Show Plight of France Pathetic in Axis Dominated Europe Franco's Forced Move for Cooperation With Axis One More Step in Dividing World Into Two Opposed Camps To most the government at Vichy in so-called is a pathetic You can draw a parallel with it working on the supposition that we have been decisively defeated in a ruinous have seen our practically all of our industrial and close to hall of our territory occupied by a ruthless and are faced on all sides by enemy troops against whom we have no military That is the position France is in under those Marshal Pc-tain's announcement that France would cooperate with the Axis powers to peace in should not have come as any great Whether or not this makes France a definite ally of the totalitarian states is not yet But it does make clear the unpleasant fact that France will do officially at least whatever Hitler and Mussolini Few think that Hitler's promise not to use the French navy against England is worth a hoot most of them think that before long what is left of that navy may be at fighting for the Every French resource will be placed at Hitler's disposal when he wants It is no doubt true that the average French citizen hates Germany and prays for British but he is Every precaution has been taken to make organized re World Revolution The action of France is simply one more of those many which have been dividing the en tire world into two distinct and opposed On one side are Japan and those other peoples the Axis is able to On the other is Britain and the United Latin America remains the question and during the next few years both sides are going to use every weapon at their and threats to win her This war is io ordinary It is a world And to the will be the motto of the ultimate There is little talk now of war ending Rumors arc again making the rounds concerning peace and France was supposed to have been into the Axis for that But it is extremely difficult Ic see now how any agreement be made that would be satisfactory to both Hitler and England to say nothing of this which seems determined to have a say when it comes to the world around a conference The chance for a negotiated in other might be called an exceedingly improbable Peace Through Victory I The only other alternative peace through complete military which is what both Hitler and Churchill have often said is their sole Churchill has also said that England will have air superiority within another and will take the offensive then But the events of the past year have certainly indicated that ah warfare is far from In as good a guess as any now Is that this war may go on in The theory used to be that neither side could command sufficient resources to keep the war going for four or eight or ten Time seems to have that Germany's conquests have given her a wealth of raw lacks very little that is necessary to and J what she does lack she has a good chance of getting for tin from the East to be obtained for her by her so long as she controls the may have to go on short but she is able to bring the necessities to her Even if we accept German of sinking of British owned or controlled it is obvious that hardly a dent has been made in the Empire's merchant Plague and Famine The questions of plague and famine But Germany and Italy can no doubt last a long time by gutting the food supplies of the conquered All reports indicate that the Reich is doing just that Plague is a more difficult factor to Rumors of it come from due to conditions in air-raid food and the deleterious physical effect of continued But so far plague has not and may be that modern may be able to prevent it on a great Summing it looks like a very long war a war of It may be that the final decisive factor will be a let-down in morale on one side or the other a widespread feeling of the use going At any the best experts think that this country might as well get used to halt a world continuously at whether we become belligerents or Even if we do keep out of we will become an increasingly important factor in its in our role of to No one can yet see the end of the far eastern situation Japan has backed down a but her army and navy clique are still restive and they rattle their swords on every possible Forces such as the world has rarely known are unleashed and to forecast the future has become the most hazardous of |