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AXIS TROOPS MOVEMENTS
By Scrutineer
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KING OF ITALY'S GREETING
The outstanding event along these lines and. President victory of the Axis is essential this week was the force- Roosevelt's speech marks the to the security of her empire, to the same extent does ful and clear statement of stage which has now been reach- so
el. It is no longer a sentimental · America think that the defeat of policy made by President interest which America takes in the Axis is necessary for her Roosevelt. It left no room the fate of the British Empire, peace of mind. These partisans for doubt in the minds of There is a realisation that the at the ring-side may enter the the Axis partners that the grim struggle in Europe is a ring and take part in the fight. people of the United States, drama in which her own future At the present moment Japan is
is heavily involved.
weighing up the risks and the as far as lay in their power,
costa. were determined to aid Britain in order to bring about the defent of Germany
The influx of German troops and Italy Just as Britain
into Rumania is interpreted in has always been regarded as a variety of ways, and probably the guarantor of liberal that is the purpose of these institutions in Europe, (al- manoeuvres. Action for action's though through the cen- sake is a slogan in Germany, turies she herself has been which since the advent of the immune, from attack because Nazis to power has suffered from
n sort of St Vitus' dance. of the surrounding sea) so now President Roosevelt links up his own people with that policy.
The New Year greeting of
King Victor Emmanuel either means that he is not in agree- ment with Mussolini's policy or that he is currying favour with President Roosevelt in order that he might intercede with the Allies for favourable terms when the final reckoning comes. What the Fascist party does not see,
but what King Victor Emmanuel does see, is that Italy under no circumstances can retain her overseas Empire-now that she has abandoned all hope of con- trolling the Mediterrancan-ex- cept with the goodwill of Britain, That has to be regained and the Prime Minister has clearly in- dicated how it can be done.
First the troops are concen- trated in the Channel ports ready for an invasion of England; then there is the threat to go through There can be no talk of peace, France and Spain; now they are because there can be no com- drafted to Rumania, with the promise in this matter. Nations object of marching through that have been free and indepen- Bulgaria, or Yugo-Slavia into dent must remain free and Greece. Other divisions are said independent. It is unthinkable to be in Italy to stiffen the fall- that countries in which tolerance ing morale of his epileptic part- and freedom reigned should ner; and so allies are kept on become enslaved by those who tenterhooks wondering where, It is not exceptional for the have proved by their actions when and how the blow will fall. head of one state to send greet- that their way of life and If, however, these movements ings to the head of another, but thought are contrary to those keep the allies guessing, they it is not usual to do so when one ideals for which civilisation has also indicate that Hitler himself of them has just denounced the stood. The concentration camp. is at a loss what to do, now that other's form of government and and the Gestapo are not isolated the situation has crystallised. has declared to the world his and temporary phenomena, they Bulgaria and Yugo-Slavia are no intention of sending all possible are symptoms of a discased state longer amenable to Axis pres- aid to its enemy, in order to of mind, with which democracy sure. Even Marshal Petain is bring about its destruction. It cannot and will not come to showing signs of the old spirit suggests that there is now on termu.
"They shall not pass," and all open cleavage between Mussolini this follows from the courageous and King Victor Emmanuel.
STALIN AND RUSSIA
OIL DUMPS
PULLING HIS TEETH
TELEGRAPH” SATURDAY FEATURE
BEHIND THE HEADLINES
By John Blunt
There is every logical reason In the meantime, it is almost
That is why President Roose- efforts put forward by the -velt-anys-emphatically_that_ap--Grecks in stemming-and-turning- peasemont is out of the question, the tide of the Italian invasion. and having said so, he naturally The collapse of Italy, too, in the takes the necessary steps to Mediterranean emphasises Pro-
Judging from Stalin's address ensure the destruction of sident Roosevelt's considered to his people at New Year, it these pernicious systems which statement that Hitler is not would seem that Russia is ex-than at the corresponding period the
to
threaten in all parts of the world going to win this war.
the citadels of liberty, good order, justice and the signifcance
with
to believe that the start of 1941 incomprehensible that the Jap-|
should still although finds Great Britain in a very anese
to occasionally refer so-called three-power much more satisfactory position less
pact. Even if it were pos- in 1040.
Last year, Germany, at this sible for Japanese assistance ta
Japanese really believe that time, was boasting that by the prove of value to Germany, can the Spring, she would have an army Germany supreme in the world, they of 5,000,000-ready for any would be left tree to pursue their and to mould their destiny thing. That army, apart from own way, the 1940 continental blitzkreig- according to their own desires? The very thought is preposterous, for the remains inactive. Hitler has now German machine has neither mercy
do abjured it to be ready to defend nor time for any other nation
not believe that they would be the itself against attack from the earth-and surely the Japanese
the one exception. Once supreme, rest of the world.
would strangle their For Goering's 1940 New Year's Huns
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But
course,
tremely anxious about the fu- ture.. She sees everyone of her JAPAN'S DESIRE strategic moves during the past of the individual. Even if the
year countered and neutralised Japan's desire to do something by Germany with whom she has United States, with its wide stretches of ocean on both sides for Germany in the Far East is a pact. of the continent, were able to tempered by the fear that she
Her incursion into Finland maintain peace within her own may be doing something at the borders, she could not possibly same time very damaging to her was followed by the occupation enjoy peace of mind, since her own interests, especially in view of Denmark and Norway, ber tradition of social order, which of President Roosevelt's inter- seizure of the Bukovina and pretation of the meaning of the Fessarabin led to the occupation is derived from and is an inten- tripartite pact and of his state of Rumania and Hungary, Rus-message bragged that the Ger- Eastern partner by stopping her trade sified form of that-freedom pre- ment that the American fleet sia's policy of detachment from man Air Force was then "pre- or coul
Of course, if Japan prefers to vailing in Britain, could not survive. Their conviction in its will remain in the Pacific. The the European struggle was dic-pared for an encounter such as model herself an Nazi lines, that is worth would be challenged and German troops on the Russian tated by the hope that Germany the world has never known." sutely her business. If she really is border in Europe may lessen the would exhaust herself in the Apart from the indiscriminate anxious to divorce herself from the undermined by that minority
standard of international decency and which is weak at present but pressure of Russia on the East war and would be in no position bombing and the wicked destruc- goodwill for which Great Britain and closely which would soon be strengthen- en border for Japan, 'out this to threaten her. Stalin thought tion of priceless architecture, the United States have so ed by the failure of the demo-an do nothing to relieve the that he was contributing to Ger- that air force has done practic united-that too, is her business.
naval pressure in the Pacific.
she blindly follows such a cratic system in Europe.
many's weakness and adding to ally nothing which might be nobody will sympathise with her if
fl German and as a result, loses her all, The danger of the present his own strength but it has not supposed to ald
✩ The political education of situation lics in the fact that turned out that way. He now victory. America is proceeding apace just as Japan Links that the sees that Hitler's appetite grows
* *
Her war with China' continues. It with what it feeds upon, and
Speaking from London, in will contine until she manages to that the wheat lands of tho Ukraine, and the oil weils at January of last year, Viscount extricate herself from an impossible
swallowed, and with a Kano, manager of the Yokohama position. China is too vast to be so Baku are within the German Specie Bank, asserted that the and steady increase in her measures purview of conquest, both being Sino-Japanese conflict would end of defence, she is undoubtedly neare Ing the day when, like Britain, the necessary to a self-contained in a month in a magnanimous offensive will be in her hands.
that the Reich.
quile obvious peace.
A year has passed, and neither ; neither can it assist, to any
Japanese
conquer спалов Navy No wonder Stalin la gravely
other CHARLESTON, S. C. (UP).~Miss. D'alsy M. Thompson, who anxious about the year 1941. the predictions of the Germans appreciable extent, Japan's army on works at the Francis Marlon hotel has some advice for honey Ho now realises that the Fuehrer or the Japanese have been ful- Chinese soll.. On the
develop her air force
must
come when mooning couples, especially men who take a vain effort to dis-usca pacts to advance his own filed. Indeed, there is now no China can guise the newness of their statig.
interests and discards them likelihood of the boasts of Ger- Chinese quadrons will set out for After a four-year study of the public behaviour of honey- when those interests are served: many, Japan or Italy being ful- targets In Japan.
Russia's advances therefore filled, for as each day passes, the mooners, she is convinced at the newlyweds attempt to pass as have merely brought her into tremendous power rising against
However, that problem is not ours. veteran married people.
Without exception, they fail
3. When you go to the hotel desk closer contact with her powerful them increases from strength to we are merely determined to pre- serve our rights and institutions, in that attempt, she says, and to register, either take her with you and traditional enemy-Hitler, strength. offers the following advice or gently push her down in a chair who it must be admitted, has It is particularly significant primarily against the assault of the la defend ourselves, but to assert them (or rather to the men), if to the desk, contradict everything she for Stalin and all his works.
in the lobby. But if you take her never concealed his contempt that both Germany and Italy Hans. That we are able, not only each look in their predicament ourselves, is of great consolation, and they want to arold the notice rays..
to Japan to ald them, but neither its because of this assurance that usually given a newlyweds. 4. Don't be polite to her when you
If therefore Stalin in his New locks to the other. Whether Gor- the spirit of the people of the British Jales has become stronger than the Punime old dothes se rench the elevator. Just put your Year message warns the people many will pour her troops into strongest steel. The people at Home Your Wife Crough muther you nor hand in the small of her back and to be ready because of the seri- Italy romains to be seen, but are resigned to suffering, but deter
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ous menace confronting them, it should she elect so to do, her mined, with the aid of the Empire and the United States, to thrash the 5. Adopt an expression depicting can be Germany against whom task will be even more impos nends who are responsible for the ke the luggage through the that the whole thing la-just another he is directing his thoughts.
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Virginia Field Harry Green+
Directed by Herbert L, Leedy.
Original Story by Branddy Rashi À 20th Century-Fax Picture
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