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Political and military coups in Austria, and Czechoslovakia were required to extend German financial and political
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Mussolini is leaving nothing to control over unwilling interests. chance. Is that the only conclusion The Monroe Doctrine may have its to be drawn from the enormous ap- critics in Germany and indeed in propriations for the three fighting South and Central America. But even forces which are included in the. the worst phases of "Yankee im- Italian budget estimates for 1940-41, perialism" or "dollar diplomacy" and which exceed by £110,000,000. now rejected by American public those for the past year? As usual, opinion have not made that doc- comment has been busy over the trine comparable to the policy prac- figures, interpreting them as evidence ticed by the Third Reich in its drive of intention to intervene in the war to the East. Stating Germany's case on one side or the other. On the other in Monroe Doctrine terms may seem hand, if his vast new armaments are good propaganda in Berlin, but it is not for use, the more publicity they doubtful whether it could have im- receive the better. Some day this pressed the United States' Mr. Welles "Christian Science war will be wound up at a peace con- very seriously, ference, and he has before him the Monitor." lesson of the last one, when weight of arms measured the terms. There will be no need then for Italy to fire a shot; an army and weapons intact will get her what she wants in a world whose ammunition is all spent and
In March last year the "Munich whose soldiers are mostly dead or
Agreement" `still held the field. Adolf wounded. Meanwhile, she has to pay Hitler was supposed to have, in his for these armaments, and the price
words, "no
territorial will put a heavy strain on the pocket claims in Europe." To point out that the Italian citizen. A short time ago he had never been known to keep his one would
have said that it spelt word was to run the risk of being bankruptcy; but it has been shown called a "warmonger" or an "ideolo- that totalitarian economies have re- markable powers of resistance, and the profits of Italian trade from non- belligerency in the present war must already have done much to reall the Treasury.
"Truth:"
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A NAZI MONROE DOCTRINE?
own
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more
gical" fanatic. Whatever else it might or might not have done, "Munich" had saved the peace of the world and had left Germany free and able to act as the main bulwark of western civilisation against the peril of Bol- .shevism.
On March 15, 1939, this comforting prospect faded. By the end of March Poland was seen to be, after Czecho- slovakia, the next object of Hitler's territorial claims. Against them Great Britain felt constrained to give a pledge of help to Poland, a pledge speedily transformed into an alliance. Then, urged by British Liberals, So- cialists, and Conservatives, alike, a defensive negotiations began for agreement with Soviet Russia to sup- plement the British and French alli-
Poland.
with
The
ne-
Mr. Sumner Welles' visit to Berlin calls to critical world attention once more the claims of Nazi leaders to special position for Germany in Cen- tral and South-eastern Europe. A ances 'sound economic case for German gotiations hung fire because (ac-
primacy in this area exists. It is recognised, in fact, by the Allies.
AMERICA'S ROLE
It is noteworthy that public opinion is witnessing America's acceptance of its natural role. In world affairs with equanimity and understanding. As is mani- fest in the capital and in the country,
opinion-le strongly for non-Involvement In the war; but it is decreasingly 'isolationist so far as the United States can properly influence the conditions of peace for the good of all.-J. Roscoe Drummond.
American
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gotiations hung fire because (ac- cording to be- levers in Soviet Russia) of British and French half- heartedness. Now we know that they broke down over the demand of
Es- Russia that tonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well
as Finland, should be handed over to it.
Then in the fourth. week of
It is not the ordinary economic advantages of Ger- many in Danubia that Allied states-- men oppose. What arouses antogonism is the element of exclusiveness・・ in German economic policy. Germany has sought to im- pose its primacy by diplomatic ac- tivity, by political
August came, the organisation within other States, and beginning of
process which chemists, I believe, call cata- by, veiled or overt threats of force.
lysis. Confused notions that had been To liken this type of recent German floating about in many thoughts were expansionism to the American Monroe suddenly precipitated by the Russo- Doctrine, as has been done in report- German agreement of August 24. No ed statements to Mr. Welles, is longer was Nazi Germany a safeguard bound to cause surprise among Amer- of western civilisation against the icans. Had the "Drang nach Osten" Bolshevik "scum of the earth" to proceeded unopposed even along pure- use Hitler's own phrase. No longer. ly economic lines, the small States could any honest sympathiser with east would almost certainly have been the Bolshevist Revolution look upon reduced to the economic status of Joseph Stalin as a progressive demo- German colonies. They would have crat. Some, Indeed, sought solace in provided raw materials and subsisted the thought that, after all, he had on living standards imposed by a one- "double-crossed." Hitler by keeping sided relationship with a powerful Germany out of the Baltic States and customer. Barter methods would have thwarting its designs upon the Ukrain. prevented these antall States from this belief, in its turn, was shattered enjoying normal financial or trade by the Russian onslaught on Finland, relations with other large Powers. în obvious collution with Germany, This in itself was sufficient undo... Admiration of Finnish heroism, and sirable noni the smaller States point astonishment at the frost-bitten clay of view. But barter methods could not" feet of the Bolshevik Colossus, did be extefided by economic means alone. the rest. A. Wickham Steed.
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NAVY'S COUP IN BALTIC: NAZI
BLUNDERS
London, To-day.
THE ONLY MAJOR development in the situation in Scandinavia has reference to the new immense minefield laid in the Baltic which links up with the field across the North Sea, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat the largest ever laid which was announced on Friday.
A
BRITISH BOMBER SHOT DOWN
The Hague, To-day.
It is officially announced that British bomber orashod In flames on Dutch territory near the village of Babborich, close to the German frontier, after a fight with a 'German machine.
It is added that as far as could be ascertained the fight occurred over German: territory.
An inquiry is being held.—Reu- tor.
Announcement of this hemming-in of Germany's ITALIAN
northern coast has strengthened the feeling of STORY
calm confidence with which the Scandinavian situation is regarded in London.
Further information regarding
the in
connection with which last night's Ad- the
highly successful Narvik exploit, JAPANESE miralty communique stated that NAVY GAMES
operations were proceeding, is awaited, and meanwhile the fact that the Ger- mans are still in possession of Bergen and Trondheim arouses no special an- xiety in authoritive quarters.
It is recognised that the importance
- of evicting the Germans from
these is
OFF FUKIEN
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL")
SHIUKWAN, TO-DAY. ports, in which they are isolated,
ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL MES- of secondary significance compared with the task of destroying the Ger-SAGES FROM FUKIEN, A FLEET OF man Fleet with which such satisfac-SOME 100 JAPANESE WARSHIPS tory progress has been reported.
Complete severance of the sea com- munications of these Nazi forces with Germany now seems to be assured.
COLOSSAL BLUNDER
for In naval quarters, respect the German naval strategists has last
been greatly lowered by week's striking demonstrations of the their fallure to understand basic principles on which success in sea warfare le based.
The "Sunday Times" naval corres- that the prime errors pondent says were obvious within 24 hours.
The invasion was undertaken across waters of which the German Navy not only did not have command, but also did not have even temporary mand, and secondly
com-
the invading
forces, both naval and military, were divided up into small raiding partles
HAVE JUST CONCLUDED NAVAL MANOEUVRES IN WATERS BE- TWEEN THE COAST OF FUKIEN AND FORMOSA,
CORRECTED
London, To-day.
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GERMAN AIRMEN ANGRY
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL").
Amsterdam, To-day, Indignant allegation that Britain is using "a new type of Q-ship" to trap - German reconnaissance 'planes over the North Sea were made by four German airmen who returned to Germany via Holland yesterday after be- ing shot down by an armed fishing-boat.
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While flying over the North Sea on Wednesday they sighted what they took for a "peaceful fishing- boat" and made towards it in the hope of easy prey. The boat had its nets out and the German 'plane started to
machine- spray it with
usual Nazi
Currency has been given gun bullets in the
in the Italian press to a re- fashion.
port that owing to the Ger- man invasion of Norway and the occupation of Denmark, there is a grave shortage of food in Britain.
It was added that it had become necessary immediately to ration but- ter, eggs and margarine.
The horror of the German airmen when the boat let fly with Its anti-aircraft gun can be read In the account of the member of Goebbels's war correspondent corpa who Interviewed them on their return. "This peaceful fish- ing-boat of the Churchill brand had unmasked itself," he writes indignantly.
The facts are that the butter ration According to the story told by the was increased about a fortnight ago airmen they silenced the boat's gun to eight ounces weekly per person, with a final burst of machine-gun and, as already announced, it was fire, only to find that they had been officially stated immediately after hit in the engine-cooling system and It is stated that the fleet included Denmark was occupied that there was would have to come down on the 36 destroyers, four aircraft carriers, no intention of reducing the ration. five cruisers, nine transports, several
some smaller battleships, and boats.
sea.
Margarine is not rationed and there
They did so and climbed into their gun-is no intention of rationing it.
rubber
machine boat before the Eggs, which are at present cheaper sank, despite the fact that one of than they have been for some time them had a broken arm, another a past, are unrationed and there no in-head injury and a third tention to ration them. Since April through the knee. 9 pork has been free of ration.-Bri- tish. Wireless.
The Japanese, warships reported in Bias Bay last week were taking part in the manoeuvres. “*** Our Own Cor- respondent.
NORWAY IN GERMAN GOOD HEART
London, To-day.
AIR LOSSES
Stockholm, To-day. The wireless reports that a Ger-
a bullet
Finally they were picked up by a Dutch trawler. Since they had come down outside territorial waters they were treated as "shipwrecked mari- ners" and allowed to return to Germany across Holland.-Havas.
Uddevalla yesterday.-
The wireless also reports that Junker machine previously made
a
a
The prompt action of the man three-engined aeroplane crashed aimed, as the Norwegian communique | Allied Fleets has had an ex-on the mountainside and caught fire forced landing in the western part of
after flying over the Swedish town of Sweden.-Reuter. makes clear, at no fewer than eight cellent different points, distributed over much as 1,000 miles.
RAEDER RUMOURS
It is charitably assumed by stu- dents of naval warfare in London that Hitler was driven into action by the need to supply his public with new sensations and that the
·Gormah Naval Staff cannot have failed to warn him of the dangers of the enterprises.
as
The events are regarded as lending colour to reports, hitherto treated with reserve, that Grand Admiral Raeder, the Nazi Naval Chief, has fallen into with disfavour for the vehemence which he advanced his arguments against the project.-British Wireless.
10,000 HOMELESS IN COLON FIRE
Panama City, To-day. Six people are reported to have been burned to death and 10,000 are homeless as the result of disastrous fires in the town of Colon on Saturday night.
The entire civilian and military fire-fighting forces on both sides of the Isthmus were mobilised to fight the flames...
United States troops blew up build-' ings in an attempt to save valuable properties. Reuter.
effect in Norway where, according to latest reports reaching London, the people are in good heart and the morale of the troops is high.
Mobilisation is proceeding satis- and factorily despite the difficulties where contact with the invaders has been joined, Norwegian resistance has been stubborn and is stiffening.
the Information regarding
actual fighting is scanty. As is generally exercise known, the German forces effective control over very small parts of the country.
The British and French Ministers and their staffs left Oslo hastily for Sweden, with which communications and are for the most part normal the British Minister, Sir Cecll Don- ner, is reported to have stated that when they had replenished their kit, much of which was left behind, they will return to Norway.
Sir Cecil Donner has paid a warm tribute to the grit and determination with which the Norwegians are fac- ing the situation-British Wireless..
SHANGHAI SHOOTING
ARREST
Shanghai, To-day. A man was arrested and detained
by the police late last night in con-
nection with the assassination by shooting of Tan Shao-liang, Superin- tendent in the S.M.C. Police on Satur- day morning.
The name of the arrested person was not disclosed but is reported to be well-known in newspaper cirtsles,
Our Own Correspondent.
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