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Pass Conference Do eoges Wars Expansion New Fronts

To increase our strength in the waters
where Martinique lies and in the Atlantic
O.;ean generally, the Navy
Atomic Department, making the
Petrol first move toward two
ocean Navy" established
what it calls "the patrol force, United
States fleet" to consist of more than l25
vessels for Atlantic service. At the same
time, the European squadron was elimi-
mated. Rear Admiral Hayne Ellis was
chosen to command the new force.
The Army, too, was busy changing its
organization. Gen. Marshall said the
Army is organizing nine tactical corps
to expedite the training of Guardsmen
and conscripts.
Secretary of War Stimson announced
that battalion of parachutists, who
will learn from the lessons given the
world by the German parachutists in
Holland and France, soon will be estab-
lished at Fort Benning, Ga, composed
of picked volunteers who will be salts
fled with service in suicide outfit.
The time drew close when the United
States would have its largest peacetime
Army. Draft headquarters disclosed that
the lottery for the draft, when the draw
ings of the numbers of those who will
be selected first for a years compulsory
military service. will be held within 10
days after the draft registration, Octo-
Der Is.
Congress sent to the White House the
last major defense bill, carrying SLAP
100000 in funds to maintain peacetime
Army of / 1893 AL men.
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The Home Front

More than ever before the events of
the world held meaning for the United
States last week. For the United States
drew closer to the orbit of the war OF
special interest was the Far East. This
is true because the outlines of program
took shape suggesting that part of the
axis strategy in taking in Japan as an
ally of Italy and Germany was to attract
the American attention to Asia almost to
the exclusion of other considerations
especially England.
Prince Konoye, the Prime Minister Of
Japan, in an interview with the Japanese
press, invited the CO.
Jopon operation of the United
AndU States with the axis. He
said that American op-
position to the axis might be met with
fight to the finish" Yakachiro Suma,
the foreign Office spokesman for the
japanese government, put it more
strongly. In radio broadcast he said
that the United States in its present
policy was taking the wrong STEP"
which might precipitate us into the con-
flict.
The prospect of diplomatic issue in
the Far East grew large when the news
came that the British had determined
to reopen the Burma Road, running
north from Rangoon to Chungking. the
capital Of China. and providing IA artery
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with President Roosevelt, ard he offered
to them a slogan indicative of the unity
of the American continents: "One for
all and all for one" Two days later
the White House reported that Mr..
Roosevelt on october IL, Columbus Day,
an important day for every American
republic, will broadcast to all the Amer
icas a speech on our progress in defense.
He will talk from Dayton, Ohio, during
. tour inspecting defenses.
On that same day the LIST Marine
Brigade, 1900 officers and men, will sail
from Norfolk for training and winter
naval base in Southern Cuba which the
United States controls. Not many miles
away is Martinique. the most important
West Indian French island. The new
French Ambassador, CASTOR Henry Haye,
called at the White House last week
and talked with Mr.. Roosevelt about
Martinique The next day came news
from Vichy, capital of unoccupied
France, that work on additional defenses
at Martinique was being halted.
standing point of issues over Mar
Unique is the presence there of 80 Amer
made airplanes, sold to France and
on their way to France when the French
sued for peace. The United States would
like to have the planes removed and
put into the hands of the British. M.
Have issued statement that tho terms
of the Franco-German armistice pro-
hibited the French surrender of the
planes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-06
LLOYD GEORGE RAPS DIPL ONATIC BLUNDERS
Reviews Demands Policy and Aims Be Stabilized

Policy and preparation alike have all
along been our two weak points. That
is. we have failed all along in the
supreme question of the strategy of the
war In fact no one is quite clear what
is the strategic plan of the war cabinet.
Has it been thought out? What is it
they are aiming at?
They are right, of course, in concen-
trating on repelling Germanys schemes
for invasion of this country and destruc-
ton of our shipping. But when we sue
coed in that part of the campaign, we
have not yet won the war. We have not
even yet decided what we mean by vic.
tory.
No Peace Overtures.
I can understand the impracticability
of making any peace overtures in the
present circumstances. To say the least,
it would be inopportune. But that does
not mean that we ought not to have
clearly in mind what are our peace OBJ
jectives.
Do we intend to fight on until we
restore the geographical status quo in
Europe? Are the boundaries of Poland
to be drawn on exactly the lines which
existed when we gave that country our
guarantee? Are Slovakia and Ruthenia
to be restored to the Czechs? Are we
quite sure that the Slovakians and
RuthenianS want it?
Are the parts of Poland which are
now incorporated in the Soviet Union
to be given back to the Polish state?
Does the same thing apply to the Lithu-
anian town of wilma? Are we prepared
to raise huge armies to invade the con-
tinent, and, if we succeed in landing
them, are we to fight on for years until
we defeat the much greater armies with
which we would be confronted by Ger.
many? What is our plan of campaign?
Have we thought out what is to be done
about the old German colonies?
When a new war cabinet was set up
in 1917 to fight the war against Germany
with greater vigor, the first step that
cabinet took was to clarity our ideas as
to the ultimate objects we sought to OBJ
tain by war, and then to consider ways
and means of obtaining these detectives.
Is any one considering these problems
today? II not, it is now time 1t should
done.
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plies for war to England. The British
Navy was busy with success. The Ad-
miralty reported the recent sinking of
an italian destroyer, two italian SUBJ
marines and seven German submarines.
Across the Straits of Dover the Eng
lish guns shelled the Germans, and from
the other side of the straits the German
guns shelled the British. And in Lon
don an old man. an i'll man, who only
two years ago bowed to the will of Hitler
in the interest of preserving the peace,
stepped out of the cabinet which he
headed when the war began. Neville
Chamberlain, who forever will be known
as the statesman of appeasement and
who made the word appeasement forever
associated with the umbrella, resigned
from the cabinet, writing his regrets to
the man who succeeded him as Prime
Minister, Winston Churchill. The post
he left was that of Lord President of
the Council.
Mr.. Churchill took advantage of Mr..
Chamberlain's going to give new strength
to his inner" war cabinet, by adding to
it the Labor Minister, Ernest Bevin of
the Labor Party, whose popularity grows
daily, and Sir Kingsley Wood. Chancellor
of the Exchequer. Mr.. Churchill him.
self seemed in a fair way to become head
of the Conservative party, a position
which was Mr.. Chamberlain's until his
resignation from all politics last week.
The cabinet which now guides England
in its critical time is still primarily con-
sentative in its composition. You did
all you could for victory" Mr.. Churchill
told the departing Chamberlain.
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LONDON has not yet
achieved that supremacy in the air
which is an essential preliminary to any
attempt to effect the conquest of
Britain.
London, Liverpool and other great
bombed, there have been numerous
civilian casualties and much devastation
of valuable property has been wrought.
But so far nothing vital has been de-
stroyed.
The fact is incontestable that notWith-
standing the German boast of superiority
of three to one in the air, they have not
yet established the aerial supremacy
which seemed so easy of attainment
four months ago, when the French air
force deserted us and French airdromes
within a short distance of our coasts
were placed at the disposal of the enemy.
Outwitted by Enemy.
But if the epic fight of our airmen
excites admiration and exhilaration, it
must be admitted that our conduct of
the general strategy of the .war is cal
culated to depress. From the start we
have been beaten in large issues of
policy and in that respect there has been
a deplorable lack of vision, understand
ing, flair and decision on our side. There
the enemy every time has been allowed
to succeed.
Our own conspicuous success along
that line has been in our establishment
of increasingly friendly, sympathetic
relations with the United States. That
is an achievement of supreme impor-
lance. Unfortunately it cannot be de-
cisive in its influence for long time
to come, and the three-power pact be-
tween Germany, Italy and Japan must
necessarily diminish the full value of
this cooperation as far as the struggle
in Europe and Africa is affected.
But as to the results of our dealings
with allied or neutral states, we have
been hopelessly outclassed and out
witted. will not dwell on our ill-con-
sidered guarantee of frontiers we could
not hope to defend. Then again, there
was our miserable failure to come to
terms with Russia compared with the
brilliancy of the move by which Ger
many snatched . pact under our very
eyes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-06
By David Lloyd George.

That pact transformed the whole mill
tary, diplomatic and economic prospects
of the conflict. The assured victory
which was in our hands was converted
into the situation we are now passing
through, when we are on the eve of fight
ing a desperate battle not only to pre-
serve our empire in Africa, but to de-
fend our homeland
Norway was another major blunder in
strategy. We succeeded in antagonlz-
ing every party in most friendly coun-
try by invading her territorial waters
without consent or warning, and there
by we made easy the occupation OF Nor
way by Germany. The strategical blum
der was followed by dreary succession
of tactical mistakes.
These muddles have been repeated at
intervals right through the war up to
the present hour The French situation
has been tactlesSly handled from the
beginning. The blame is not entirely
or chiefly our own. But it is partly ours.
We have never quite made up our minds
what attitude to adopt towards the
Vichy government. The result has been
that our own ally at the beginning of
the war is rapidly becoming a bitter
and dangerous foe.
The Dakar Folly.
The Dakar incident was an act Of
folly from every or any point of view.
We could not decide for weeks what line
to adopt or action to take. Whilst we
were in this differing frame of mind we
allowed the Vichy government-either at
German instigation or with German con-
semitic dispatch a fleet with powerful
reinforcements to resist any attempt
made by De Gaulle on the port of
Dakar. We then acted when we ought
to have known it was too late and that
we had been beaten off in our first
attempt. We ANONYMOUSLY retired, baf-
filed and Inundated. France retaliated
by bombing Gibraltar. Our prestige has
suffered a severe blow.
We still are fooling away our chances
with Russia At time when she was
becoming more friendly to us and more
suspicious of Germany, we irritated the
Soviet government by entering into that
disgraceful bargain with Japan to betray
China over the Burma Road and by our
silly haggling over the gold OF the Baltic
states.
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Review of Fifty-Seventh Week of War
Bv Blair BOUeS.

plotted
mankndS history They for
Adolf Hitler and Bento Muon with Germany
the Danish occupation and the
offensive and the French and the
o. battle for Britain
sixth chape Soon the world will know And on its
this cruel will be fashioned The phy
German
said
though the chetan had
developing according program
September Is The British not only
repeing have
British bombngs of German positions
attempted the United
Atlantic
Ocean
cha O at Bennero
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of supply to the Chinese Army. The
road was closed July 10 by England at
japanese demand, for three months.
The period of closure ends october ID.
Japan wants it to stay closed. The
Popolo d'Italia Mussolinis newspaper,
wrote that Japan is preparing to attack
the British Far Eastern naval base at
Singapore if England obstructs japanese
policy in the Orient or if the United
States enters the war Whether Japan
will consider a reopening of the Burma
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Diplomatic Front

What the bombs said meant less than
what Hitler and Mussolini said at Bren-
nero. They held a three-hour council
of war and discussed "all the problems"
confronting their countries. That gave
wide scope to the talk. On hand were
the German and Italian Foreign Min
listers, Won Ribbentrop and Ciano, and
the German military leader, Gen. Won
Keitel The morning sun gilded the
Alpine peaks and strove against the fog
lying deep in Bremen Pass, an Italian
band played the Nazi and Fascist an
thems
From Rome came the best immediate
indication of what had taken place at
Bremen. The axis is
Brennero troubled bout the
Conference United States and the
extent of its assistance
to England The axis is interested in
improving its Mediterranean and African
position, which means continued in
terest in the attitude of Spain. -Four
days before the meeting in the noun
tains, Virginia Gayda, the frequent edi-
torial spokesman for Mussolini, wrote
that Germany and Italy had developed
plans for taking Gibraltar the rocky
fortress owned by England at the SOUTH
ern tip of Spain. At that time the spe-
cial Spanish emissary of Gen. Franco,
Serene Suner, was in Berlin. Then he
went to Rome.
The question of Russias relation to
the axis is another matter of concern
to the axis. And so is the question Of
the Balkans Italian Greek antipathies
daily grow deeper, and Athens reported
during the week that 10000 Italian SOL
diers with 120 tanks had been ordered to
new posts on the Greek border. The
Greek Army is virtually on a basis of
permanent concentration on the Greek
side of that border The Italian press
has demanded cut of Northern Epirus.
which belongs to Greece, for Albania,
Balkan country within the Italian En-
pire.
Rumania in the Balkans northeast
launched an inquiry into allegations of
a British sabotage plot against oil ship
ments for Rumanias friend, Germany.
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Road an construction" to her policy re-
mains to be seen.
Any hopes the axis may ever have
entertained about weaving the United
States away from its policy of assisting
England went aglimmering during the
week At it's beginning Lord Beaver
brook, the British Air Minister, sent
message of thanks to the United States
for American planes. The Navy dis
closed that the United States and Eng
land are working toward cooperation in
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standardizing the plane-building pro-
gram for the military forces of both
countries.
The United States looked south as well
as across the Atlantic toward London
and Bremen Pass and
lotjn across the Pacific toward
America Japan. The military air
chiefs of the 20 Latin
American countries were here at the in
vitation of Gen. George c. Marshall,
chief of staff, U. S. A. They talked
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tt m
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-24
Parkway, Good Will
Summit Club Topics

Talks on the Huron-Clinton Park
way project, and on the develop
ment OF international good will In
foreign countries comprised the
program for the Summit Study Club
meeting Wednesday afternoon al
the home OF Mrs. Edward G. Peter,
son.
A letter from the board OF for,
eign missions in New York City
regarding conditions In Japan,
China and Korea was read by Mrs.
F. G. Simons. The missionaries in
these countries have been given
permission to return home il they
wish. the letter said. but they are
staying on.
a discussion on the philanthropic
work the club expects TO do for pre-
school children was read at the
business meeting with Mrs. Harvey
Woodbury. presiding. Mrs. Maude
Royal led devotions.
Paul Ungrodt, secretary OF the
Board OF Commerce. explained the
Huron-Clinton Parkway project and
urged all TO vote on the measure
at the coming election.
Heritage House" small replica
OF typical American home, which
had been furnished by students of
the Normal College and taken to
Geneva, Switzerland, a few years
ago. by Miss Grace Cooper of the
Normal College faculty and Mrs.
Floyd Smith, educational delegates
Of good will was described by Miss
Cooper in an interesting talk. She
read letters from a family in Swift
zerland. with whom she corresponds
telling of conditions there. The feel.
ing of good will, she said, Is not
dead. but lying dormant due TO the
present conditions
The hostess was assisted by Mrs.
Robert Coffron in serving refresh.
ments.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-24
K|WAN|S TOLD Of
COMMUNITY FUND
EXPENDITURES DURING PAST
YEAR OUTLINED FOR
MEMBERS

Kiwanis members heard c. c.
Wescott. director OF the Ypsilanti
Community Fund. explain financial
operations for this year and the
proposed budget for 1871 at their
meeting Wednesday.
or the $4,000 pledged for the
current year sl4.40l.66 or 95.14eo
has been paid OF this amount
! S2.051.97 has been used to absorb
the deficits for 1888 and 1889. There
remained sl2,349.69 available for
1910 expenditures. For the nine
months ending September 80 S.
S66.5S had been expended, leaving
$S,4S3.1l plus collections for tho
last three months OF the year.
Expenditures itemized for the
first nine months are: Executive
secretary $3.50, case worker s1,125.
case work Office s27822. mileage
S1S915. welfare work Si47.55. I'M
derprivileged children including
the nursery school s675, Starr Com
monwealth 1925. Homo Association
S13333. Old Ladies Home 5000,
Michigan Children's Aid 1895, Sal
walton Army S749.97. Salvation Ar
my war relief 800, Y. w. c. A.
s562.50, Boy Scouts s1,19997, Girl
Scouts $500, recreation ~ year,
$3.50, driver 1912, maternal health
SIS. Waterloo Camp $14.40, admin
istration and campaign expense
$404.49.
ltemized budget figures for 1871
We're also explained Mr.. Wescott
commented favorably upon the
work OF John Bryce. part time d.
rector, who, he stated, had out
lined workable program, had sys-
tematized both financial and case
records for the directors. had work
ed to eliminate duplicating efforts
OF agencies and in other ways as.
sisted in putting fund operations
on sound basis. He also COM
mended the Board OF Commerce for
the manner In which records OF
the fund had been kept in that
office.
Arthur Helfrich. major OF the
Kiwanis division. stated 43 mem
bers OF the club had volunteered to
serve in the campaign and urged
all to attend the four meetings to
be held in connection with the an.
nual solicitation.
Prof. F. B. Mckay. reporting for
the elections committee. submitted
the following to be voted upon next
Wednesday: Frederick Weinmann,
Jr.. unopposed for president; Basil
Wheeler, Larry Schaffer. c. T. Wat
ling, Rev. Gordon Speer, George
Norman, and Leroy Bush for
vice presidents (three to be elect
ed. George Norman, c. T. Wat
ling, Frank Blaha, Mark Jefferson
and Floyd Smith for directors 1.-TWO
to be elected; and Don Comstock
for reelection as treasurer, unop-
posed.
James Hopkins, chairman OF the
ways and means committee, an
nounced the annual rummage sale
and dinners being held today. Fri
day and Saturday at So n. Huron
st. Statesmen were selected 10
work on the various days and eve
nings.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-24
Telephone Gard
Party Planned by
Our Lady Sodality

a telephone card party for Nov.
6 was planned, and reports were
read at the meeting OF Our Lady
sodality, which followed Rosary de-
votions, Wednesday evening In ST.
John Church.
With Miss Elizabeth Erskine, pre-
feet, presiding at the business meet
ing. favorable report OF the dance
last Saturday night, was given by
the treasurer. Miss Lucille Ions
key. Arrangements for Christ
mas project and for the telephone
card party were made. High scores
from four simultaneous parties
will be telephoned to the chairman,
Miss Lucille Lonskey.
After the meeting the committee,
Misses Mary and Christine Wills.
Misses Mary and Leona Grady and
Miss Louise Grognan. provided d
Halloween entertainment and re-
freshments were served.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-24
Gay Party EnioYed

Mr. and Mrs John Skelt enter.
tanned at a gay Halloween party,
Wednesday evening, at their home
on Hewitt Rd. The mild weather
made the outdoor supper enjoyable,
with wiener and marshmallow
toasting. cup cakes and tea or cot.
fee. Later the guests went into the
house, that was deliberately decor.
ated with Halloween colors and de-
signs and colored balloons. A pro.
gram OF laugh-causing games de
vised by Mrs. Skelt kept things
lively, prizes being awarded to Mr..
and Mrs. Jack McCandless. Mr..
and Mrs. George II. Campbell, Mr.
and Mrs. Anton Himmelspach. Mrs
Ernest Skelt and Mrs Frank D.
Smith.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-10-24
Calendar of Social Events
TODAY

TODAY
A Beach Daughters Union
party. supper Johnson.
American Legion Auxiliary s o'clock Legion home.
Order OF Rainbow Girls special meeting
Masonic Temple chapter
Matilda Auxiliary plumber 10 US.W.v, 1880 GAR Hail.
Ann Arbor
Mrs Stitch Club O'Clock with Mrs Harry skiman.
b b. Bunco Club o'clock with Mrs. John Simons
Hobby Club of Woodruff
Halloween party sponsored by Association Dinner $3.50
followed by entertainment and dancing, Masonic
FRIDAY
Willing Workers Circle OF Kings Daughters
o'clock followed by annual meeting Mrs William
Jels. Bring table service.
Mems Fellowship Class, 1880 m
wives invited Lyle Murdoch program
ments
Second district WCT.U honor late Mrs Emor
Cakns at home of DR.. Glenadine Snow; luncheon
Methodist Business Professional Sunday
Class cooperative $500 followed meeting
home OF Mrs. Alice SALISBURY
Red knitting to and to 4
o'clock. Yarn being given
Research Club o'clock at home OF Mrs Harvey Woodbury.
Ainsey Mereness Junior Club of WRC, Hail.
Ypsant Cooperative discussion subject Support
operative o'clock in Womens Lounge Charles McKenny
Hall.