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"We in the Western Hemi- sphere cannot permit a German victory Mr, J. W. Gerard, American Ambassador-to-Gəkan many during the last war, in a recent article,

United

G.

AMERICA THE

-By-

Ward Price

like intensely the idea of taking. tions of the Monroe Doctrine.” part in this war.

own

of

war

up

the challenge

WAR?

of

in the Pacific, there would still bo squadrons to spare for the purpose of preserving pence in the Mediter- raneap. We do not yet know how much Mr. Roosevelt's unpublished message to Mussolini may have.dano, already to delay Italy's threatened entry into the war.

war

THE people of

It was in Italy that, on a recent the German might. We should have to of American

for tour of neutral States, I heard the war Industries States dis- meet and make good the declara- supplying the Allies.

opinion

expressed with the greatest Bui though the United States, lke Amerien would ultimately

emphasis and confidence that Join in ourselves, long neglected military How Soon? The British nation would be the

preparations, it would have an im

One of the most authoritative last to blame them. Their attitude

mediate and far-reaching effect upon public men in the country, AMERICA is now very nearly the fortunes of this war if America nomo is known

whoso closely resembles that of our

to the aid of the id talte Government and public during those ready to come

throughout the world, told me that ho maintained disastrous years of 1935-1938 when peon democracies. Her citizens Hitlerism. this country remained idle while in Europe have been officially advised

to

The blow to German morale might this point of view even against the leave.

scepticlem of his American visitors. German rearmed befor our eyes.

"Immediate declaration

be decisive. The parallel with Ins

America will yet fight beside The Americans do not want war; neither did we. By that wishful against Germany is quite probably time would be of deadly omen to the Britain in this war," he said. "Ost America's best course," sald the enemy. Then, as now, the war be for sentimental reasons, secondly thinking which seems

an Anglo- New York Herald-Tribune, Signs of victories. Now,

gan with swift and sweeping German because Britain buys in

as then Germany times

normal. Saxon Cate, they now

that approaching intervention accumulate, would be doomed from the moment goods per year, and thirdly because £120,000,000 of American Will it be the vast resources the worst would not happen, and Two vital questions are:

of the United A States were arrayed against her the world's gold, which is useless It that the danger would somehow - effective, and will it come in time?

America now bas, three-quarters of Successful

by restalance

the Nor would it be long before direct she does not lend it, and Britain is. appear before reaching its colas-

Allies is vital to the interests of the American help might become avail the only country she will trust with. trophic climax.

United States, sald Mr. Walter able.

commercial loans," Lippmann, the well-known publicist, President Roosevelt has declared Britain and France "but," he goes on, "we cannot inter- himselt against the despatch of an desperately to defend the vital in

are fighting: vene by force of arms in the war American army overseas, but that terests-even the existence of every that is now being fought."

would not debar him from sending democratic nation in the world, in- "If we wished to intervene we the Fleet and Air Force, which could cluding the United States. In that

We have nothing to come much more rapidly into action, struggle we may be sure

Even though the greater part of Amerien will not stand idly He recommends n_vaat_expansion the American Navy might be needed see us defeated and destroyed.

we then-

Yet Fate may be as inexorable for them as it was for us.

Since the European War began, the attitude of the United States has been a complicated and self-con- tradictory one. The American people

are strictly neutral in law, violently could not.

Intervene with."

in

anti-German

sentiment, and strongly isolationist in policy.

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this de- GASKELL-At Singapore, on May been signs of change in

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the Nazi hordes Since April 10 wife Peggy Humphreys), Squadron Leader R. C. Gaskell, have overrun four noutral countries, R.A.Fa son.

which asked nothing better than to be left out of the war, Denmark, Norway, Holland, and Belgium have been ruthlessly invaded without

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THE predx "Special to the Telegraph -la-nsed-by-the-flengkeng Teldgraph”-to- Indicato news which is strictly copyright under the provisions of the Telecommuni- ratione Ordinance, 1936. Such news as bears the indication "Up" is received in Hongkong on the date of publication by

er exctise.

New and powerful sympathies. have been aroused in America for the Allied nation that have staked their existence in opposing the Nazi attempt to dominate by conquest, first Europe, and ultimately the whole world.

"None of us can tell when we may become involved in the struggle now

the United Prem Associations, who re-raging." said General Pershing,

servo nii rights and forbid republication, elther wholly or in part without previoui Strangomez

The Evacuation

broadcasting to the American people. Lending American nowspapers now describe continuance of neutrality as "unthinkable,” Prominent poll- tical writers have declared that the situation of the United States would Le critical if Germany Won."

IT IS too early yet to comment on

li is not Allled propaganda thot the success or otherwise of the has brought about this change of exceedingly ticklish work of extrica-view in the United States. America's

new-nttitude is due to the processes. ting the British and French forces of her own national Inner conscious- from Flanders, although reports ness, yesterday seemed to indicate that the Wireless has done it. The enorm- early part of this operation has been ous development of broadcasting has attended by greater success than wo

brought the fundamental Incls of German aggression home to every dored hope for 48 hours ago. The

member of that nation of 130,000,000, feat of withdrawing_750,000 men. Not that the United States hesitated from a wide battlefield along a for a moment as to which side was corridor only twenty to thirty miles in the right. From first day of

the wide would be a brilliant one even

war the leading American news- papers unanimously denounced Hit- were it only half-achieved and fer as the sole creator of the Euro- would rank even greater than the pean conflict. "He has written the Gallipoli Evacuation in the last war.history of his infamy in his own No artlilery work at Gallipoli or, for words," said the New York Herald-

Tribune on September 3. that matter, anywhere in the Just war, can be compared with the devasta-York Sun, "has brought about this

"Ileriam," declared the tion wrought by aeroplanes in the war; its Alling end must see Hitler- present war, and the expenditure of ism ́irreparably crushed."

the

Pro-Ally Vote

New

IN the first month of the fighting, a poll taken by the magazine Fortune showed 83 per cent of the votes wanting the Allies to win, while only 1 per cent. favoured a German vle-

high explosives by the Germans in their attempt to block the Allies' exit nt Dunkirk has probably been of a prodigious nature. When the with- drawal is completed, as completed it must be before the end of this week, it will be found that the western tory. front line will most likely be from

The long spell of inactivity imposed Abbeville on the coast to Amiens, by winter damped this American Peronne, St. - Quentin, ́ ̈ ̈ ̈Rethel -and fardour for the Allied cause.--Trans- around to Montemedy, on the Franco- niantle critica began to call it a Luxembourg frontier. This front "phoney war."

line is strikingly similar to the line The events of the last month, and of the Somme in 1018, just before the that it is anything but a "phoney especially the last week, have proved German collapse came, the exception war." It is a desperate attempt, de- being that the Germans to-day will liberately planned by experts in the have control of the English coast art of oppression, to crush all liberty

in

Europe, to channel north of Abbeville. It will peoples, and to get up a German nslave independent be interesting to see whether the domination of the Old World. Germans can break the Somme line

Comprehension of this has shaken

CARTOON

TELEGY

Will be for

that

by to

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GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS

ARTICLE FROM THE "TELEGRAPH" FILES

Only the grim trophies of war, crosses, remain to reaind Belgians of captured cannon and rows of white the Great War.

Other Gorrows have come to dim

ago,

This article first publish- od in the "Telograph" four years ago, is of interest to- day.

jan 800-pound shell over thirty miles. To-day it is a museum, one of the

sights" of the town.

☆

vast

At Middelkerke, between Ostend and the French frontier, is the giant by further use of their mechanisa- and stirred America. The war no the memory of those four terrible rubble; Louvain, one of the Arst fair hole" built for the Germon tion, or whether, despite the colossal longer appears & remote struggle be years when the German hordes storm cities to suffer; these are now new There "Tunk Admiral use of bombs and mechanisation, the

von Schroder Fre 1910. States. Public ed across Belgium. tween European

used to be electricity and.. infantry arm will continue,

towns with pretty pink houses. Their slcam-heat To-day, the younger generation town halls and public buildings have underground building. battlefeld'

throughout the to be the queen of the bus of opinion has realised that a Nazi vic

It seems certain that the tremen-of Europe at Hitler's disposal, would feels that war will not come again to risen again in all the glory of con- bedroom was protected by concrete

Helloldtory, by putting the entire resources

Schroder's dous infantry engagements in Flan-enable him to follow up international tiny Belgium.

turies-old architecture." The In a Europe, torn by war fears, around are once more waving with reinforced by steel plates,

fields walls nearly two yards, thick and: ders, in which British and French aggression by inter-continental ag- troops have fought their brilliant gression.

with war actually progressing in dis- com, barley and wheat, covering the rear-guard action the coast, main the most drama In

Even before the attack on the Low tant. Ellopla, Belgium believes that sears of war. Even the trees have

☆ ☆ feature of Countries began, Colonel Frank the powers will come to her aid, if grown again. the struggle in the

the Knox, proprietor of the Chicago need be, more quickly than they did

Nieuport was the scene of some of" German attacks through the breach Daily News, a newspaper which had

bad 21 yours

Not far away, however, is the other the bloodiest fighting/ The town side of the picture. in the French lines at

At Liege, Sedan the consistently opposed American inter-

But

the wise old men are taking:

for was almost completely destroyed, but. enemy's tanks and planes created a vention, wrote, "No more dangerous no chances. Like most other Euro Instance is the Lonoin Fort, where has now been rebuilt. The old forti- now problem, but valour and fort!- tude have counted more in the end. y of American peace and secu-pean nations Belgium is seeing to her General Leman and his forces took fications the co-called "Grand Re- refuge in August, 1014, as the Ger-dan-are will there. They were rity may be found than the champion defences “just in case.” The Nazis are disposed to magnify of blind Isolation...It is against our Forts along the frontiers have been forward:

man steamroller rumbled steadily built by the Frenchman Vauban la the success of their initial blow and vital interests to have Germany strengthened; the fighting forces the powder house, killing the general all modem shells and bombs

A giant shell exploded in 1818. The old powder house restated

The the danger it brings to England. The emerge from this war with complete have been Germans have 'certainly

Increased. Nobody and hundreds of men. a domination both of won

christened it the "rubbar troops horrors of war

To-day the fort is a heap of con-

on-house." from the air than the Belgian and are within artillery range of Eng- This leading Republican, who stood his air-rald precautions are among been cleared for sightseers. Nearly de la Mort" or "Trench of Death."

crele

Some of its corridors have There, too, is the famous "Beyninə Innd's south-casterri coast for the for the Vice-Presidency In 1930, the best on the continent. first time in history, but their losses went on, to enumerate the dangers to

all the kings of Europe have visited it was held by the Belgians from 1918 In men, tanks and planes have been, the United States of n German vic-stand the relles of Unt war of 21

Alongaldo new-bull bomb-shelters i

onwards until the Germans dug a accounts, staggering. We will tory over France and Britain, years ago. Some of the relles are for three years and ten months, the withering enfading fire,

In Flanders, where the war raged trench from which

they poured Do content know that the British German penetration in Expeditionary Force in Belgium, and Indies would threaten the Panama war implements, ever-lasting warn- relics are more frequent

Al Couckelaero, not far from Our French allies in the north, 100, Canal. After the disintegration of ings of what war can do, Others resoluteed to safety. That they are the British Empire, America would are the new buildings that have Willem II. battery is at Bruges, is the most famous gun of Knicke-aur-Mer. It was built in all, "Leugenboom," or "Ldar Tree.” prepared Pand opger to be forced to defend Canada isgainst risen from the ruins of shell-plastered 1916 by 700, Russian prisoners. Fired by électricity, it was used - serempena «to any new call which may German

be made in the future is a foregone collectively,

attack Individually or old ones,

Protected by concreto shellom nearly chiefly to bombard Dunkirke, France, Contral and South Ypres, with its comelosy of tanks; three yards thick, it consisted of four Otly miles away. The shalls, took conclusion.

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