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through the Hearst organization, while other persons believe that the bills for printing these stickers were pald by Nazi sources.. Ample funds are
No amount of argument or special, apparently available to "sweeten" any pleading can excuse the one broad publication prepared to publicize the and constant factor in the European German viewpoint. The Turkish situation during the last few years: in newspaper "Tan" recently revealed, the present, and, as it would unhap according to reports here, how a Ger- pily seem, in the future, the initiative man official connected with the Deuts- has been and remains in Hitler's che Orient Bank at Istanbul visited hands. In peace it was always, he who the editor of that paper and, placing set the pace and it is so in war. We
before him a detailed statement of the are always asking "What will he do?" paper's financial obligations, offered to and we base our strategy and our meet them in full for a consideration. diplomacy on the answer (which is Two other Istanbul publications re- not always the correct one). An at ported similar offers. Such pressure is tempt was made by the Allies to wrest not unknown in the United States, the initiative from Hitler and his in- specially among the foreign-language strument Stalin in northern Europe. newspapers which often operate on a An expeditionary force was ready to shoestring. Another second weapon embark for the Norwegian coast, but in the Nazi armoury consists of the the Norwegians and the Swedes would 5,000,000 German-speaking inhabitants not grant the right of way, and the of the United States. .. At the out- Finns gave up the struggle before any break of war a big campaign was set thing further could be done about it on foot to mobilize the last German- It was not our fault. If never is. But American in the ranks of the Fifth the fact remains, and it is no comfort Column. to know that the initiative is Hitler's. servant was
Every German domestic invited to enrol as 1 Hitler is pressing Roumania very "soldier" on the "American front." So hard, for he needs her oil, wheat and active were Hitler's agents that many TEL. 20016, timber. He is manoeuvring so that he of them were reported to the Federal may be both arbiter and middleman Bureau of Investigation, with what between Stalin and Mussolini. If there result it is not known. is fighting to be done, he believes that the recruiting campaign complete, it To-day, with Stalin can be persuaded to do it for is reliably reported that at least half a him in south-eastern as in northern million German-Americans (or Ger- Europe. If a barrier is to be erected mans in America; not all are citizens) that will allow ineffectual Allied
are fully regimented and action and disallow effectual Allied for the downfall of the British Em- action there when it is needed, he will pire, France, the Jews, the "New York induce Italy to play a part, "Time Times" ("the best British newspaper and Tide."
published in the United States," sneer the Germans, stung to fury by that great newspaper's support for the Allied cause) and democratic institu- tions on the American Continent. An- other million are probably sympathe- tic to the German cause.-"New Sta- tesman and Nation."
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One or more trained Nazi agents have been planted in every city and town of consequence througout Ameri- ca, charged with the task of reporting on the state of public opinion and the reactions of the American public to the European war. These agents also encourage "keep out of war" senti- ment, and distribute literature heavily disguised that it would puzzle the Dles committee to trace its sour ce of inspiration. An anti-Allied press of quite respectable proportions has been built up, partly by direct subsi- tack from the Dalmatian coast, now dies, ranging from German-language held by Yugoslavia, which would newspapers to certain weekly publica- hardly attack Il Duce's Italy, but tions preaching extreme isolationism
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The Adriatic has never been quite. wide enough for Italian comfort. It exposes a long Italian coastline to at-
which one day may not be able to hold
mers among the crop of "News it against the new tide of Pan Ger- Letters" which have appeared since manism. The historic drive of Ger- September. Almost without exception many toward the Adriatic helped to these "mosquito sheets take a pro- make up Italy's mind in 1915, and the Nazi, pro-Soviet and anti-British" Treaty of London of that year brought -line. The sort of "news" which some Italy into the World War on the Allied
of them print may be judged by re- side. cent statements that "no more British Among the promises of that secret troops are being sent to France," that document was one providing for ces- "the French army is predominantly sion of the Dalmatian coast to Italy. Communist and recently greeted the And Italy might have had it but for Commander-in-Chief with the clench one big unforeseen development. This ed first salute" and "the French gen- was the entry of the United States erals plan to postpone the start of the into the war. President Wilson" took war until 2,000,000⋅ United States the idea of self-détermínátion serious- troops have reached the Western ly enough to prevent the handing over 'Front”—the latter Inflammable stuff in - of Yugoslave-to Italian rule. But Italy view of this country's determination apparently has not ceased to covet that "not to let the Allies make suckers of narrow strip of territory, possibly be the Americans a second time.” Head- cause some military experts consider ing this pyramid of anti-British news the Dalmatian coast superior strate sheets is a publication called “Facts in gically to Italy's own coast across the Review," issued from official German narrow sea.
sources, which is mailed to 200,000 ad-・ Now there is talk of the Dalmatian dresses each week. Somewhere within coast again. Once it seems to be on the recesses of this Nazi propaganda, the auction block. But this time the edifice there is, I suspect, a small but auctioneer is in Berlin. Dalmatia is one Important room which should be of the prizes that Italy may look for- labelled "slogan factory," the function ward to winning if Fremier Mussolini of which is to turn out those easy- helps Reichsfuehrer Hitler to`victory to-memorize catch-phrases now —so the reports run. But in the dog- sweeping the United States, among eat-dog world of sheer force can a the most telling of which to date have middle siset dog" forget that when been "the Yanks are not coming" and he has dined on a little dog there is "Let God save the
the C.IO; at a recon (featured by still a big "dog" intending to dine on
meeting at both? Germany – was too near the Columbus.) Then there was the slo- Adriatic for Italian comfort in 1914. "kan:", "Keep America out of War" How must Italians feel now that the displayed on the shield-shaped wind- Third Reich's conquest of Austria has "screen stickers furnished to motorists brought a greater, Germany, within from coast to coast. It is asserted here sixty miles of Trieste? "Christian that some of these we distributed Science Monitor."
THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 1, 1940.
ITALY IS NOW ON BRINK OF WAR
By VERNON BARTLETT
HERR VON RIBBENTROP, with that boastful conceit which made him one of the most unpopular Ambassadors in history, has been claiming that Herr Hitler will dictate the new status of Europe from Paris at the end of June.
There is also the report that the Nazis are to be in Eng- land by that time. Neither claim arouses the slightest in- terest among British or session of the relevant facts.
The French General Staff has never, Mussolini any excuse shared the great optimism which led the Dutch and Belgians to refuse staff talks until the invasion made it too late to hold them.
which would help.to fill his unwilling people with warlike enthusiasm.
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If it is designed for internal con- sumption it may be rather more effective, for it is relatively easy to persuade Italians that their poverty is due to the iniquities of the British contraband system and not to exaggerated armaments. The British Government has always been prepared to discuss modifications of the system but it is impossible to do so if the Italian Government boasts that it is
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A news-reel film showing Gor- man soldiers entering. Oslo evok- ed an anti-Nazi demonstration. In a Rome cinema, according to an Italian who has just arrived in Monte Carlo from Italy.
The audience; he said, shouted, "Long live the Allies.” The polica were called in and cleared the theatre Router.
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