| Show economic highlights according to most commentators it Is ia the me belief of the president that his country cau take lauy a belligerent step without formally becoming it a participant lu in the war judging by ut german statements that billet belief minis to ibe be well ft til grounded a spokesmen denounce the states and its ita foreign policy but they still say that germany wl will 11 not be forced in I 1 to declaring war vim on oil us by overt acts in short Hit hitler lers s legions are bus busy y enough now low without taking on a new toe foe if hitler had wl hed he could obviously le have the U IS military occupation of iceland ab aa I 1 an act of war n ai iceland pa it less lesa than it a thousand miles fruit from germany and 1 I could be 10 developed lo eloped into a maan majot jui jot air base babe tor for vass u m against the itrich whether or 01 not iceland Is actual y a part pait of the western he here la Is a highly debatable question the little isal island lies ariosa a tl ie meridian which Is generally considered conald tied the dividing line of the two hemispheres two thirds of the country la is east cast of that dillile however s er the one third which Is west of the line includes tle the only large icelandic city and port the reasons for occupying w leeland are clear enough first th alk american occupation hits has released numbers ut of empire troops tor for ser vice the bulk bulac of them will probably be sent to africa where britain hits his just won non a decisive victory over oer france and where there are rumors lumora of german action to pull well T ell burnt burat chestnuts out of the fire file second the american occupation of iceland makes it possible for us to patrol aud and dominate the greater part of the he atlantic ocean thus british nien of war need only to protect the convoys from zealand to E ug lish ports which involves a distance of about RK in miles les third tile the american occupation of iceland has made it clear to the world that as the president said we e will au recognize no fixed fl aed geo graphical boundaries la in carry can ieng 1139 out our policy of protecting this 1 hemisphere from aggressors it la is the governments position that the airplane has made all previous ideas ot of hemispheric defense more or 01 ae lecia obsolete and that our mul mill tury outposts must be fur flung indeed fourth the american occupation of iceland eiLand lc may have buu been designed as a move mom to pave the way for fut uie tire occupation of other foreign posses iu in our oar part of the world notably dakar la in french attica and tile the strategic cape erde la Lauda theoretically our amy la Is not shipping it la is simply the atlantic la in actuality many authorities believe bel leio there Is liitle UK eiene between a convoy and a patrol it has haa been that an Ameil cau destroyer dropped depth charges charge oer a geradian Gera tian submarine and amerl cau can fighting ships are at bea now warning lug the british whenever they LOUIL oti oil a bazi raider the amerl i an navy lu lit other ft words olds Is ib pretty much in the war furthermore american aid a I 1 d though many botill feel that I 1 it t la is not great enough la Is becoming a real leal bactor ui in the conflict coull tt iome of the great bombers chich have hae been blasting blust lug lit at german occupied areas ou on the ille are aie of american make british dreams of air equal ity itt aud and eventual tieu air superiority han he e not yet iet been realized but they lire are coming closer to actuality aud and at this time alth a large part ot of the german strength mobilized in the 10 astern front british er relatively speaking la is undoubtedly grea gi eater ter by far tarl 1 than in the past I 1 tile recent by a british general to the effect that amerlean american manpower will be even eventually necessary to aielli istler caused much speculation in this country the british position posit lon as stated by ur mr churchill has ha always elways been that the V umpire needed needed only materials of war not men whether that position will bey changed remains to be seen apen right now there would be small chance of congress to another A B F in U S military circles it la is felt that the russians proved tougher that than the germans expected in these samo same circles it la is also alao felt that germany will probably defeat liu Itu ulas islas european Europe aa armies in the long run ran though at a fearful cost in nazi troops and materiel however european russia Is only one part of that vast coultier couii coul n asiatic russia also has grea greal les lea and important indu atrit stAt u the authorities are coni coal I 1 that hitler cannot stop atop until lie be hits has destroyed russian military poter in toto tote and caused an overthrow of the communist comman regime not until that la is done can hitler feel that lie he is sate safe from attack from the hast bast that explains the belief in some aoma quarters that hitler may come to disaster in russia the size of russia alone presents the invader with tremendously difficult terns lems and russian soldiered Bold leres eres have always been fine defensive fighters er St allies cheil earth policy Is said to be producing results |
