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Show WEEKLY .r.S ANALYSIS BY ROGER SUA W Italy Joins Germany in War As French Retreats Continue; Allies 'Ready' for Mussolini i:iJlTOK'S NOTE When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) Released by Western Newspaper Union. YE PRESIDENCY: Its Pet Barnes ! 1, Battle of France With the battle of Flanders at an end, the follow-up battle of France began. The so-called battle of France was primarily a German drive for Paris, Normandy, and such additional channel ports as Havre and Cherbourg, and Seine port Rouen, where Joan of Arc was burned by the English in the Fifteenth Fif-teenth century. THE WAR: Enter Italy AfliT nine months of watching his ally Hitler carry on the actual warfare war-fare aiainst France and England, Benito Mussolini has finally thrust the armed force of Italy into the European conflict. In a dramatic announcement the Italian dictator told his people and the world that his country had decided to enter the war on the side of Germany. From Berlin came reports that the first Italian troop movements had been directed into French Riviera, Riv-iera, even as Mussolini was notifying notify-ing British and French diplomatic officials that a special train was ready to take them out of his country coun-try as war against their native lands was already under way. Italy's main war aim as outlined by Mussolini is control of the Mediterranean Medi-terranean by that country. This grave development presented a truly serious military problem for Somebody just figured out the following tags for the present incumbent of the White House at Washington The President, if one reveres re-veres him. F . D. R., if one likes him. Mr. Roosevelt, if one is objective ob-jective about him. Twenty-four hours after Mussolini had entered the war, German tanks were encircling Paris and the city was under constant bombing by the Nazi air force. Whether the Germans could keep it up or not, depended largely on the amount of their tanks destroyed by the allies in the battle of Flanders. The new Aisne-Somme front was 125 miles long, but probably only two-thirds two-thirds of the northern French army was left to hold it. Meanwhile, the English army had been driven back to England, with the loss of all its mechanized eauinment Franklin, if one despises him. "Comrade" Roosevelt, or "Rosie," if one shudders at his name. 1. Is popular in the South, and in the N. Y. Times. Also, in ivishful England. 2. Is popular with machine politicians. 3. Is popular with this column, col-umn, etc. 4. Is popular in Neiv England and the N. Y. Harvard club. 5. Is popular in "ultra-ultra" Philadelphian circles. Generalissimo Weygand invented a new anti-tank strategy, which consisted of opening "free" lanes for the German Suhls and A. Y. V.s and then hammering them from all sides. These were exactly the anti-elephant anti-elephant tactics of the old Roman, Scipio Africanus, with which he finally beat the great Hannibal, that master of "tank" warfare. For Carthaginian war elephants were used just like Hitler's battle wagons. ! ! H f ' BENITO MUSSOLINI After 9 months ACTION! KING'S FALL: And Rise Again Former King Edward of England "Bonnie King Eddie" gave up his job as British major general and liaison officer between the London and Paris war departments in France. He retired to rest on the Riviera, so the story went, and some thought he had been forced out of office. His successor, strangely enough, also had an American wife, though not a War-field War-field of Baltimore. There was an inner significance, some felt. King George has never had marked social sympathies like brother Eddie, and if England should lose the war, Eddie might regain the kingship. His support would come from the unemployed, the hungry and underprivileged, the Welsh coal miners, and Mosley's blackshirts, all of whom upheld him against brother George back in 1936. Strangely enough, Winston Churchill was also on Eddie's side at that time, while Chamberlain stood for George, as did the dowagers dowag-ers and archbishoDs. LATIN AMERICA: V Columns There was a lot of fifth-columnar talk from Mexico, Uruguay, Ecuador, Ecua-dor, and Colombia. Many critics seemed to feel that the Nazis were at the bottom of anti-Yankee feeling in these countries, but that was hardly the whole case. For the United States has had serious trouble trou-ble with Mexico, Nicaragua, Colombia, Colom-bia, Chile, Haiti, San Domingo, the Argentine, and others, long before Hitler was ever heard of. Nearly a century ago, we annexed half of Mexico, and Latin Americans have a curiously unified feeling when it comes to Anglo-Saxons. Naturally, tricky Nazi agents sought to fan these ever-present flames. But by a curious circumstance, circum-stance, the only truly totalitarian dictatorship in Latin America is our very best friend of the lot Brazil, under Dictator Getulio Vargas.' Most like ourselves in its institutions institu-tions is the all-white Argentine, and the Argentine is our stoutest oppo- the hard-pressed French armies. While they have been expecting the move for some time, they were so busy fighting off the German advances ad-vances in the north that tke spread of battle to the south weighed heavily upon the high command. Italy's chief value to Hitler as an ally lies in the fact that the nation is geared to strike fast in the blitzkrieg blitz-krieg manner so well liked by the Fuehrer. Military experts generally general-ly agree that Italy is not in an economic position to successfully wage a long and costly war. ' Naturally reaction to Italy's entrance en-trance into the war was varied. Here is a brief summary of this sentiment from the various world capitals: London An information ministry communique declared that preparations prepara-tions of the allies to meet Italy's war bid were complete and that Britain and France know how "to meet sword with sword." Berlin Cheering crowds hailed the reports as being added evidence that the end of the war for a victorious vic-torious Germany was at hand. Hitler Hit-ler wired Mussolini that he was glad Italy had come in "of her own free will." Washington President Roosevelt declared in a speech made the same day as Italy entered the war, that Italy had scorned the "rights and security of other nations," by this move. He promised material aid to the "opponents of force." 1 ! HI f V ' 1 Eddie, however, is reported as without any strong personal ambition, ambi-tion, although his wife, reputedly, had vague fascist sympathies before the I German war. As for brother George, phony rumor persists that his two little princesses are tucked away in some fool-proof Canadian hamlet, and that he may soon follow fol-low after. GUNS: I Instead of Butter New York state planned to incor-porate incor-porate three anti-aircraft regiments m its National Guard outfit. Two of these would protect New York city, and a third would look out for the western part of the state. New York's historic Seventh (fashionable) (fashion-able) and Sixty-ninth (Irish) infantry infan-try regiments would be converted into anti-aircraft units, according to the scheme. This would class them as, officially, "coast artillery " Politics Premier Reynaud dropped "ap-peaser" "ap-peaser" Daladier from his cabinet, and it looked as if "appeaser'' Chamberlain was also on the way out of the Churchill dictatorship. Churchill and Chamberlain had been on bad terms from way back, and this was Churchill's chance to get even. Furthermore, the British veterans back from Flanders were especially bitter with Chamberlain and his friends because of the lack of British airplanes to hold back Goering's daredevils. it was reported from Washington that some 600,000 old World war rifles ri-fles and 2,500 W. W. field guns would be sold to the allies, plus ammunition ammuni-tion This stuff is not considered satisfactory" for U. S. requirements, require-ments, but might help to replace material lost by the British in Flandersmaterial Flan-dersmaterial which, the Ger mans said, would serve to equip no less than 40 fresh Nazi divisions A ruling by Attorney-General Jackson Jack-son appeared to have cleared the way, legally, for a highly profitable DICTATOR VARGAS Warships to South America, anyway. nent among the 20 Latin American republics." Nevertheless, Uncle Sam sent warships to South America, Amer-ica, to save the South Americans from V columns. Their primary objective was believed to be Rio. WAR HUMOR: One Bright Spot Most beloved of all English wits today is the famous P. G Wode house, who always depicts hi trymer, at their worst-and most likeable. He and his wife were giving giv-ing a gay cocktail party at Le Tou-Quet, Tou-Quet, an English resort on the French channel coast. Little did tney care about the war. Then the butler "Jeeves" knocked and an-nounced-the Germans! The latter arrested the comic author, but not -Mrs. Wodehouse. Mr. Wodehouse's farewell words were strictly Wode-houstan: Wode-houstan: "Maybe, my dears, this will give me the material to write a serious book for once " MONEY: They Toss It Around The tax subcommittee of the house ways and means committee took on a formula to permanently broaden the base of the federal in-come in-come tax. Some 2,000,000 new tax payers would be annexed, and S800 singletons" and 2,000 marrieds would now be made to hand over The house committee also decided that the legal national debt limit should be raised by a mere C billion to $49,000,000.00(1 U. S. DRAFT: Conscripts A sain The N. Y. Times, which some believe be-lieve to be in a nervous state these days, published an editorial advocating advo-cating U. S. conscription, which they called "compulsory military training' It created a stir. Roosevelt Roose-velt said he found the editorial most interesting, but declined to corn-menu corn-menu War Secretary Woodrin said it was a matter for the populus amencanus to discuss. Secretary Wallace said that the populus amer-icanus amer-icanus was waking up. j DOMESTIC: Oddses atid Endses Earl Browder, serving a four-year bv tnTT' ag3in nna!ed by the Americo-communists, to run 0earredTnreSideDt f the U' S' year ine communist convention was held in New York. Browder probably will run against such pre" idential perennials as Norman Thomas and Franklin Roosevelt v u6,, !'an eXhibit at 'he New York World's fair took out the hand someQ white marble bust of ?. |