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NAZIS AMUSE THE WORLD panese representative in Washington who wishes to know whether this is *Much has been said and written a part of a "moral #mbargo" against about the fantastic claims which the Japan,

As a result of the incident of the Germans have put forward with re-

Japanese inquiry Washington gives gard to alleged sinkings of British

out the hint that the embargo capitat: ships. It was for "Time tools soon, may be relaxed for

not for however to demonstrate how com- European Allies but

The indications are that pletely absurd they were with regard countries. to the German assertion that in the no relaxation is contemplated for Ja-

pán. operations off Norway the German air The only possible interpretation of force had succeeded in bombing and this is that machine tools are recog- destroying a cruiser of the

Queen nized as tools of war and that the Elizabeth class. In the story which United States is moving in the direc- it tion of war. That is to say the ter- Germany liberated to the world

ritory officially labeled neutrality is was stated inter alia:-

being cut away just so much Gradually the farce of neutrality being eliminated.

"A British battleship ... was.. hit between two forward turrets by ja heavy calibre bomb. Half a minute later a flame 500 metres long ap- peared from the vessel, followed by thick smoke. When the smoke dis- appeared, nothing further of the vessel de- was seen except some floating

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Machine tools are not generally classed as war materials, but directly they play, a rather important part- as evidenced by the Japanese con- cern.

The policy of such a round-about Herr Hitler promptly bestowed a road leading to participation in the few: Iron Crosses on the men respon- war is open to criticism. To say the sible for this amazing feat of dive least it is a very slow road for such a bombing, while the Nazi spokesman desperate emergency.

It exposes the United States to the was reported to have said the next day. "We are simply amazed our- same criticism that applies to several selves that the experiment succeeded European nations, that of being too without so much as a single loss to slow in deciding what to do, and how Our air force was determined to to go about meeting a major emer- send wave after wave of power-divers gency-"Manila Bulletin."

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FIRST STEPS

By placing an embargo on the ex- United port of machine tools, the

over

to continue the assault even if was at first every attacking plane shot down. In our fondest dreams the we didn't think it possible that job would be completed in less than three minutes." "Time" tells the story the at great length and then pricks absurd German bubble with the fol- lowing:-

But simple arithemetic justified the States took the first step towards the bom- safeguarding of her peac) and secur- British in calling the German bers' boast of sinking battleship ity, and two days later, she took a "fantastic.". Greatest terminal veloc- second step by introducing legislation ity ever achieved by an air bomb of approving an historic declaration of the That is foreign policy which calls for best design is 700 ft. sec.

a non-recognition by the United States about half the striking speed of 12-inch armour-piercing coast guard of any changes in sovereignty rifle shell at close range, But air territory in the entire western hem- bombs are not armour-piercing. They isphere.

The first of these two steps directly explode on contact. To reach a Queen

the affected parties Elizabeth magazine from between the or indirectly as forward turrets (extremely lucky hit) may so interpret, introduced what is abomb would have to penetrate one believed to be the first of a series of arm- actions designed to stem Japanese ex- unarmoured deck, one 2-inch our deck, another 1-inch armour pansion ideas, but the second obvious- intended to warn · Germany 2-inch armour deck, another 14-inch ly is

armour against any ambitions of domination armour deck, another 1-inch deck, and then the magazine's 9-inch in the new world, and particularly armour ceiling-a total of 134 inches should these ambitious be encouraged of armour. But the bomb. would as the result of victory over the Al- explode and stop penetrating when it lies, with a subsequent claim by Chan- hit the very first deck. Alternative cellor Hitler to sovereignty over Cana- ly, it would have to penetrate the da. 10-inch armour of a turret barbette;

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Actually the declaration which was or blast in through a gun-port, ignite a powder train down through an passed by the Senate and the House elevator to the magazine. Ever since Foreign Affairs Committees on Wed- three British capital ships were blown nesday by unanimous vote is an ex- of their tension and reaffirmation of the Mon- up, at Jutland by failure flash screens, turret design has been roe Doctrine, which makes no distinc- perfected to render such accidents tion between Canada, a British Do- next to impossible. Clever though minion, and the Latin Americas; in- their story was, the Germans' "battle- deed the former country is of greater ship, bombed" screamer was to naval potential danger to the United States and air experts just another long shot than the Latin countries can ever be. that, missed fire..

MACHINE TOOLS (OF WAR)

As pointed out in a Washington dis- patch yesterday, the new ruling also is tantamount to complete · Congres-

•sional approval of President Roose- velt's recent declarations on the ex- pansion of the Monroe Doctrine, but it is more than that too; it is an ex- tension of the alarm that has swept through the United States the last

the

As a war measure the United States: fortnight as the result of the develop- government has. instituted an embar- ment of events in Europe and go on machine tools. Almost imme- Far East. diately a reaction came from Japan, The general trend of events in the where American-made machine tools Far East already has been reviewed play an important role in the indus- in this, newspaper, but the extraor trial programme, which also means the dinary swiftness with which Wednes- was steam-rollered war programme because industries day's new, ruling"- and wars are so closely related through the legislative bodies indi- Apparently the machine tool embarcates, that the United States is by yo was not directed especially at Ja- no means adopting, towards the west- panɔbutuisrespecially felt byl Japan. ern threat the same policy of delay Hence the reactionsstromi Japan, a that they adopted towards the Japan- reactions which comes to light first ese, danger,Ching Fresh,”: Shang- through an official::inquiry by a Jashal.