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BANDING TOGETHER

Recent developments in Europe have brought home the menace of

Communism sa urgently that powerful movements are mani. festing themselves in nearly all the countries sharing in the Mar-1 shall Plan in favour of ever closer mutual support.

Stupidity

Of Diplomacy

Goebbel Diary

The Fuehrer, continues to have the greatest admiration for the Japa.

It in a grotesque thing that nolther tho Italians nor the Spaniards are willing to have the armamenta which we furnish them credited against the doli- veries they are to make to us.

They demand that this be post- [poned" until after the war, In They prepared everything other words, we are supplying the secretly. We have now heard Italians with weapons but must that Kurusu and Nomura nego moke separate payment for the Unted in Washington without guoda the Italiana fumish ux. having the faintest Ides what the [This in a real headache,

Japanese war leaders were plan- Aning.

At noon the Fuehrer gave amatt Juncheon in honour of Quisling.

That's a good thing. When you are gambling for the existenco of The Fuehrer is naturally very your own people you should happy that our warships succeed. employ all methods of a tricky ted in breaking rough. He bo- and superior war strategy.

lieves we gained enormously in Our Ambassador in Moscow, prestige while the British lost cor-Count von der Schulenburg, als

hadn't the faintest idea that the respondingly.

Reich, was determined to attack. He kept insistirig that our best policy would be to make Stalin f I expect a lot from these dif- ally. Ho also ferences of opinion, but the time our friend and refused to believe that the Soviet has not yet come for making Union was making tremendous them grow by artificial means. military preparations against the Reich.

Naive Quisling

He is still of the opinion that Churchill has been manoeuvred into a dangerous position, and that Even federation is now being is fall may possibly be expected, Quisling developed very naive strongly advocated as an ultimate ideas in his talk with the Fuehrer, aimi. The powerfully supported as the latter conded to me, motion bled in the House of He thinks he will be permitted new Norwegian Comments by hack-bench M.P's Army, protect the Norwegian nor

to build up n of all parties was a remarkablers himself, and anally create and noteworthy indication of this an entirely free Norway,

That, of course, is very childish, The Fuhrer replied evasively to these claims,

ange.

best it one keeps the diplomats There is no doubt that one does uninformed about the background of politics,

did posses undoubtedi

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They must comellmes play rule for which they don't have the necessary theatrical abiillles,

if they and even The signatories' aims do not

them, they weld act an appeaser's role more con

the finer differ significantly from those ad- As for myself, I have the im- vincingly and play vocated by the Churchill Compresion that Quisting in In fact nuances more genuinely if they

en't themselves

hektevers were guisting. i mistre: bit the issue of ME.dhing but as Churchill's challenging leadership feel any sympathy for Jim.

The Fuerte lis had to scold

is thus circunvented-a develup-Dr. Lay band beenog of his arti- ment with which he is not likely eles osi ineceased production, since enntalned veiled attacks to quarrel as he may be regarded they

the matter.

General de Cqulle is also vocating the idea of unim

whu

of

ajcusonierat.

Appeasement Role

nees.

was called to

Franco delivered a very aggres. sive speech against Bolshevism. clored war on Bolshevism. It would be for better if he dr

But what can you expect from that sort of general}

Late at night Churchill spoire, The same vid stuff. A certain hopelessness finds expression. But his slogan of "Blood, Swea and Tears" hns entrenched hi In a position that makes $137 totally immune from attack.

He like a doctor who pro- phesies that his patient will d' and who, every thine the patient's condition worsens, smugly plains that, after all, he pro phesied it,

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following among the neighbors!"

BARCLAY ON BRIDGE

By SHEPARD BARCLAY

"THE AUTHORITY ON AUTHORITIES"

EMOTIONS ARE

COSTLY

of

this time, with the pro-mptive hater at his left, and with ten tricks virtually sure in his own hand, he opened with the 4- Hearts to see what the bid. would do to South.

February 17: We cannot pos

can cost you plenty sibly think of a Prime Minister win would be better for us than juts to let your emotions con

you at the ridge table. If Churchill,

Apart from the fact that we on ticular tactics by the oppo-i are accustomed to his personality ats upset you and make you way out when he bid apndos and his polletes, it must not be red," it is better to con- overlooked

that

Churchill's

The latter stuck his neck

happy to pass.

The heart J lead was rated ton: ht

Genuinenes J playing an sometimes (at above any prisonal feelings in against the Ministry of Munitions, appersument rele

In my presence he gave Lʊy a the most convincing argument Totalitegund, when the info thi

Trustworthi political adfer tried to reply, told hip that it

How stupidly diplomacy some- edust won't do for anybody to start:

thugs on this own at a time when times BERN these thing was The Scandinavian countries have bases departments and other perlustrated by the Fuebrer. In an Jown themselves ta be symonalitics are emnerring then-incident before the offensive in

the West. pathetic altlangh cautions. Greece elves will the sun problem,

Bormann complained bitterly At that time there was at our and Turkes have both declared i

Rosenberg. bota

aslegation in The Hague an obvious strategy is short-sighted that yourself than take ill-ad-over that, and Wents cracked in tavoin at closer relationships aged to create rt complet traiter, a certain attache named he will ertainly lend the Empired action prompted by the down with the hatchet. East, having more defense values hoth with the Western Powers choos in his Ministry and plek Peltheitz, who enllaborated from one reverse into another. ay you feel at the moment than his pre-empt Muzio 14-

every Tom with the (British) Servet Service. Let us therefore rejoice that | Ti and with each other, and Italy'sing quarrels, with

your opponents learn that The attention of var legation he continues at the head of thetain actions on their part, dicate, in fact much are, was co-operation can be fully counted Dick, and Barry,

Rosenberg. too, s n surt

this fuct, The world Empire. If the Empire i un at the elections next month requisling type. A good theor Minister thereupon very cleverly to be laid to eternal rest any as paychle bids or high

afcian but completely at sen as far called the entire aff Lorether, way, it is comforting to have anmptive entis, disturb your by South, who sult, as generally expected, in

the situation, and experienced gravedigger at hand.quilibrium, they are likely to defeat of die Communists, als organisation is ennered, be explalised

I am having some truble with take advantage of your weak spade A and K. ther: led the

club 2. though because of the established sides hating rather childish ideas, thereby gave the traiter a chines

West split honours, lites has written a letter to his to escape to England Just time, the Press because I docen't take | uras,

putting in the Q, and the A strengths of Communism in Italy wife. It is disariningly naive, With that kind of diplomacy to my suggestions as I should the position must

won. Returning with the dia- remain some- ile still thinks he has done

you naturally can't steal horses! lite. Frral thing for the war effort, and

mond A. South led the club 3, what delicate.

Is therefore better if the

which the Q won. West con- The instrument that evolved declares he believes the dream of diploinats know nothing, neither

Professor Houshofer, that he will

a part or the whole thing. from the Brussels talks, which some day return home with peace They will then do stupid things, will be known as the Brussels in his hands, will yet come true.

As for the rest, he is chiefly be sure, but they won't do any Treaty, is an alliance of the first

The weakness of diplurmey is magnitude providing not only for

its social ties. These can never automatic and immediate mutual qunckery.

in the case of ag. military aid

lie is certainly not in the con.be quite overcome, and one must therefore be conscious of this for the closest dition in which we thought him to gression but also

pulicies. collaboration in economic and col-be. He is past hope of redemp-weakness when determining one's

nial policy. It is for a period

ut 30 years.

Some idea of the importance of this new international grouping

In

cancerned about his health. other words, he hasn't stopped his

lub.

A Sensation

February 14, 1942:

The fact

can he gathered from the violence that we sailed through the Chan of Russian-reactions. The Soviet net with our three big ships is today's great-sensation_in_Lon-

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not stlek

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One must

old methods t1 have long been outmoded but must conduct poli- ties and war with modern methods.

The Danger

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The Press ought to howl with joy at being given such excellen

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sumed trumps with his Q and J, then led a heart, giving Enst the rest of the tricks with red enrds. South was sot five, for 1.400 points, much more than East the value of the game could have acored if South had passed the 4-Hearts as almost any other good player would

I therefore consider it my duty

and to keep exhorting

goading them on.

Unless you constantly build fre under the people responsibl: for informing the public, and of constantly push them on. they

(Dealer: East. Both sides have done. gradually become dull and tired

Inerable,) Statistics on suleides show.

South

Weat decreasing curve. It looks indeed Enst.

North 4 S as though nobody wants volun- H

Dbl larly to depart this life.

All players at the table-in-i Everybody wants to live to secluding himself-knew South

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Stop "War Hysteria," Delegates Urge

February 15: What I do por-the-und-of-the-war-and-rightly- Press and wireless have been dat. People act as though they

nally continues to meet with for it will surely be a joyful player who insists con- stantly that pre-emptive open- completely unrestrained in abuse were stunned.

My articles scension for the entire people. great son general approval. There is talk of a

ing bids do not pay. To back SKJOG of the whole and denunciation

battle, and on effort to prove are having the greatest elfeet)

Gift From Gods

phis. theory, he conaldera idea.

squadron sus throughout the wartd. that the German

sch n bid a personal affront H 10 There are grounds for the be-tained heavy losses. There lun't The hundreds of thousands of

February 18: The participa-when it is made against him. DA74 lief that the American Govern-e word of truth in that. Mean- foreign workers now employed

facts are seeping in the Relch are a headache, tion of the Japanese in this word is noted for making a prac-CKQ8 ment will endorse the pact by while, the

The danger exists that Inter is a real gift from the gods for lice of bliding over them. military through.

the course between guaranteeing American

follows the It is characteristic

Eust ordinarily aid in the event of aggression. French on the Eastern Front are and German women will cause a They have changed the situn-sound procedure of not making|

Kood

tion fundamentally during account of gradual deterioration of our race.

C976 Such a step would have one not giving

This danger must be checked by fateful winter. Thanks chiefly to which hus enough high-card a high opening bid on a hand

(Dealer: South. Both alder important consequence. There themselves.

are no longer every possible means.

them we have survived These people

the But is doubt that if this worth anything. They have lost

is be no

difficult discuss greatest crisis.

strength to justify a bid of one vulnerable.) Churchill

. What defensive effort would admits that the in a suit, as it would crowd his American support were forth their miltary punch. A maca- such a question in public because corning beyond doubt or dispute, bre nation, bent upon pleasure, the peoples and nations affected German Fleet succeeded in fore-own side as much as it would you recommend against South'a

ing its way through the Channel, shut out the opponents. But 4-Hearts on this rubbor deal? the last hesitation of the Scan- which has rightfully suffered mmediately take offence.

For example, the Italians fight but catastrophe,

now Buddenly claims that dinavian countries about joining

We need no longer have any tooth and nall against being re-when you consider it in the right in the Union would disappear.

Wort cross garded as racially inferior to, or light this is a tremendous advani- tears the French

even different from, ourselves. toge for England. our path for a long time to come

The Spaniards are extraordin Seyss-Inquart gave me a survey The R.A.F. no longer needs lo Fresh Heart

arily courageous, but have mill of the present situation in Hol-attack Brest, but can now con-

peculiarities

we and. which

centrate on air raids against the Worried food and nutrition ex- simply cumnat understand.

The Dutchman's pigheadedness Reich, perts throughout the world may For example, they just can't can't be beaten. Nevertheless I

Besides, the German Ficel at take fresh heart. A professor at comprehend that horses must be believe that further developments Brest had been a constant threat will improve sentiment toward to the Home Fleet. This threat Peiping University claims to have looked after, and fed.

A call for action by the world press, films and I i Bignificant that must of us. found a simple solution to the the toral Soviet population leave Sentiment in Parts is not hos was now practically eliminated.

radio to stop the spread of "an hysterical, During the forty-minute debate world's food problem by using with us wherever our troops are ille to us. However, the critical

food slluation docs stand between in the House so much dirty linen gloomy picture of a coming third world war! the inexhaustible resources of the compelled to withdraw,

French people, if Bolshevism is a doctrine of the us and the

was washed that we can only be was made by delegates at the conference here. ocenes in plankton, the minute devil, and anybody who ha cultural propaganda is still the

very happy about it.

today of the United Nations Conference on In the evening I had a look at forms of plant and animal life once suffered from this scourge best propaganda in dealing with

'freedom of information and the press. Russian the French, I shall therefore in the Polish Yiddish motion pic doesn't

have which swarm in the sea.

want to

crease it even more.

ture, "The Dybuk."

the brink of a third Plankton, Kays Professor with it again.

The sufferings of the Russian!

Opening the Conference, Mr. Ben- world In It is, by the way, a significant Looking at this film I realised

jarnin Cohen, Assistant Secretary) world war because of the, ulter Edgar Taschdian of the Catholic people under Bolshevism are in thing that our frontline soldiers once again that the Jewish race

are always missionaries for Gers the most Fu Jen foundation, has all the describable.

dankerous on the General of the United Nations, call-failure of the peoples to get together face of the earth, and that we ed for action from the 500 delegates the machinery of International hare food values

The Fuehrer has once more ex-man prestigo. necessary to sustain

determination

The soldiers if the third and must show them no mercy and

the moniation which they porters the of the 31 nations to see that human life. It is already used pressed his

Le,, Europe fourth line, however,

the no indulgence. Jews in

of the world get a true and United Nations." peuples as food, he points out, in China,pitilessly.

military bureaucracy, merely dis-

The rift-raft must be eliminat- full piqure of world events, which is But the very fact that they

far from gloomy and hopeless ference, 1024 taking Điều 39. There must be no squeamish gust a people that attaches suched and destroyed Japan, and North Africa, while

February 19: 1 it. The importance to personal bearing

evidence that "international coopers" typical for one.!!. members of a recent expedition sentimentalism.

catas But there lant much we can do the English to try to rellevo their "There is no doubt whatsoever tion moves on and works with a con Jews have deserved the which crossed the Pacific on trophs that has now bvertaken about it.

feelings by announcing abnormal that the almost unanimous will ofsiderable measure of success in fields raft caught five to ten pounds of them.

war aims..

the people is everywhere for peace of permanent concern for the well- The worse their military situa- Mr. Cohen, sald. "Whoever may wish being af mankind, Mr. Cohen said- plankton daily and found it to be

tion becomes, the more, they blow to evaluate the present conditions of | Reuter, :* themselves up. Bul that has invernational relations on the basis of always been a national disease generally disseminated information of the British.

Nothing better could happen to only will have to conclude that the

a delicacy tasting like caviare or

shrimp paste,

The land surface of the globe

clean up the

about

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Cold Ruthlessness

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this procen

an inestimable

White Flag:

Geneva, Mar. 25.

BASE AGREEMENT DENIED.

February 10: Singapore this afternoon offered to capitulate We must hasten is small compared with the seas, with cold ruthlessness. We alial after having fought desperately. For the first time in this war thereby render 65,600,000 square miles of land as service to a humanity tormented the English are obliged to holst us than to have the English at he white fing in grand style, is very moment openly pro-: ngainst 141,050,000 square miles for thousands of years by the That is certainly, a blow to Eng-claim their intention to destroy peak of assassination ofther in af ocean, and of the land not all Jews.

11sh prestige.

Germany completely, that is, not a negative or an affirmative The Fuehrer expressed this idea

Washington; Mar: 24,78) is cultivated, whereas this sen vigorously and repented it after

A feeling of deep shome per- only the Nazi regime, but thens. There are certali worda

from which wo should shrink as The, State Department, flatly harvest thrives almost everywhere wards to a group of officers who meates the entire world Empire, entire German people,

They ought fa thank Churchill We have published a diplomatiche devil does from holy water; denied today a Moscow Radio and only waits to be gathered, can put that in their pipes and for having brought England into report sent to Daladier (former omong these are, for instance,

words." "sabotage" -- and report that the United States French Frenler) by the former th according to the professor. smoke It.

and France have signed a He also suggests a bold solu

The differences between Enk-French Minister in The Hague, assasination"

The food difficulties in all treaty providing for American tion to the difficulty of finding shore could convert this energy land and the United States are It claims that the former Dulch

growing quite naturally and so Foreign Minister, Klečná, at decupled areas are, enormous, rights in French military, nie" the necessary power to filter en-into electricity which could be quickly that we shall desist from the end of 1939 suggested a plan Fer some time to come we shall banos. ormous quantities of sea-water in used for the electrolysis of sea-trying-50 increase them by mur for an attempt on the Fuehrer not be able to overcome them.

walk and Ribbentrop? : Sea The wonder to me is that the] order to separate out the plank water and the oxygen and hydro commentary, assum

Perronally, should have pre- propter in the occupied areas are ton-to use the energy of the sea gen thus derived could be used as precious plant like tus munt waves themselves and convert it fuel. And then when we cannot be allowed to grow with the and ferred to hold back things like remaining so quiet,

"natural rain" and natural sun : that hog Day Mark Installations set up on the sea get bread, she can catcaviare." | under Gods fren: sky,

"In wartime 1 one!” should," nok

such, a més,

(To be. Continued)

The "Mosowi," "broadcast, re- corded in London, reported that the treaty was signed In Feb- ruary-Reutor.

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