfied with 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 into the southern pacific KNOX and secretaries knox and stimson imson S t also canadas prime minister mackenzie king all made important statements carrying big sidelights on the war and americas national defense knox speaking in canada said that the united states is practically deciding that her course will thoroughly parallel that of canada in in the present struggle he thanked the canadians for remaining aloof from americas own decision making and reminded canada that at the time when she was making up her mind america did not meddle secretary stimson sn in washington arguing that the st lawrence river seaway ought to be cons constructed as soon as possible in order to provide a safe journey much of the way from american factories to britain foresaw a long war one senator asked stimson if it was not true that the project would take four years to lo construct and if so the war be over long before it was finished mr stimson said in the first place that he thought it was going to be a long war and in the second place we ought not to go on a basis of thinking it would be a short one premier king in the united states for a visit made canadas answer to american isolationists and enemies of the lease lend bill who had accused canada of demanding cash on the barrel head hedd tor for canadian production while britain baital n asked the U S for leased or lent goods mr king said that americans who made these statements failed to take into account the fact that canada i was giving the united KI kingdom enormous quantities of men and munitions which were neither elther ri leased no lent but were an outright gift toward the winning of the war he said that canada was not forced to fight on behalf of britain that the decision was fully and freely made by canadians themselves on a basis of complete autonomy he added that he believed the united states in much the same way had arrived at the same decision to give all out aid to britain CHUTE british style A dramatic story of how the british were using parachutists in occupied france was told the little party of chutis ls ts landed near to the german held airport made contact with british agents arentson ag entson on the ground also with french people sympathetic to britain gathered together and made a surprise night time assault on the airport they seized the control room also the field itself and a barrack room in which were german eGerman pilots awaiting the command to take to the air other squads went out to the landing field and destroyed 30 planes on the ground also the buildings were set afire a alre and burned the chutis ts then sped for the coast where motor torpedo boats were waiting for a prearranged signal to take them back to england the maneuver was said to have been carried out so swiftly that the german headquarters did not know anything had happened until it was all over the chutis ts were safely on their way back across the channel i the move was predicated by the sympathy of the french people and this was borne out in repeated dds patches and stories by returned refugees one of which told of british skywriters sky writers almost daily writing courage spelled the same in french and ami english in the air over french territory mca A full fu 11 scale attempt by the british to break over the egyptian border back into Cyrena Cyren ica alca again resulting in the capture of fort capuzzo brought into the attack according toi to italian tallan sources large numbers of the newest american tanks this did not check however how dver with american production figures which showed that the only tanks sent in the lease lend program had h a d been those we could spare from the army all of them of cf old design and manufacture |