Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne Removal of Consulates From Moscow And Torpedoing of U. S. Destroyer Mark Important New Phase of Crisis Seen as Japan's Cabinet Falls NOTE opinions are expressed In these they those of the news Analyst and not necessarily of this f L by Western Newspaper 1 When the British and Free French took over mandated Syria from the Vichy they also took over the job of providing food for needy Here Is a typical scene at a food distribution pots and even wash basins are held aloft for New Phase Evacuation of the foreign consulates from Moscow and the torpedoing of the U. S. S. Destroyer Kearney off occurring as they did about the same were looked upon as two major events marking the entrance into a new phase of the Immediate reaction to these reports was noticeable In their effect upon the congressional voting on changes being considered for the U. S. neutrality Effect of the news was also reflected in the progress of the for program in which the United Great Britain and Russia were First news of the Kearney Incident came from Washington when the navy announced that the destroyer of the newest had been torpedoed while on patrol duty off the coast of This report indicated that the ship was able to proceed under its own President Roosevelt on the same day issued a statement saying that the torpedoing was clearly in the American defense Removal of the consulates from Moscow took place as the with their long range began their campaign against the A Cabinet Falls When news came from Tokyo reporting the fall of the Japanese cabinet headed by Prince Konoye it looked like prelude to an Axis move in the Immediate speculation was that the fallen cabinet would be by one more and it was indicated that this change meant the collapse of the so-called between Japan and the United President Roosevelt conferred for two hours with top military and state department heads just following the announcement of the cabinet's White House sources did not at once discuss the conference or Issue a statement on the new threat in the Far Other informed viewed the situation as grave and some forecast that the change in government in Japan came at a logical time for that country to strike a blow against Russia to aid Soviet Scene As the German troops admittedly had smashed back the Russian defenders many miles from past and past the picture became one in which the Russians admitted setbacks but always spoke of to the The Germans Issued optimistic statements so fast that the wires could hardly carry Admitting many of tho Nazi Russian sources were asserting that were entering the that the Nazi advances had been made in spite of terrific that the invader had been even halted and turned back at some The including took a rather gloomy view of the Russian As to American President Roosevelt said it was going forward in heavy quantities but gave no Lozovsky said Americans are sending us planes a but that was nearly twice total American While the Russian many of sounded somewhat like to keep up one's still it was certain that the German all-out attack in the by Hitler's own statement a battle effort unequalled in the history of was not meeting the walkovers of the past PRACTICALLY Say the Nazis From Hitler's camp the Russo-German war was militarily In dispatches that had tumbled over one another in their eagerness to impinge themselves upon public opinion here and perhaps with the idea of frightening England from an attempt to cross the channel with a land Berlin rapidly had told the world the Russian losses had been figures given out within a four finally all Russian armies had been trapped in and the whole defense fabric of the country had been All that was going on now was under the head of mopping Real Fight With the President committed to congressional action permitting the arming of merchant ships which many believed was Step One toward a further request to permit them to run right into British the expected bitter fight of the non-interventionists against the administration's latest move had gotten under Committee hearings started on the which White House leaders had at three weeks to This was the signal for a gathering of the anti-administration who were able to muster only a corporal's guard against the lend-lease bill which carried aid to Russia as a part In the opening strategy was planned at a meeting of 11 senators in Hiram Johnson's The fight promised to be furious but for few believed that the 11 senators and Hiram Johnson would put on the filibuster that was staged just before the first World war by the which included Senators Watson and Troubles Mount Strikes and threats of strikes were on the upgrade with one dispute involving automobile most of them engaged in making tanks for the army of the United States and other The workers of one plant were refusing to handle parts made by workers in another In a Cleveland factory making auto frames a strike went into its third and at least one big auto factory engaged in turning out cars was without and had to shut Hudson and Buick factory officials said they would have to slow down passenger car production if the Cleveland shut down The first move in the strike-mediation effort to prevent the walkout of a million and a quarter railroad men was flatly turned It had been offered by a railroad management At the same time a Mississippi shipbuilding concern was tied up by a while engaged in a contract to build the latest type of merchant ship an all-welded vessel of odd to Human Interest Story 1 of the week was the return to New York of a regal woman of 73 who came in by liner from gazed at Gotham's skyscrapers and told come home fc She was the former Jeanne widow of Count Von Forgotten was her husband's enmity to the United forgotten the bitter only her tired eyes and the distaste as she spoke of DRY J Stories What had by navy mystery and very near- ly resulted fatally for one cameraman and a plane now has become regulation news since the navy reversed itself and permitted the press to have access to British warships in At one time or another docks In almost every sizeable port had been and the a big was at and a aircraft carrier was at And the skippers of these ships were giving out hair-raising interviews and pictures of and the press cameramen were running wild with feature pictures taken on The change In policy probably had been engineered by the who was leaning over backward to preserve press and a general feeling that this sort of story was the type of thing that would bring home the reality of the war to fun-loving Has His Say Senator the only man living and now in the senate who voted against American entry into the last spoke his piece about the Russian and had this to If Russia loses to then Japan will become so bold that we are sure to become embroiled in war with that it would be so bad for he some ways it might be a very good The senator coolly and dispassionately revealed that navy men had Informed him that the Japanese fleet couldn't hold out two weeks against the American He also pointed out that in a bombing war against Nippon was particularly as most of her cities were built largely of wooden which would go like tinder on a windy set off by a few Visit to U. S. The duke and duchess of in paying their visit to the duchess' former home received an ovation which dwarfed anything seen in the United States surrounding any British As a good-will former King Edward had no A crowd estimated at one-fourth of Baltimore's defense-swollen The duke played and it took an army of Scotland even diplomatic corps representatives to keep the gallery The duke and duchess went to a reception to which were while an estimated gnashed their teeth because they were left Finally jammed into the were won by the charm of the and went home |