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MIRROR OF WORLD
OPINION
THE LIQUIDATION OF HITLER
tion. There is every reason for fac- -ing the future with complete con- fidence. Not that the possible enemies should be regarded lightly, for the Italians can be formidable both on land and sea. It is rather in the knowledge of Allies' strength, and determination that the cause for hope is to be found.
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GUAM AND THE PROGRAMME
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The new contact between Germany and the Soviet may result in increas ing Russian influence and the rise of the disgruntled elements in Germany, and the transformation of the Nazi regime into a Socialist regime on the Russian model and with Russian as- sistance. Much of the preliminary work of destruction has.. been per- formed by the Nazis, who have left very little of liberal capitalist ele- The Roosevelt-Hull pronouncement ments in Germany. In this process on the American attitude toward Hitler would receive the liquidation Japanese threat against Dutch which he so thoroughly deserves. It Indies gives special point to the navy is by no means fantastic to prophesy department's renewal of requests for that the war may develop into a war air and submarine bases at Guam. between British Imperialism and the Soviet with a ruined Germany virtual ly eliminated from the scene. The future and the initiative may lie with India and China, and it behoves us In this land to put our house in or der, in order that we may play a distinguished part in the difficult but infinitely potential and significant events which lie ahead.-"Indian Jour |nal of Political Science.”
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ITALY AND WAR · The possibility that Signor Mussolini may in the near future
The White House so far has re- frained from strong outright support of the Guam project, although the navy department hardly could have taken the position it has without ad- ministration' sanction. Now the whole shaping of events creates an increasing demand for outright White House pressure to make a real issue of the request for appropriations to start the development needed for making Guam into a real force for the stability of the Far East.
The administration either should go of the the whole way in support abandon neutrality and come into the war on Guan project or desist from building in which the German side cannot be ignored. hopes for the programme Italian naval dispositions in the Guam would have to be an essential Mediterranean, and the reported in part. "Manila Bulletin."
tention of Il Duce to call up one-and-' a-quarter million reservists are to be taken as indication of coming Italian participation in this war. The de- clarations of Signor Ansaldo, director of the "Telegrafo," owned by Count Ciano, indicate the early possibility of Italy entering the struggle, an occa- |sion "which a month ago might have been very remote, may now be nearer than you think."
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NEW ZEALAND VIEW It is not enough that this country should send men abroad to take their place at the side of their allies in the field. Every last man who is strong and fit, every pound that can be saved from unessential work should be util- ised in the greater and vital undertak- ing. If democracy loses the war, the democratic peoples will have lost all that they have.-"Otago Daily Times.”
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WAR AIMS OF BRITISH
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that Herr Hitler had released Italy, from the obligation to go to war imme- diately in alliance with Germany. It an eventuality against which the Allies have already made such disposi- tions of their forces as they consider to best designed meet the menace which such a đêm velopment which
DANGEROUS BLOT -
Versailles has ceased to be a blot on Europe. Hitler is a blot far more dangerous than Ver- cailles. Something quite naw has appeared in the same spirit of the bully and the extermina- tion of the small man, and that le the spirit which has given rise to: the war now raging. The speech by General Hertzog is like a chapter of "Mein Kampf." ' Thera was no criticism of the enemy, hia criticism was reserved for own country and her allles.--- General Smuts.
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Conference. A gen- eral electión fol- lowed the Armis- tice of 1918 and preceded the Peace Conference at Ver- sailles. Replace- ment of the present British Government by a Labour Gov- ernment may be unlikely, but it is at least a possibility, Thus it is a matter of
more than academic interest to ask what: would the happen to peace if the
the
would mean. Thus while Italian parti- cipation in the war would entail the making of it were entrusted to lead- further spread of hostilities, and ers of the Labour Party. the enlargement of the theatre of war, To the Allies and friends' of Great it would have about it no element of Britain it is reassuring to know that surprise whatever, and would only the broad policy of the Labour Party represent an emergency which the on the question of resettlement is in Allies have all along expected, and essentials the same as that of the pres- which they have been at all times ent Government. In its manifesto on prepared to meet. With a decisive "The War and the Peace," there is victory in the north, which does not not a word. which contradicts seem at all improbable, it should not peace declarations of Mr. Neville be difficult for the Allies to maintain Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, control in the Mediterranean, for the and Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary. general effect of all that has been It even goes further than Mr. Chám- happening in the North Sea, the very berlain when it says that an associa-. patent crippling of the German navy, tion of States should be formed and the close confinement of the re- around the nucleus provided by war- mainder to German home waters, has time co-operation of Britain and been that a redisposition of the Allied France, that it should have a collec- naval forces should not prove impos- tive authority franscending the sover- sible. Thus it should be quite pos- eign rights of separate - States, and sible, for the Allies to maintain their must control military; and economic. hold in the Mediterranean should un- power to enforce peaceful behaviour happily Signor-Mussolini decide to act as between its members and secure In accordance with his commitments armament reduction.. to: Herr Hitler, while the presence, of It is clear that in all major ques- Imposing Allied military forces in the Near East together with the Allied, urduraminding with Turkey are factoga
remove any un otherwise be
which
tions relating to the war and its aims there are not two Britains with whom friends and enemies have to deal, but one, only. A change of Government would produce no- chúnge of British fron Christian Science Monitor.
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TRONDHEIM
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BATTLE
Canadians And French Alpinists Engaged
Allied Forces
Closing In On City
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PARIS, TO-DAY. THE ALLIED TROOPS IN THE TRONDHEIM SECTOR CONSIST OF CANADIANS AND FRENCH ALPINE TROOPS, ALL EXPERTS ON SKIS AND ACCUS- TOMED TO THE CONDITIONS OF FIGHTING IN A COLD CLIMATE.
FIERCE
FAMOUS
GERMAN
BATTLE
FLIER KILLED
RAGING
Berlin, To-day. The well-known long distance flier, Captain Alfred Henke, who made non-stop flights from Berlin to New York and New York to Berlin in 1938 and a record flight
a training flight. Reuter.
The battle for Trondheim began on Sunday night,to Tokyo later, has been
and on Monday, it is reported, there was fight-killed on ing 10 miles south of Trondheim and at La- vanger."
German attempts to relieve the plight of the be- NAZIS GIVE
leaguered garrisons at Trondheim and Narvik have resulted in heavy air bombardments.
So far, most of the success has been against unarmed villages; not a single Allied warship or transport has been sunk.
The Allies are being reinforced by the weather! Snow in the north and thaws in the south have increased the miserable conditions at Stavanger, and Aalborg, conditions which the R.A.F. is certainly not trying to im- prove!
Reinforcements
are said to have been landed on the southern front; there are no more details.
The present "front" in Norway can be best divided into three main sec- tors - Narvik, Trondheim and Lillė- hammer.
Mass Assault.
by this time well inland.
British troop trains are reported to have reached points 30 to 40 miles south of Trondheim. It must be em- phasised that nearly all of these fron-- tier reports still await official: con-
Reuter. firmation.
War Office Statement · London, To-day. The War Office yesterday evening announced:-
have taken
THEIR VERSION
Berlin, To-day.
The official news agency states that German reinforce- ments have arrived in the Bergen and Trondheim areas, and claims the Allies were defeated in a two-hour bat- tle north of Trondheim.
"Sharp engagements place north of Trondheim, where our troops have been counter-attacked.
The Narvik situation, it says, "In the south, our troops, in con- junction with the Norwegians, are re-essentially unchanged. Fresh supplies German sisting enemy pressure."
have been brought to the troops there.
The announcement concludes by re- operations are At Narvik, the Norwegian authori-iterating that "the ties believe that the Germans will be proceeding in co-operation with the
within a day crushed
or so. The Norwegian forces."-Reuter. Allies are said to be planning a mass assault on the town and, possibly in anticipation of this, the Norwegian authorities have appealed to all Nor- wegians there to evacuate immediate- ly.
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Around Trondheim, the Germans are trying to relieve the pressure by counter-thrusts. They attempt- ed to send troops by boat up the north-east Fjord beyond Trondheim in a flanking movement; this move was forescen and checked. South-east of Trondheim, the Ger- mans have rushed new defence posi- tions, but the Norwegian authorities there are quite confident of the ultimate outcome.
Lillehammer Confusion
Exact information is lacking from the southern front, but it seems al- most confirmed that the Allies have pushed their way up the Gudbrands- dal Valley, on the route from Trond- heim to Hamar.
Both the official Norwegian radio and the puppet broadcast from: Oslo claim the occupation of Lilleham- mer by the Allies and the Nazio respectively; the battle for this town le probably still undecided.
On the whole, the Germans seem to be resting on their defences, the offensive side of their campaign con- sisting of bombing attacks on lines of communications and Allied convoys.
This was successful in Poland, but be so in Norway, is not likely to owing to the lack of reinforcements, the great distances to be covered, the isolation of the various objectives and the fact that oil is a product the Ger- mans cannot afford to waste-Havas.
Allied Progress
London, To-day. Allied forces closing in on Trond- heim are widely reported to be mak- ing good progress, although there is nothing official yet to indicate whe- ther or not the War Office had Trond- heim or other areas in mind when it issued a communique on Monday night stating that the Allied troops are meeting with "considerable suc- cesses in the face of great difficul- ties."
For some time to come, official news of the expeditionary force is likely to be in equally general terms, but there is a mass of un- official - reports about Trondholm, stating that north of the city the Allies are reported to be far down the railway from Namsos.
One report even says that they are now facing entrenched German troops at Levanger, only 35 miles from Trondheim.
The Allied progress has been in- dicated by the number of railway stations bombed by the Germans.- Reuter.
ONE MAN'S MEAT
Budapest, To-day, The "Magyar Nemzet" discussing anti-British propaganda that Britain is degenerate and will go the way of the Roman and Byzantium Em- pires, seeks to prove objectively that Britain has always fought for her own aims and ideals with cher own me» thods and means; e non
"A people may be good Only one French soldier is reported without being profession killed in the heavy. German air bom- a long-distance run
French Soldier Killed
London, To-day,”
bardment which has ruined Namsos, | equally good- athlete The main body of Allied troops was Reuter,
Is
Stockholm, To-day.
A fierce battle is raging in Central Norway, according to reports reaching Stockholm, for possession of the gateway to Oslo, where the Gud- brandsdal Valley enters the southern plain, near Lille- hammer.
The British and Norwegian troops are attacking in the direction of Hamar and have reached Moelv, de- spite strong German resistance.
The messages declare that the Nor- wegians are being equipped with mo- dern arms from Allied depots.
Further east, the German forces which had been thrusting north- wards from Elverum towards Rena are now reported to be retiring.
The "Afton Bladet" says that al- though. reports of the recapture of Hamar and Elverum are now known to have been premature, the British and Norwegian troops are making a strong attack towards Hamar-Reu- ter.
a conelderable enemy landed are distance from Narvik.”
enorinous
"The British have developed a The agency claims that certain activity in the neighbour- damage was done in Andalasnes and the hood of Narvik, British cruisers and "considerable losses inflicted on destroyers fired aimlessly Into Nar-British landing troops" during attacks from early morning vik. The Germans had no contact which lasted with the enemy as the troops the throughout the day.-Reuter.
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LIPPMAN
HITLER ON THE
HOLD-UP
IN SCANDINAVIA
New York, To-day.
WALTER LIPPMANN, WRITING in the "Herald-Tribune,” points out that the hold-up for Hitler in Scandinavia has caused “a change in the diplomatic weather” to Hit- ler's disadvantage in the European capitals.
"It is now clear that Hitler's stroke in Scandinavia is a par- tial but by no means a complete success. He isn't to have Norway without fighting for it.
"He has suffered irreparable losses
in his navy, a circumstance which is bound to impress the Italian and Japanese navies,
"The British Fleet which, on the Nazi theory of a knock-out blow, was to be sunk in Scapa Flow, has, be- cause Norway is too near, actually gone over to Norway, still nearer to the German air force, and is landing an army in Norway."
The "Atlanta Constitution" says: "It is the concensus of opinion that the rapid acceleration of American production of fighting planes has forced Hitler to abandon his plans for a long war of attrition which he believed he could eventually win, and to risk all on such a dar.
Invasion of ing exploit as the Norway.
"And there can be no doubt that by thus opening up a new arena of con- flict, Hitler gave to the British and French navies and armies the best opportunity they have yet had to strike against Germany.”
VIOLENT SHELLFIRE IN FRANCE
Reuter.
Paris, To-day.
artillery
There has been violent fire on the Western Front.
In the River Nied sector, German artillery shelled communications be hind the Allied lines and brought the French guns into action for several
hours.
East of the Moselle, the Germans at- tempted to raid a French outpost un- der the cover of the barrage, but the be- French artillery repulsed them fore they got anywhere near the out- post.-Reuter.
SITUATION
TRANSFORMED
Berne, To-day.
The "Gazette de Lausanne" declares that Hitler's Norwe- gian adventure has suddenly transformed the Germans' favourable situation.
Without appreciable loss the Bri- tish Fleet has decimated its adversary.
By occupying Denmark and Nor- way, the Reich closed neutral, terri- torial waters of which she was the sole beneficiary.
Gravest consequence is the libera- tion of the British and French fleets to intervene wherever necessary.
By his own action Hitler has turn- ed a really advantageous strategic
detriment. situation to his Reuter.
own
GOEBBELS UPSET
Berlin, To-day.
The free Swedish press has again aroused the spleen of Goebbels owing to its com- ments on Nazi war methods.
near
The "Svenska Dagbladet" is said to have recently stated that Nazi airmen machine-gunned women and children as they fled across the fields Trondheim.
The Nazi controlled press and radio are now threatening Sweden. with unless she stops this "punishment"
Reuter.
"atrocity propagandu.” Paris, To-day.
Last night's official war communique stated that there was fairly brisk ac- tivity of artillery on both sides be- tween the Moselle and the Blies.
Enemy patrols were repulsed west of the Vosges. An exchange of rifle fire occurred along the banks of the Rhine. Reuter.
JAPANESE ECONOMIC TOTAL WAR
YET
MACAO RESTRICTIONS
LIFTED
Macao, To-day. Restrictions enforced on the border by the Japanese military were lifted to-day and the public were allowed to come and go freely..
It is, however, learned that curfew is still enforced in Shek-ki-Our Own Correspondent.w
scheduled to be enforced by now.
According to the "Japan Times," Board negotiations by the Planning with the interested Ministries have not yet settled several important mat- ters.
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