The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-20


 "The real works" is going to be more important than another squeez play against a defenceless country in Central Europe-though this may be part ot It. It is going to be the drive to partition Africa. And the squeeze play this time will be against Great Britain and France. The march into Czecho- slovakia was merely the curtain riser.
 That march had two main things behind it:
 1. To clear ts, road to the oil, wheat, and minerals of Hungary, Jugoslavia and particularly Ru- mania.
 2. To make it absolutely clear to these countries that they could not depend on France and Bri- tain, that they must come under the wing of Germany.
 BALKAN WAREHOUSE
 During the World War, the Ger mans fought for two years to pen citrate to the raw materials of Rumania. This time they want those materials even before they start fighing. And since last Tues dy they have hem.
 Immediately after Munich, the smaller nations of Europe adopted the motto, "You can't trust the DemocracieS". But more recently King Carol of Rumania has been flirting with Britain, while the Jugoslavs have been getting wor- ried about Hitler. Even the Poles, with 10-year German pact, are afraid that Hitter might turn on them.
 Since the tOrpedOing of CzechOslOvakia, they know that even if Hitler does turn on them they will have to take it. For the big lesson of last week was that although the French and British had guaranteed Czecho- slOvakia's borders, when Hitler crossed her border they didn't bat an eyelash. / Diplomatic strategists are con- viced that one motive for Hitler'S acion last week was to rub French and British faces in the dirt, show that their pledges meant nothing. Outcome of it all undoubtedly go the whole hog for Germany. SHOWDOWN WITH FRANCE
 Hitler is now in a far stronger position to force a showdown with France and Britain. He can now throw almost his entire army through Switzerland and Holland two countries which had good look at the weak knees of de- mocracies last week, and are not likely to trust France and Bri- tain in the future.
 The conquest of Czeciosl0va- kia also gave Germany immedi- ate use of one of the worlds largest munitions factories, Skoda (formerly owned by French capitaD, plus 35 fully equipped Czech divisions and 1,40O airplans. In contrast, Bri- tain has only 19 divisions avail able for war in Europe.
 Both Hitler and Mussolini are preparing to put the screws on France-from north, south and southwest-and Hitler may be de- manding Alsace-Lorraine before 1t is all over.
 ROOSEVELT AND MENCKEN
 A striking bustUf Roosevelt was made recently by able sculptor Yucca Salamunich. Later Sala- munich also did a bust of H. l.. Mencken, bitter critic of the New Deal.
 When Mencken learned he had been put in the same company with Roosevelt, he said to Sala- munich, What medium did you work in?"
 Plaster" said the artist.
 You should have done him in steel; be more fitting" said Mencken, adding, "Have you sold it?"
 Not yet"
 "Be a good thing" said Mencken, "to take it out i'm the park and put it up i'm the shooting gallery"
 NOTE-In contrast was the re- action of Emil Ludwig, biograph- CT of Roosevelt, who exclaimed: 'The bust shows something in him did not see! It changes my conception!" And he rewrote a chapter in accordance with the new insight gained from the artist.
 U. S.-SOVIET BARTER