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RUMANIA'S FATE?
United States.
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indoctrinated with his own ideas. He must; know that in so doing he has To Russia, a common frontier with ion of Italy, Spain, Japan and the „, turned against him the public opin- Germany in Poland must appear a
He must know that frightful menace. It is hardly con this agreement.
has united: British ceivable, therefore, that Russia would deliberately
opinion, from right to left, as it has choose to share. the
never been united before. And he Black Sea with Germany. Already
must know, above all, that his action the Russians have intensified their
will have convinced the countries of diplomatic activities in the Balkans
eastern and south-eastern Europe obviously with the hope of checkmat- that this is no war of Ideology but a ing the actions of Germany. The
war of conquest. Hitherto Herr Hit- Turkish Foreign Minister is now ler has succeeded by confusing the visiting Moscow, while a Soviet mis- issues; in making this compact with slon is paying "courtesy calls"
on Russia he has simplified the issues Yugoslavia and Rumania. The aim and faced the world with a single motivating these moves is evidently formula. That formula is as follows. Soviet domination of the Black Sea. "Germany, under Herr Hitler wishes Political prognostication is a dan- to destroy the independence of all gerous and thankless job these days. European countries." It is not a But the forces which now form the formula which any manly country can undercurrent of Balkan politics would
accept.
seem to indicate that Rumania's fate Why is it that throughout the his- will be spared for the moment. Only tory of the German people they have desperation in a long war-caused been governed by men who represent elther by the lack of oil or the lack what is worst in themselves?. Why of spectacular victory-will prompt is it that one of the finest races which Chancellor Hitler to march his troops mankind has ever produced
should
into Rumania: For the time being, again and again be brought to suffer~. "watchful waiting" by Italy, Russia ing and disaster by their subservience and Germany-forms the keynote of to violence? The German people Balkan politic.-"China Press."
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A MATCH OF
CONVENIENCE
can
possess all the virtues and one tre- - mendous fault; they have no civic courage."North China Daily News."
QUESTION OF CENSORSHIP
surprising. The
Even if Germany and Russia promise that they will limit their aggrandizement to Rumania, Italy's The Joint Licensing Committee feelings will be equally hurt. During which decides what films may be the past year there has been a verti- shown in London, Middlesex, Essex, able race between Germany and Italy Surrey, and West Ham is in some outbid each other in buying Ru doubt about a decision of the British manian oil. Outright. seizure by Board of Film Censors. That is not Germany of Rum- ania's oil wells at this time must be considered by Sig- nor Mussolini as bare-faced double- dealing on the part of his friend, the German Fuehrer,
Signor. Mussolini will sit on the fence for a while. longer and this current preference will probably prompt him to stall any Soviet-German invitation for, Ital- fan participation
in the war, on the. side of Nazis and the Communists.
The enigma of Russia. must noces,
STALIN'S FEARS
To what extent the British in -their-negotiations falled to quiet the Bavlet dictator's fears, I don't know. The history of thosa nago: tiations may make clear much that ́la now dark. But assuming that, the. guarantees weren't enough, the next best thing was to come to terms with Hitler:in. a move which at the same time: 'would put Moscow In a better position to tackle, if not to slymle, | Japan.~ The surpriss of the whole business, is that --Stalls.... didn't | make the ́aqueaza play, with the damocrables fast longer,-H. · B. Elliston.
of
board recently lic- ensed a film en- titled "Confessions of a Nazl Spy." made by Warner which Brothers,
gives a lively ac- count of the diş- covery of the Nazi spy ring in the United States and is now having a successful run in London. Shortly before that the board refused # licence to a film called "Professor Mamlock," made
in Russia, which deals with the tra- gic fate of an ́eminent Jewish
sarily be taken into consideration in surgeon in Germany at the be this Balkan situation. There, is no ginning
the Nazis' rise to doubt that the marriage, between the power. The facts, on which both films. Communists: and the Nazis is a match are built are common knowledge, but of convenience: instead of love. Con- in its handling of its theme the Rus- sequently, one must constantly bear in sian film shows the greater artistry. mind that, the mutual suspicion-and "Confessions of a Nazi Spy," is accom- perhaps hatred--between... Germany panied somewhat crudely by a com- and Russia will probably play: an im- mentary which denounces the Nazi portant part in the relations and regime, and the film does not hesitate dealings between the two countries. to pillory members of the German
Shanghai ́Times."
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Government in person. "Professor Mamlock" is content to tell its own story the sufficiently terrible one of a great healer who is driven from his /operating table with "Jude" blazoned across his back and who meets his death from a Brownshirt's, bullet. No adequate reason has been given for the discrimination between these films.-
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JAPAN'S IDEAS
SINGLE FORMULA
Hitler must know very well that the Russian government in their own in- terests will never permit the predom- | Inance of Germany in Eastern Europe. However, much the rulers of the U.S.S.. may dislike the western plu- tocracies, they fear a dominant Ger- many even more. The desire of Stalin is to see the Powers of Europe In any event it is self-evident that destroying each other; he has no de Tokyo cannot expect London and aire to see either one side or the other Paris to be so blinded by the powder victorious and strong. Herr. - Hitler, smoke from Europe's war that they must know that in entering upon a cannot read the treaties on which they pact with those whom he has pro operate in Asia. claimed to be the enemies of the Japan is trying to take advantage human race he is confusing his opinion of the war emergency when acting on at, home, and alienating whole sec- the assumption that such strategy tions of his subjects who have been might work. "Manila Bulletin."