The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-01-23

foreign-born who are not ready to
lay down their lives to save Il for
their children For the Consti-
tuition turned from the man in the
palace-to bank on the man in the
street.
Under it, the general public has
found peace because under 1t no
private group can make war !.
The true American defends most the
rights of those he likes least
He respects most carefully the ways
and customs which are strange to
him Treason itself is only a
crime against the government-but
preaching intolerance strikes at
Americas soul.
And so, you parents and teachers
you can fearlessly teach loyalty to
the United States and its ConStitu-
ton For no man ever lost his
soul by fighting for the rights of
his nelghbor And no civiliZa-
ton ever passed-because it protect
ed the rights of a minority I.
This century can well call the
American Constitution "the bed
rock of nation because the next
century will call it the charter Of
all mankind.
A full fortnight in advance this
newsboy exclusively brought two
vital movements of the war +.
They were the massing of the Ger
man armies opposite Belgium, Hol-
land and Switzerland, and the ter
rifle peace offensive by Hitler i.
From the same unimpeachable
sources we learn that both these
acts are part of the same hand in
the greatest poker game in history
with the showdown due sometime
within the next seven weeks.
Hitler continued to mass armies
on the Dutch-Belgian frontier-as
a continuation of the war Of nerves
to force peace i. If his bluff is
called, these sources believe he must
attack through Holland and Bel
GUM He is likely to leave
Switzerland and Scandinavia alone
and make his supreme effort
through the low countries But
before tina tatime he viii lredouble
his peace efforts mostly through
Mussolini =. These sources also
believe the following to be the secret
cards-as the game reaches the
calling" stage:
London: The British Cabinet is
divided. Influential members of 1t
would like to make peace with Hit
Ter even to granting colonies. A
United States of Europe would be
set up and world markets agreed
upon.
Paris: Peace should be declined
according to the French Ger
many unjust be fought to finish
and then broken UP" . General
Gamelin and the French army "car.
do it. and France must make che
sacrifice" Hitler's troop move
ments have been received with great
calm Gamelin has said: IF
Hitler starts his drive two months
earlier-we will smash him two
months Sooner!'
Rome: Mussolini will growl loud
er to increase his bargaining power.
He wants Western alliance against
Russia He may make peace,
but he cannot make war as an ally
of Russia -. He knows the Ger
man High Command is split and
muddled. He knows the Nazis know
that the Russian bargain is bad
one In spite of the talk Of
giving physical support to Hitler
Italy's friendship with the United
States has been strengthened .
Italy has formally consented to a
New York Rome airline operated by
T. Hitchcock
Most Of the state Democratic
leaders are reporting directly to F.
ID. r. Leaving the White House,
one paused to talk with Thomas G..
Corcoran, the Presidents legal adj
wiser "Mr. Corcoran," he asked,
sis the rest Of the country as strong
for F. D. r. as my slater"
1.-THE Roosevelt landslide will be
so unanimous" grinned the Presi-
dents aide, chat the results will be
used to check the census"
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