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West Africa The

'Iceland' Of S. Atlantic

THE strategy of the

versa.

Atlantic tion, and offensive action must be developed from a secure base.

May Use U.S. Troops

Free French, who more, to the

control French Equa- remains America's principal,

already torial Africa and might, with a though not only military concern; and its importance has just been

little help, enlarge their holdings to include much of French West re-emphasised by the movement

Furthermore, we might as well Africa, even Dakar itself. It may," of American armed forces to Ice- land. In a sense,

we cannot solve be urged that we can hardly deal Iceland forms

recognise that part of the island sea-barrier of this problem by obtaining a base with the Free: French when we as has still recognise the Vichy govern- which the British Isles are the on the B. azilian coast,

been suggested recently in cer- ment and are trying to nurse along principal bastion, and which con-

some rather tenuous dealings trol access to the Atlantic from lain quarters. The political pro-

with Gen. Weygand in North northern Europe; that is, which blems involved in doing this seem

insoluble. Any such base must be Africa. But what has this policy commands both the sea ap-

Exactly nothing. garrisoned by our own troops if it got us so far? proaches to northern Europe

constructed; otherwise our Vichy is firmly in the grip of the from North America, and

vice is

safety rests on the ability of the Nazis, and that grip will be tight- Brazilians to defend the baseened when it suits Hitler's pur- But a glance at a map of the against a full-scale modern at- poses. Weygand has shown not the Atlantic Ocean will show that for tack, and we must further be as slightest sign of willingness the purposes of American security sured that no change, local or take any action against the Axis this is hardly enough. Very likely general, will take place which though he had the opportunity much of the lack of clear think-might endanger the safety of the of a lifetime when the British had

our present ing about

military base. This is hardly enough mar- is due to our school problems geographies, which rarely con- tain maps of the Atlantic Ocean a whole, but rather separate as maps of the continents. Far bet- ter than a map for a clear under- standing of the Atlantic problem, however, is a globe.

By

Major George

to

conquered Cyrenaica, and the Free French had thrust boldly up to Marzuk in southern Libya.

Our official attitude seems to be that the Free French are' a sort of British offshoot, and that if we aid the British, the. British can aid the Free French as they see this just the tion

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But the rhythm of the "V" has another application even more dramatic, more appealing to the imagination. In the broadcast the announcer played the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth sym- phony-that solemn phrase which has been termed the motive of

fate.

"You will notice," said the announcer, "that it is in the same y rhythm as the Morse code

heard sound. This rhythm is throughout the Fifth Symphony. This rhythm is your rhythm, your

Three General Areas

ought not to be: placed in the eyes- sign, the sign of resistance against

of the French people, who are tyranny, the sign of a great Euro-

Looking at a globe, it will be

being told with such persistent, that there are three

German pro-l pean army which will one day perceived

areas which American gin of safety, since the very fact reiteration by the sweep the Germans away like general

forces destring to contain any

any Brazilian government paganda machine that the British straws in a flood." And so a great

European

which would threat against the

bring American are using the Free French as an work of art, in this curious Americas must control. One is the troops to Brazillan soil would in instrument of nefarious plans to the French colonial North itself be sufficient to cause the take over fashion, becomes the anthem of island bridge across the

great movement for human Atlantic, already mentioned; one gravest criticisms of its conduct empire.

As a matter of fact, America's: Is the Caribbean Sea, command- to arise in Brazil, and the Ger- liberation; a noble effort

ing-all access to the Panama Canai mans know very well how to ex- standoffish policy toward the THESE FACTS MAKE noble expression.

dying and by a Free French, as contrasted withi and the Gulf of Mexico and con- ploit the never trolling communication with the little American help in the Latin- the help of various sorts that we Pacific, and one is the narrow American fears of "Yankee im-have given to Vichy and Wey- gand, seems to place a premium, area between the western bulge perialism:"

a

finds

1

Fielding Eliot on in which the Free, French

that

Could Be Of Great Value

The Fifth Symphony has many titles to this honour beyond the coincidence of rhythm, beyond of Africa and the northeastern We might, in building or con-as to Vichy, on collaboration with even the intrinsic grandeur of the shoulder of Brazil, with the island tributing to the building of such the Germans, or, as to Weygand, music. It was the product of an- groups covering the approach to a base, be increasing rather than a premium on inaction.

this region from Europe. The decreasing our danger; we might other period of struggle against Azores, Canaries, Madeiras and be providing the Germans with of bridgehead oppression, created by a master Cape Verdes, Neither in these exactly the sort who was inspired by that strug- islands, nor on the western bulge into the Americas which they

Yet those very Free Frenchmen of Africa itself, can the United could use against us at a critical gle. It was completed, probably, States tolerate any hostile air or moment. Finally, a base in Brazil are in a position to be of great in the year of Ulm, Austerlitz naval bases which might threaten is not nearly as well located for value to us if they were helped and Trafalgar; it was first per our security, or the security of all purposes of American security even a little. There was a time our Latin-American neighbours as a base on the western bulge of when Dakar could have been formed when the Spaniards were which is so closely bound up with Africa in the vicinity of Dakar, taken from the sea without much rising against Napoleon and our own. Moreover, If, as is cer- supplemented by control of the difficulty: delay and hesitation patriotic fervour was sweeping the tainly possible, we are called upon Cape Verde Islands and, perhaps have not improved this situation. lands that the Emperor of the in our own interests to engage in some others. There are political But Dakar would not long resist, active operations in the North problems here too; but at least the combination of naval pressure French had conquered, and, while Atlantic to maintain the island they are not of 80, grave, a nature and of a consolidating movement thefrom the rear in which the Free less directly associated with the barrier of Great Britain, we as to involve the whole of fight, for freedom than Beethoven's ought to see to it that the Ger- gains of our "good-neighbour" French, aided by the British from "Eroica" or his "Battle" Sym- mans are given no opportunity policy

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a principle of war as offensive ac-

Grip

might mop up Dahomey, the Ivory Coasty, French Guines and the Niger territory. The" re- All of which brings us to the percussions of such a move question of why we are not at would be very great even in least more cordial, if nothing North Africa.