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The complete change of Yugo Slay policy overnight restores Plan your the honour of that nation, and

It will rejoice and fortify the. Spring and spirit of Greece. It is their heroic struggle which made it Summer ward-

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people to sink so low as to make themselves the instrument for the destruction of the Greek nation. The name of any country which attacks Greece now will be sullied for centuries.

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Past history and present achievements against overwhel ming odds, have placed Greece upon a pedestal from which it would be dishonourable to dis- lodge her; and to give Hitler his due, he has not yet attempted to do so. Even he feels that this would be the quintessence of ovil and would fully justify the Prime Minister's description of him as Satan.

The adherence of Yugoslavia to the side of the Alfies alters the whole strategic position since it exposes Italy to attack in and gives bases to the British Fleet on the Dalmatian coast.

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FEATURE

Any excuse, however, will be welcome to Hitler for postponing or abandoning his invasion of Britain. The stage is now set for a flare up in the Balkans and It looks as though the struggle will be long and arduous, SUCCESSES IN AFRICA

The capture of Keren and Harrar are major events in the East African compaign, and the prelude to the al subfugation of Abyssinia. Never in history has retribution followed so swiftly on the licels of regression

and treachery,

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thrin oir raids which the R.A.F. 10 often stuges We do not wish the ambassador any barnig on The contrary, it is more important that ho should experience the full blast of an air raid and survivo. He will, perhaps, realise then more fully what might happen to the matchwood eities of Japah, and what is happen- ing daily in China,

If, in addition, he goes to the Ruhr, to Homm, Mannheim, Kiel and and then on to Gelsenkirschen. Genon, Naples and Taranto before going to Rome, he will probably be less ardent in his desire to march south..

The danger in totalitarian states is

only

with what their apponents are that they are almost unacquainted thinking, and no make grave mis calculations. They exclude the for- cien press, forbid anyone to listen to foreign radio reporta and dis- They live entirely courage travel.

themselves.

has Japan to Gernian advisers and excludes every

my Influence. Her other modelled on that of Germany and her navy, on that of Great Britale. but milltary men are more numerous than sailors and are generally at home white sailors are at sea. Consequent- y German influence in Japan to-day is dominant.

FOR BALANCED

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Mussolini had sponsored the ad- mission of Abyssinia Into the League of Nations, of which italy was member and by the laws of which he

bound. In his war

pride and to abide by the arrogance he refused League's decision which condemned strong enough to defy international

Matsuoka could only be law. The ordlunry moral cole did

apply to him and so he went on persuaded to go to London and see from une act of violence to ortother, the other side of the picture, or to

ning from the north and cast his sit, because he thought he was

It is interesting to note that

ney

If

JUDGMENT

DIPLOMACY

By Billikon

the Just as there were few people who Africa where he could survey the most popular of the cruises did not condema the Invasion in ruins of the Italian Empire, he might foreign and domestle policy of both risk, the students in Paris have of the Mediterranean Fleet in 1930, so there will be few in the return home and be in a position to countries after the war are involved, paraded in favour of de Gaulle, the

the it is as though America said. "We are people of Marseilles openly wear the. world to-day who will not feel that give a balanced judgment

the liver

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Are you win? We are vitally contary movements are shown, and

ges to Rome Mussolini, who' is ke Morrison. Bevin and Green the

peace time was along the Dal matian Coast where the scenery right and justice has been vindicated world situation. This is unlikely providing the weapons of war; what de Gaulle badge. In the cinemas and that Mussolini richly deserves yet the Japanese newspapers, in- are your plans for the world when there is dead silence when German is beautiful, the cities attractive, the terrible punishment that has been spired no doubt

from above, advising greater caution. They fear and claim a voice in forming

STLU cheering in the darkness when- where the British sailors were meted out to

him. so popular and the people very

Lord Halifax answered that ques- ever a British soldier happens to ap- A nation that violates the law of that Matsuoka might be carried away nations is obviously not at to control by the tremendous amount of flatter- ilon, When Ambassador Kennedy pear. In fact, neutral correspondents hospitable.

others. Mussolini's his attention he is receiving and said that democracy was finished in inform us that at least 60 per cent of dreams are shattered, and his Empire commit the nation to a polley from England he was thinking in terms the French people are pro-Ally, as

· BALKAN FLARE-UP la torn to shreds and tatters as the which Germany will get the ha'pence of a conservative nation, with ie they can only see salvation through

the kicks. own country

of Tights

property fully a British victory. It is true, of course, that Prime Minister prophesied it would and their

It may be that when Matsuolta tod

guaranteed. The presence of Germany can also invade Yugo-

Yet Admiral Darlon consorts with MATSUOKA IN

Germans Slavia from Bulgaria, but she

known to despise Hilller, will show in the Cabinet suggested to him

and obediently will herself be threatened by

EUROPE

him bls scars and warn him not to the

the future will be rather different threatens to break the British block-

The urgency the Turks. It is one thing to Mr. Matsuoka is advocating a new be such a fool as he was. The Dace from the occupy Yugo-Slavia with the order in Asia, and claiming for Japan will say that he tool: Hitler's word change in the United States is not offer to-day is due to the triumph of permission of the government, there. It is strange that while he

the right to apply a Monroe doctrine and now he has to take his orders, apparent, though the New Deal was allied arms in Africa and round the Hiller promised the invasion of Indication that conditions could sheres of Britain. Even so he tamely and another to invade it in face warns America off from Asin. he Britain, but instead occupied the rich not remain us they were, even there. submits to German spoliation.

From no one could the necessity of a hostile people. It means sees no inconsistency in interfering oil lands of Rumania, Mussolini was

As many as 205,000 railway wagons, In European affairs. Still, the visit to take Nice, Tunis and Corsica, another enemy and a further I have a salutary effect, if while Instead of which he had to take the for adjustment to the new cord have been seized, or 65 percent of

mke u be so gently broken as by

the total as well as the whole cider, dispersal of Germany's strength. he is in Berlin he experiences one of

count, while Germany stood by and fallfax, the representative of the old apple crop of Normandy, 800,000 tons then took control of Italy. Matsuoka order and yet a supporter of the new. of wheat from fields specially marked perhaps will see these things for him in the same way, the appointment of with the swastika and self. So, perhaps, it is a good thing Winant, the expert on world labour The Voelkische Beobachter," com- million pigs. that Matsuoka is going to Italy. problems, points also in the same menting on this, said: Wisdom lics that way.

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LORD HALIFAX'S

SPEECH

Lord Hallfax made an important speech at the Pilgrims Club in New

past.

for nde.

for

conditions

direction. These two appointments,

then,

What resistance Petain

con

"We must clearly state once and are proof of the political for all, that our own shirt is nearer sugacity.

FRANCE UNDER

VICHY

the skin and that our task consists exclusively in ussuring the supply of food in its former degree to the Ger-

nan people,"

Darlan and Fetaln know this and

York on Tuesday. It was probably A strange molady seems to pre- an advantage that his appointment vail in Europe to-day. We know yet demand that Britain should allow to the United States was cried down quite well that Poland, Czecha- food to come to them from the by certain sections of the American Slovakin, Holland and Norway org United States and so indirectly assist press. which took their cua from suffering bitterly at the hands of their Germany to win the war.

H. G. Wells. The impression he has Nazi oppressors and that they are If the policy of Petain and Darlan made is in contrast with what was longing and praying for deliverance represented the will of the French anticipated and is, therefore, deeper through the victory of the British, people, then the outlook for France and much more favourable because But when we come to unoccupied would be binele indeed. Though they The coup d'elut in Yugo destroy. Each nation is now

of that. Slavia, although most hearten- pouring out its national wealth The speeches of prominent men in France, we see that those who are yield to Germany and show thei! the state ore not re- willingness to co-operate with her by ing, was not altogether unex- in a common cause, and although America and in Britain are nowadays live of the will of the nation. pulting pressure on Britain, in, their invested with far more importance and yet they determine the policy, hearts they must wish for an allied pected. Almost every section of the cost is almost incalculable,

than ever before, not so much be The French people listen daily to victory, yet they are not prepared to the-country-had-shown its hosti-the benefits and advantages cause the war is on as that the British-broudcasts at considerable help in bringing that about. lity towards leaders who were which must accrue for posterity prepared to yield to the German are equally tremendous. threats in spite of the fact that,

✩ ☆ towards the latter part of the negotiations, Germany deemed it advisable to moderate her re quirements and to assume an almost benign role. The Yugo Slavian determination to ignore the pseudo-bleatings of Hitler indicates in no uncertain manner

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It is comforting to note the lini's star. His troops have been decidedly rapid wane of Musso- routed wherever they have en- deavoured to oppose the Allied forces, whether on sea, land or

BRITAIN DELIVERS THE GOODS"

WE CARRY THE STOCKS in the air. How terribly galling

it must be to the Italian

that it is impossible for verbal Dictator, to realise that his ill- camouflage of the Germanic type advised union with the "Great to delude people to-day.

It is obvious that Yugo-Slavin Hitler" has brought him and his

to such

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the conflagration which threat- ens to consume her; but her courageous decision may well be of tremendous value in putting heart into her neighbours. It is far more than a gesture. It is n declaration of defiance against the common aggressor, and, as such, must serve more than ever to stiffen the resistance of those nations which as yet have escaped, the Nazi curse,

He

task of making a stand against an imitation of the German salute. He copied the German goose-step, and he endeavoured to emulate his bombastic coun- terpart by ranting and raving whenever possible to the sheep- like crowds which gathered at his command beneath the ver- ́andahs of his pulace in Rome. He led his armada up and down the Mediterranean when there was no foe to be encountered, and behaved generally as an irresponsible, sabre rattling satellite of Hitler.

Dofent now atares him in the face. Several of his trusted gen- erals and politicians have either forsaken him or been dismissed. Numbers of his generals and other high officers of his army are prisoners of war. His navy has received terrific blows, and what is left lives in funk-holes. It is a tragic history, but the fate of leader and nation alike is richly deserved.

The hope expressed by Lord Beaverbrook the other night, that Britain and the United States might become re-united, must have produced many an Amen from American and Bri- tish listeners alike. Both nations are sick of the bickerings of other races which have led up to the present world-wide calamity. Both nations desire peace, pros- perity and freedom for all who live beneath their flags, and both can exercise sufficient power to correct, when neces The other day, the Bishop of sary, all upstarts and tyrants. Hongkong expressed his belief Even if dimculties may bo. that the cholera epidemic is dug experienced in merging Britain to the high cost of firewood and and America into a one-nation, rice and low wages. Surely he organisation, our identity of must admit that there is some interests may well prove to be bacteriological association or the foundation for mutual are scientista and research speci- friendship and understanding in aliats all "hay-wire," as our the future which none can ever American friends would say'

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