The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-31

short time. The fall of Bar Reports here indicate that Mus solini and Hitler are executing an- other squeeze play on the two be- leaguered democracies, France and Britain. Here is how the plays are shaping up:
 1. Italy has concentrated
 troops all around French Som
 aliland and the port, of Djibuti, which gives access to Ethiopia.
 Squeezing this will be Musso-
 lini's next move, and since 1t is isolated he can probably take it easily.
 2. Germany has sent artil- lery, anti-aircraft and motorized
 units to the border of Italy to aid her against France. This is
 in case the French, in turn start squeezing Italy from across
 the Alps.
 3. Germany also has sent token" troops to distant Italian Libya as an evidence of Hitler's
 desire to help his axis partner. Libya adjoins French Tunis,
 which Mussolini covets most. With Italian and German troops
 concentrated against both the
 Egyptian and Tunisian borders,
 he ought to be successful.
 4. Just in case Britain gets
 too belligerent, Hitler also is
 mobilizing troops along the
 Dutch border. So while Musso-
 lini is squeezing the French,
 Hitler will be showing his teeth
 at the British just across the
 border from defenseless and
 British dominated Holland. Be-
 cause of Belgiums Maginot
 Line, German troops no longer
 walk through that country. Hol-
 land, however, has no serious
 defenses save areas that can be
 flooded.
 NEW ALLIANCE
 All this means that French For eign Minister Bonnet's warning that Italy must get out of Spain was just so much hog-wash.
 It also means that the hard- and fast military alliance among Italy, Germany and Japan, forecast in this column recently, is now a definite reality, and that Hitler has acceded to III Duce's complaint that he has been getting nothing out of the axis and 1t is now his turn to pull a CzechoslOvakia.
 NOTE-The new Hitler-Musso . lini military agreement calls for a German general in charge of all operations, and an Italian in charge of all economic opera tons for the two countries. Reason for the latter is that Italy has 6 navy and better sea communica- tions with the outside world, This time the Allies will not be able to bottle up the enemy. FUEHRER'S MUSTACHE
 Despite informal threats from Germany and Italy that they will ban his forthcoming picture lam- booming dictators, Charlie Chap lin is going right ahead with the film. Fascist disapproval is an old story to Charlie, and he tells of this incident when his last pie ture, Modern Times" was shown.
 One day Georg Gyssling, Ger man Consul at Los Angeles, bus tied into the office of Will Hays, movie czar, and registered a ter- rife squawk. He complained that the film ridiculed Reich mass pro- duction methods. Chaplin's rep resentative pooh-poohed this arg ument, pointing out that mass production originated in the U. S.
 But that isn't what's grip ing you, MT. Gyssling," he add ed, "that's just a stall. You're peeved at something else. What Is it?"
 The mustache of this com edian," Gyssling burst out, "it looks too much like the Fuehr- er's."
 MADAME PERKINS
 Secretary Frances Perkins cer- tainly had a lucky break when Representative J. Parnell Thomas, New Jersey Republican. offered his resolution to impeach her.
 Miss Perkins has not been noted in the House for her popularity. Her school-marmish manner has offended members and she is gen. orally disliked. But Thomas move, made against the strong advice of leaders, has won her much sympathy.
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