Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-24
U.S.Acceptonce of New Order
Believed Immediate Maxi Goal
Persuasion, Bribery and Intimidation Expected
To Be HitIer's Weapons in America

Coast. outright and with no string
tied to it.
But France Refused.
This France refused, with the re,
suit that France, for the time being
remains outside the new order, ane
1t has been announced that any
new discussions will occur only after
the signature of peace. The often.
sive against Gibraltar has been al
least postponed, and the Italians
are waIlowlng in very sticky Greek
pilau.
The British empire in Hitler's
notion-or so 1t is believed here's
to be broken at several spots: al
Gibraltar, at Suez, in the Indian
Ocean and at Singapore. Since the
Italians have shown no capacity
for moving down towards Suez, the
Germans may have to do 1t them.
selves. Their Balkan armies have
In the last weeks, received Colonial
equipment, as though for Syrian
or Egyptian campaign-and not fol
the cold heights of Anatolia.
Bulgaria seems won to the az
gressors and the moment appears
to be approaching for Turkey to
face the monotonous German in
vitation, BE my brother or I'll bust
your head"
Thanks to the Rumanian earth
quake and the brilliant British
naval victory over the Italian fleet
at laramie, the new German "drang
mach Osten" has been delayed. But
few imagine that it will be avoided
Japanese Threat Is Real.
A third attack upon Britain's far
flung empire may. the Germans
hope, be undertaken by Soviet
Russia, through Persia, across Balu-
chistan, or over the Khyber Pass
into India. Nothing definite is
known of Russias reply to this sug-
gestion, but some doubt is felt both
as to Russia's enthusiasm for the
venture, or its success If tried.
Not so the attack upon Singapore
Here nearly everything is set for
the great Japanese drive southwark
from Canton and Hainan Island
to Cam Ranh, Saigon and Borneo
and other points south and west
japanese troops, withdrawn from
China, have been collected and re-
organized and japanese transports
gathered. Here the obstacles are
three. China Indo-China and the
United States.
China is by far the greatest.
The Chinese have, for 40 months,
successfully begged down in China
100000 of Japan's bravest war
riors. Bombed, blasted, beaten, ex-
propriated, hungry, their currency
shattered, their richest lands oc-
cupied, the Chinese have stubborn
" carried on the war as best they
might. wherever they could. And
the Chinese are beginning to show
signs of wear.
Germany Was China's Friend.
This is Germany's opportunity.
The Germans have always had a
particular interest in China and
have generally behaved as China's
friend. They sincerely deplored
Japans attack upon China. AS late
as September, 1899, they supplied
China with munitions (Which Brit
ish warships allowed to pass. They
provided China with military adj
visers. They strengthened what
might be called the Fascist strain
in the complicated web of Chinese
internal politics. And always, they
have hoped and strived for peace
between the two countries.
For a strong China under Ger
man influence might be a useful
brake upon japanese ambition. And
a peaceful China, protected by Ger
many, might release the entire jap
anese energy for the war on Brit
tain. 1t is entirely logical to as
sumo that the restoration of peace
between Japan and China plays a
definite part in German calculations
for cracking the British in the Far
East.
Indo-China remains something OF
a problem. But, through increased
pressure upon Vichy, the Germans
can compel the French to bow to
Japanese overlordship in Indo-
China.
U. S. Still Considered Remate.
A problem of entirely different
dimensions is the United States. The
United States is, as country. def
nitely hostile to Nazi-ism and Ger
man domination. But it is, in Ger
man eyes, remote, still half-awak-
ened and honeycombed with poten-
tial appeasers. 1t ought not to prove
an insuperable obstacle, if only be-