Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne U S japan relationship Is strained americans in far east ordered home naval reserves called into service As army makes way for conscripts EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns are those of the they news analyst and not necessarily of 0 tills this newspaper IP by western New newspaper union CRISIS var aheady since japan joined the fascist axis attacks on america and americans by the controlled tokyo press have been exceeded only by the belligerent mou things of the mussolini controlled newspapers of italy when japan signed the treaty of berlin washington was inclined at first to make little of it even though it was openly stated to be aimed at the united states because of aid given to britain but japan did not take it as lightly prince fumi maro konoye japanese premier said openly that if the united states persists in challenging the axis powers a war will follow later there was an official statement that if england opened the burma road lone gateway to china for munitions jap japan an would declare war many in washington now believe that a clash with japan is bound to come sooner or later and that it might as well be sooner because if britain should fall the united states would be faced with aggressors on both oceans at the same time culmination was a state department order to all americans in the near east to return home britain will open the burma road october 17 and in shanghai japanese officials had another problem to worry them for despite a heavy military guard placed around fu fit siao en their puppet ruler of that chinese city he was slashed to death by some unknown assailant enraged japanese authorities declared that the assassination was an inside job shanghai police reported that they had been asked by the japanese to aid in a search for the slain mans personal servant one zung tsuen tsu en who was abs absent ent from his masters house after the killing price of peace several unofficial offers have been made to the united states all aim at involving this nation with japan or so crippling U S armed forces S so 0 as to make the nation ineffective the head of the japanese press association suggested the united states show its good will by abandoning the naval base at pearl harbor hawaii withdraw from guam and midway islands in rome newspaper held out another scheme in polite terms it suggested that if america would stop giving help to england the axis powers would reward america by giving her canada object is of course to so involve the U S that it will stop sending supplies to britain DEFENSE navy called comparable to the ardys mobilization of the national guard the navy called out all men and officers and the naval reserve boosting its owl aa I 1 rt I 1 A r W I 1 here alere is MUs agnes C 24 graduate nurse oj of washington D C first red cross nurse called to active d duty ay in the he army nurse corps in the expansion recently authorized to keep pare pace with increased manpower site she is the first oj of nurses to be a added to the corps by luly of next car strength to a peacetime peak of navy Sec secretary knox said the men were colled called to equip new nev V fighting and auxiliary craft which were w ere being launched six months month ahead of schedule ile he also warned that the nation was approaching an hour of decision an h hour our of test with the axis powers and asserted if a fight is forced on us we shau shall be ready meanwhile the army was preparing at reception centers for of men who were marching to their voting places to register for the draft the whole likely will enter the service november 15 but not all will go to camp at once most reception centers are being designed to process only 1000 to 1500 men the drafted in men L n may be held in their home communities anywhere from a week to ten days each day a quota will be sent to the reception centers there they will be equipped their army records initiated and after a short stay most will be sent to regular army camps to fill out those units to full strength some new units will be created of course not all the new soldiers will be equipped with the ardys modern woolen elas tique trouser and bi swing coats with sports back many will be handed the old style army woolen breeches with spiral leggings and the obsolete standing collar blouse out of storage also came U S army tanks these were loaded on flatcars flat cars en route to canada for training of canadian troops it was only A abate shows a row of tanks lor for canada being unloaded front from flat cars at camp harden borden canada after their or arrival from the united states a small part of equipment being turned over as a result of conferences of the joint U S canadian defense board five hundred volunteers the first parachute battalion were getting their first training war secretary stimson said other battalions battali onswill will be trained in the same operations visitors twenty heads of armies from nine nin e latin american nations bolivia columbia costa rica the dominican republic guatemala honduras panama peru and uruguay completed a two week tour around american defenses As they neared the end of their journey officers from 11 other neighboring count countries ries arrived to make the same inspection all were shown the new american streamlined motor divisions in operation and ended up at the panama canal TRAVELERS A at t brenner pass at brennero brennert Bren nero pass in the alps between germany and italy adolf hitler and benito mussolini held another anither of their strange conferences the meeting was in a railroad car with blinds pulled down guarded with foot soldiers artillery and anti aircraft guns there was no announcement shortly afterward however germany moved several divisions of troops into rumania mania and seized the british owned oil fields there japan made more aggressive statements to the united states and there were rumors that the nazi legions wait waiting ing in french channel ports would start the invasion of england air struggle the duel in the skies cent continued inked with greater vigor nazi airmen smashed the center of london with explosive and incendiary bombs the house of lords was dam damaged agedo great department stores were destroyed and millions of people spent many nights in subways and air raid shelters exit neville chamberlain figure of peace and appeasement left the british inner war cabinet he was succeeded by magnetic ernest bevin laborite and socialist there was no peace p bace that night for the first time in the war british fliers dropped croppe d tons of bombs on the krupp munitions works at essen heavy damage was claimed nightly raids also spread out over almost all ot of germ germany any to cologne hamm hamburg wilhelmshaven Wilhelm shaven and stettin |