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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 14, 1940.

WORLD!

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TIME FACTOR

In the last few days the time fac- tor has become suddenly..vital, Vital, needless to say, in the strategy of the campaign now opening how fully. will the feverish efforts of the Ger- mans have established them in the lands which they betrayed before we can organise, a fully effective striking force? But vital; too, in what may be called the war of Information.

Is this tragedy a deadly stroke by the ruthless resolution of despotism at the hesitant..and slow-moving demo- cracles? Or is it the most foolish, as well as the wickedest, of miscalcula- tions, the traditional blunder which brings the murderer to the gallows?

There are two distinct types of neu- tral before whom it is essential that we should place these happenings in their true perspective without delay, There are Near Eastern neighbours of Germany who hate Nazidom, but fear, it almost as much as they hate, and, conscious of the nucleus of German: Fifth Columns: already treacherously; abusing their hospitality, wondon whe- ther, if the criminal should go un- punished-in Scandinavia, there is much chance that he would be brought to book in the Balkans.... And there is also the neutral of the jackal brand,; now.coldly calculating the main chance Lord. Eltonsin. "The Sunday: Times."

TASK IN NORWAY

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ITALY'S WAITING

GAME

In London little doubt is felt that Signor Mussolini's action will be de- termined largely by his estimate of the direction in which the fortunes of war

are swaying. In the meantime he has instructed his Ambassador in London, Signor Bastianini, to call on Viscount Halifax and express to him the Italian desire to see another improvement in relations with Britain;

The Ambassador, stressed some of the points which specially affect Ita- lian opinion adversely. These include the restrictive character of the Allied contraband control and the extent to which Italian shipping is held up at the present moment at the contraband stations.

It may be understood that Lord Halifax reciprocated the Ambassador's view that there should be no issues between Britain and Italy not capable. of amicable solution. At the same time the Allies are determined that they must close every obvious leak in their blockade of Germany, and one ob- vious method is to ration the imports of neutral States to the amounts actually required for their own use.

Britain has been warned that those Who wish to take. Italy into war on the German.side will

use any such rationing scheme as an excuse for re- viving the cry of "Sanctions," which might rally popular opinion, now vio- lently anti-German, to an anti-Allied alignment..

Our task in Norway is great..and

In the general circumstances of the hard. That German.stealth and Italian situation it would be wholly mitted, but exclaiming against the an early reopening of trade negotia- DX948 Sam's Xmas Pudding (S. Holloway) Humorous illegality stole a march on us is ad- premature to think that there can be

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will be made more difficult and we At the same time an unexpected shall have had a severe, móral re- measure of success has attended..the verse... In war mischances. can be Italo-German efforts to increase the expected and there is no blame where volume of German landborne coal ex- it can be proved that the best has ports to Italy The volume carried been attempted. Our best must be during April was little short of a mil- done in Norway. It is not wise to lion tons."The Daily Telegraph:"" suggest that Norway at the most is a diversion, and that the maim.; front,: + the decisive front, is along the French frontier.It may be that just as the Western front was the main battle-; ground of the last war it will be the same, this time. It is not, however, certain. There are many links in the lỏng chain of a modern war, and it

Whenever the dictators meet there is not easy to decide which one will be the most important. At least we is, whatever.there is.not, a hullaballo.. now know the nature of our task in It is shook tactics all the time. Rib- Norway. It is becoming plain that bentrop,rquietly in Berlin to-day, is the Skagerrak can no longer be called found to-morrow to be in Rome with closed. It is good to hear that supply. Clano, and when their greater masters ships have been sunk, but many meet nothing will serve but bullet- which hurl themselves more are making their way through proof trains

AFTER THE BRENNER MEETING

to Oslo, especially since the Germans: through the dark hours (no tampering have swept a large part of our-mine-i with the terminology!) to a conference field. We must match the German among the eternal snows. The melo- reinforcements with our own: their: drama is part of the technique, nor is regular arrival is a sign that Norway it unsuccessful even in this country is no aimless diversion for the Ger- with the more impressionable specta- mans. It is right to remember also: tors, who would have our own states- that by fighting for Norway we are men also post o'er land and ocean also fighting for Sweden If Nor- without rest. It is necessary, however, way falls into German hands Sweden's in politics not merely to be busy but independence will be little different: to mean business, and what one asks from that enjoyed by Slovakiai about the Brenner meeting, now that "Manchester: Guardian!!!

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the cries of applause and prophecy are dying down, is what business was meant. Berlin propaganda, as ever, protested that the results would be immense. But such prophecies, though always made, may not be always false, In a leading article on "Afth co- and there was that about the origins lumns" the New York Times writes: of the Brenner conference which “From now on every neutral nation made it, beyond doubt, important in in Europe will look auspiciously at its aims. When Hitler plunged into the German trade: envoys coming with war he offended Italy by ignoring the the purest-looking motiver, German understanding that neither of them spapermen who never file a would bring on a major war until both dispatch, German tourists, and sides, in a few years' time, were ready. carriers of German culture On By tearing up the Anti-Comintern

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