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Show AMERICA'S FRONT LINE LIES IN THE OLD WORLD The day after Italy threw its weight against an already beaten France, the president of the largest country of South America made a speech that could be interpreted in no other manner than approval of Mussolini and his philosophy of government. Later, the head of the Brazilian government repudiated his stand, but the fact that such a statement could come from the top man in a responsible American government was disturbing. A few days later, a Nazi plot to seize Uraguay came to light. Germans have admittedly mligrated in large numbers to Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and other Latin-American nations na-tions during the last few years. The warning is unmistakable. While governments may maintain ,at least a semblance of democracy throughout most of the Americas, it is evident that the seeds of treason and treachery have already been planted by strong German and Italian minorities. In Norway, these seeds blossomed in key army positions and resulted in the downfall of a decent, law-abiding, neutral nation. This has led observers to the conclusion that an attempted attempt-ed invasion of this hemisphere might be greeted not with bullets and united American action but by treachery that would allow Germany and Italy to gain important bases for future military operations. If the groundwork of Nazi revolution has .already been prepared in somte of the South American countries, it is evident evi-dent that the United States, in its present unprepared state, would be hard pressed to prevent a successful landing in this hemisphere. Once installed, a Nazi force would be hard to dislodge. At best it would mean military operations, costly cost-ly in men and money. Furthermore, the distance the United States fleet and other armed forces would have to travel to attack such an expeditionary force might be farther than the distance from America to Europe, while the distance from a Nazi-dominated Nazi-dominated Africa to South America is only a few! hundred mliles. In the face of these facts, and with clear cut warnings that Nazi influence in South America may be greater than most people realize, it seems evident that the first line of defense for the United States lies in Europe. Only Gibraltar Gibral-tar and the B.ritish Isles, strongly defended by the English fleet, stand between the totalitarian nations and America. I Nazi and Fascist forces must be checked at these points while the United States rebuilds its defenses. America's front line still in the Old World. Scottish Rite News Bureau if |