Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-12-05
Blockade of Germany
May Aid America
continued From Page One)

ne BRUSH navy held that boat up
at kirkWall, Orkney islands, and
conflscated from it. as contraband.
lot OF rubber consigned to Danish
buyers. AS a neutral country, Den
mark was perfectly entitled to get
all the rubber it wanted. for it's own
use. But the British contended that
II OBVIOUSLY was intended to be pass
ca immediately across the frontier in
10 Germany, for war purposes. The
Danes knew it, 50 they didn't protest.
It's the same way now. A block
ade against incoming stuff is recog-
nlzed as internationally legal-if it
can be made TO "stick.''
However, if a neutral country. ad-
coming or nearby Germany. BUYS
Ierman goods and resells them to
buyers IN some other neutral country
overseas, the intermediate neutral
country says it's entitled to make de-
lVerles Via its own neutral craft=its
none OF any belligerent country's
naVy's business; it simply is trans
ctlon between a couple Of neutrals.
Merely Technically.
It's a mere technicality, no doubt
Nevertheless, there's the precedent
NeutralS howl only mildly at having
her incoming ships overhauled
Ihey howl like sixty at having them
)Verhauled going out.
Italy, Holland, Belgium and the
ScandinanVians want that outgoing
rade. from Germany, through them,
% the rest of the world They make
money out Of it,
A i-
iickering helps the Germans finan-
cially, which is nearly as important
4 consideration as the matter of I'M
.dulterated powder and shot
Consequently the Allies slap on
heir tWO-Way blockade and the neu-
rails yell
Japan hollers more loudly than the
European neutrals Go. because Japan
5 greatly in need Of German war
supplies with which to fight the Chi
aese. The mikado can get what he
needs from the United States, but
ae's aware that Uncle Sam is very
cold toward his Chinese campaign.
Therefore. he's afraid that, if the
Allies cut him off from Germany and
the United States cuts him off from
!ere, he'll be left out on a limb on
the Asiatic mainland.
Japs il q Lad Spot.
Its a mean situation for the Japs,
but it suits us pretty we'll.
Nippons military crowd has been
tolerably snOOty toward us Of late |
It's been snOOty toward Britain and
France. but what We're interested in
is its SnOOtineSS to us.
With Germany as a source from
which to draw arms and munitions
the Jap Warlords could afford to be
rather rude to the United States, but
they'll have to be middling polite to
us if we become the only country
from which they can get the neces-
sites of war. So the Allies newest
kind of a blockade plays directly in
TO our hands, Naturally we're not do
ing any complaining about it.
incidentally, we're not especially
grieVed to see italy, Belgium, Hol-
land and the Scanoinavians corked
Up. These nations have been carry
.ng German goods to Latin America,
N competition with the u. S. A. Now
the Latins will have TO Go q lot more
Of their buying here.
Japanese Threats.
The Japs hint that, il the British
put a period to their imporHtions
from Germany, they can sever Lon
don's lifelines to Hongllong, Singa-
pore, Australia and New Zealand.
And maybe they could-if they
could keep their navy going for any
length Of time But their navy, like
then army, is dependent on import
ed guns and explosives. With Ger
many prevented from furnishing
them, and with Uncle Sam, in all pro-
liability, slapping on an embargo, the
mikado speedily will have a veritable
arms famine on his hands.
To be sure, the Tokyo press sug-
gests that the Japs still will be able
10 bring in German stuff overland
across Russia. That, however, will
involve a tremendously long trip,
with extremely inadequate transport
tation facilities. Russia isn't certain
to be very dependably accommodate
ing, either.
I'll in all. the Allies latest block
ade satisfies Uncle Samuel tolerably
we'll.