Show BY JOSEPH W labine WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS soviet sovie tu t U S relations relation s strained by molotov vs s attack on italy protects her biou neutrality expressed in these these columns they note NOT EWhen aben opinions are EDITORS EDITOR IS not necessarily ot of this newspaper per and those these ot of the news an analyst alast are western newspaper union EUROPE double feature all hallows eve found every european ear cocked to moscow awaiting ag history making utterances from premier molotov adolf S ditl hitler er had men poised at the front so did the theadies theaU allies ies but war hung in abeyance for as russia swung so would the war because every other european state had declared its status neutral with leanings either toward germany like italy and hungary or toward the allies stolen thunder A few short hours before Molo toys vs speech II 11 duce benito mussolini pulled a coup that must have stunned his erstwhile colleague in germany ousted was propaganda minister dino alfieri close friend of Nazi doms s propagandist paul joseph goebbels ousted were fascist secretary achille close friend of deputy fuehrer rudolf hess and the man who gave a signal for the italian chambers demonstration against tr az Z V aa niazi IV av 41 J q A A IL DUCES his demotion france last winter gen alberto friend of hillers Hit lers col gen walther von Brauc hitsch and author author of the italian plan for a german italian spanish drive against france gen giuseppe valle friend of field marshal hermann goering replacing them were middle of the broaders like marshal rodolfo graziani chief of staff retained were other favorites like foreign minister count galeazzo ciano son inlaw in law and count dino grandi minister of justice I 1 in paris there was a feeling the rome berlin axis had broken down completely london was also happy for a few hours earlier italis ambassador giuseppe bastianini had made a strong anticommunist anti communist speech in the balkans it was thought mussolini disapproved rus sias expansionist policy especially since II 11 duce did not even wait until molotov spoke but in italy it was a simple indication that mussolini had his ear to the ground italians wanted no pact with the allies they merely wanted strict neutrality ominous talk first allied reaction to premier molonova Molo tova vs speech was relief over his failure to declare a military alliance with the reich even though he did charge britain and france atlan arctic ocein 4 7 e WA A op RUSSIAN DEMANDS the soviet st would sive finland pt part a of I 1 K kelia 1 in in exchange for or moving back finai sh frontier northwest norl hwei of leningrad 2 russia wants 3 ahland of Se sokari iskari Hogt oid Lavan saari and saari would lease 1 land and i 4 at 9 mouth of 1 finnish sulf full for naval bases base asks ask lor for finnish par part of peninsula 5 r were warring not to pre preserve serve democracy In or restore poland but to safeguard their world em empires pires but sober reflection made the allies wor ry about finland Pirt land molotov reve revealed aled much to the finns chagrin stalemate the stalemate sta lemat ed proposals which have occupied d these two countries for the past st month besides be sides a mutual since assistance pa pact R russia wanted territorial exchanges dee see map which finland declared would rob us of the chance of sousa defending the 1116 independence of our land germany he said nazi russian friendship was gett getting anig thicker next day it was revealed trade discussions were going forward successfully one report from stockholm said russian submarines would be given the nazis in exchange for german merchant ships providing a subtle way of staying neutral poland he said there can be no question of restoring poland and that it was absurd to continue the war for that cause two days earlier britaina Brit ains prime minister chamberlain had acknowledged Rus russia sias s right of invasion to protect her polish blood brothers from germany balkans balkan he gave no hint of expansion there but shook a nasty finger at turkey for signing mutual assistance pacts with the allies after shunning a treaty with the soviet united states he precipitated a heated argument which observers thought might end with severance of soviet U S diplomatic relations commenting on president dept roose belts earlier note expressing hope tor for continued amicable finnish rus M 4 MOLOTOV stole his thunder sian relations molotov said one finds it hard to reconcile that with the american policy of neutra neutrality lity one might think that matters are in better shape between the united states and the philippines than between the soviet union and finland which has long ago obtained both freedom and political independence 11 next day while massachusetts rep john mccormack demanded from the house floor that ambassador laurence be recalled from moscow the president dug from his files an exchange of notes with soviet president michael kalinin last april when kalinin cabled an unsolicited expression of profound sympathy with the presidents efforts to safeguard peace this cable had come one day after mr roosevelt sent peace pleas to dictators hitler and mussolini th thus s the U S put kalinin on record as supporting the presidents peace efforts in contrast to vs declaration suggested white house secretary steve early it would seem that he molotov had the embargo in mind rather than what he termed the presidents moral support of finland the neutrality bin bill wormed its way through the house which voted to for sending it to conference with wilh the senate conferees to hate haie definite instructions one instruction to repeat repeal the arms embargo by a vote of to thus congress expected to get out of town immediately britain hailed the repeal was to enraged one suddenly discovered danger of cash and car carry r y is that the allies will indeed buy mo more r e arms but w ulu ill cut other imports from the U S one thought imports of 11 S industrial products and foodstuffs may fall all off a year western front abandoning purely defensive positions german shock troops stormed the french frontier at scattered points as murky wea weather ther gave way to sunshine fears grew that belgium and the netherlands might be invaded the dutch croci proclaimed aimed a state of siege in eight provinces flooding frontier positions to check any nazi advance at sea while the embattled U S S city of flint steamed carefully down do wn the norwegian coast to germany german y u under rider a nazi 1 l prize P crew t the e u asked both the reich an and d britain to protect her interned american crew washington also reported 27 1 U S ships have been detained by be bailie arents since the war began the war at sea came too close to at american e r shores when th the e british freighter Co coulimore was reportedly tor torpedoed pe miles off new england nazi planes and U boats continued successful raiding of allied shipping but britain retaliated by naman lord cuffield nuffield Nu ffield frield her henry barning 8 to a key post in the air ministry ford his instructions to intensify navys north sea blockade the germany gy a against POLITICS candidate ol 0 f the alie week wee k third term talk which took a back seat in early days of the war crisis loomed again in san francisco when secretary of agriculture henry wallace boomed the president for reelection re election next day secretary steve early made it clear that franklin roosevelt wanted no boom and iolas sen guy gillette left a white house I 1 conference where the president had reportedly port edly asked that iolas delegation to next years convention go the deduction that mr roosevelt will not seek re elec tion and certainly wants the matter hushed for the present but henry wallace had started the political pot boiling again into the republican picture jumped Or egons sen charles mcnary who tentatively consented to run into the democratic picture jumped a brand new name sen burton K wheeler who tried to win the vice presidency with the elder lafollette in 1924 writing Cali fornias gov cuthbert olson to protest a meeting of progressive leaders scheduled SENATOR WHEELER AND WIFE plenty of friends next month in salt lake city C I 1 0 s john lewis gave among other reasons the slight to senator wheeler and other great liberals of the west who have not been consulted lewis apparently considered the meeting some of whose pa participants may be violating the hatch no politics act as a third term boom certainly it was made clear that senator wheeler should be consulted in any future liberal discussions about 1940 washington observers realizing that lewis support may be a kiss of death to any political aspirations the senator may ente entertain tain nevertheless admitted he it has as A F of L backing a big railroad following and plenty of friends in the senate communications twisted isted wires following an from chi cagos district attorney thomas J courtney and U S district attorney william J campbell the american telephone and telegraph company barred moses Annen bergs race betting information service from using its facilities the illinois bell telephone company followed suit |