Show WEEKLY NEWIS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH TV labine soviet presses new conquests As world looks elsewhere nazi A AH Is sole war victor J EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper per released by western newspaper union RUSSIA cat and mice six weeks after it started the th e war of 1939 had apparently been won by russia a noncombatant the soviet held two fifths ot of poland and cc controlled n the little nations ot of lithuania latvia and estonia whose german germa r ma n populations were repatriate repatriated d by the fatherland in what was nazi doms most ignominious defeat in all these countries russia won important naval bases see nap map which gave her control of the baltic sea and constituted a direct threat against scandinavia lithuania the last to capitulate even accepted a part par t communist social order kinland finland was next her delegation opening consultations in moscow while the folks back home evacuated cities strengthened the army and 31 bases asea acquired by 07 russia 13 finish bases coveted hy by russia 4 aaland hot isu islami 0 irs stoc its CID M 14 Y RUSSIA IN THE BALTIC why fight to win a war tiar prepared to light fight demands dem ands for soviet bases on hogland island and the arlands Aa lands were signs of joint V U sc scandinavian i action c to bloc R russian assi art conquest of finland in moscow V U S ambassador laurence Lauren ceA A was lepor reported ted to have expressed his governments earnest hope that nothing may occur to affect injuriously peaceful relations between bett veen russia and finland germanys germanas Germ anys retreat from the baltic was not herr hillers Hit lers only setback while russia offered him assistance with one hand her ships sailed from the white sea bearing timber for england in exchange tor for rubber and tin thus consummating a new trade agreement with hillers Hit lers most bitter enemy it if the british gloated over this apparent victory they soon changed their minds red army units in the caucasus mountains facing persia and turkey were reinforced the soviet looked hungrily y at afghanistan british dominated and the gateway to british india capitulating Capitula ting to this southerly threat turkey rushed to initial a pact with russia planning to sign agreements wi with th france and britain the next da day Y net effect would be to neutralize the eastern mediterranean and the black sea freeing russia to do as she pleases in the baltic observers agreed that if germany wants to destroy western democracies herr hillers Hit lers pact with russia has been a good start but like the wily cat who strikes while the mice fight among themselves shrewd dictator josef stalin may destroy a lot ot 0 f oher things unless Eu ropes war a r is stopped immediately agriculture report card it if U S corn supplies reach per cent of normal AAA legislation n requires a referendum among producers on establishing marketing quotas for the past month corn estimates have bobbed up and down mostly down on the strength of drouth reports but by early october enough returns were in to place 1 the estimate at bushels last years record carryover was bushels total bushels which is about above the marketing quota level still there would be no referendum eren dum for on september 13 the specified date tor for determination indicated supplies were conveniently below the level but there was every sign the department of agriculture will ask big corn acreage reductions duct ions next year probably from this seasons acres to about provided warring europe buy too many hogs bogs other crop news CC I otton Cotton in the carolinas it was good helped by heavy august rains and a dry september louisiana also had a good crop but in texas and oklahoma dry heat had bad stopped development caused premature opening and attracted the weevil scourge result the department of agriculture cut its september 1 crop estimate by bales new estimate bales fl L wheat spring wheat estimate was increased bushels over september 1 forecast new es asti ti mate bushels including winter wheat there will be an aggregate of bushels plus carryover total ot of which about will be needed domestically THE WAR from fro rostrum said frances premier deladier Da ladier it if hitler really wants a durable peace it must be based on the security of nations guaranteed reciprocally ro cally without the danger of surprises 11 chimed in britaina Brit ains prime minister chamberlain it is for germany to make her choice either 2 the germans must give convincing proof of the sincerity of their desire for peace or we must preserve our duty said adolf hitler the decision of peace or war lies with others we simply have a grave determination to fight from such a hopeless deadlock there seemed no alternative except a fierce war but the still small voices of peace began rising everywhere in germany it was the mysterious mobile radio station urging that hitlerism be discarded in france it was a few defeatists who were promptly slapped into jail but in london it was little david lloyd george world war prime minister st ster who only a week before had startled commons by demanding that britain give careful consideration to hillers Hit lers peace offers arguing that a collective pact among all european nations need not be dependent on the word of herr hitler lloyd george was rumored leding leading a campaign al against advocates of war at any price taking a cue from the earlier speech in which lloyd george had counseled U S leadership in a world peace move herr hitler first had his throttled press give the british statesman a buildup build up then released a plea that america might help prevent Eu ropes frightful bath of blood but the U S was choosy the white house and state department would thin think carefully before volunteering at the same time other britons looked askance at the allies appa apparent plan to wage war only on the western front could anybody win from such stalemated stale mated positions ott on land there was every indication germany planned to open a fierce thrust on the western front thus retaliating talia ting against spurned peace offers paris heard that hitler had summoned his generals ordered ilem them to clear the french off nazi territory and to drive swiftly through th ough belgium and switzerland in a great offensive the first part of this order was evidently borne out when suicide squads of grenadiers grena diers were thrust wave after wave against french outposts scouting planes appeared over the lines taking photographs strangely many a nazi raid appeared to have a solitary aim to capture prisoners and thus get information at sea fireside generals have long fought the battle of warship vs bomber before october is out the victor may be known authoritative ger 71 10 1 4 ft ra 01 ai 1 DAVID LLOYD GEORGE this little man wanted peace man circles said nazi planes had dropped 10 bombs in a single raid on british vessels blockading the north sea since the allies wanted no peace the raids would continue commented the official german news agency the time ot of unqualified british control ot of the seas is gone forever at amsterdam netherlands a dutch seaman came home to announce he had sailed front from new york on the long missing german luxury liner bremen had helped plow her through cold northern seas while she flew the soviet flag and helped dock her safely at russia s arctic ocean port mur mansk |