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British, since they were the key
to the situation.
So after getting rather a pessi-
mistic picture from Premier Da-
Ladder in Paris, Welles went TO
London. Daladier had told him
France faced the alternative
of fighting through to the finish,
or of complete surrender. And he
described complete surrender as
equivalent to any present peace on
Germany's terms, because that
would mean the eventual surren-
der of Tunisia, loss of French
strength in North Africa, and bow
ing to the Axis every time it
waved a gun in the future.
DaJadler said that France pre-
ferred to fight through to the,
bitter end.
This, however, was the known
view of Frence, and what the
Axis powers waited for were the
peace views of Great Britain.
They figured she could control
France.
These Welles found to be i
most as reSsimiStic as the French.
Prime Minister Chamberlain held
that Hitler must go; that 1t was
impossible to make peace while
Hitler remained at the helm Of
Germany.
HITLER DEMENT'S POSITION
So Welles, in conformity with
his promise to Mussolini, advised
him of the British position. He
did this while he was still in
London, in order to give Mussolini
time to communicate with his
Axis partner.
The answer was Hitler'S pill
grimage to confer with II Duce
at the Bremen Pass.
Not only did Hitler refuse to
exit, but he entrenched himself
more firmly than ever. He made
it all too clear by his conference
with Mussolini that he, and no
one else, would remain in power
in Germany. Also he worked out
plans for the partition Of the
Balkans and bigger and better
Axis of dictators.
Regarding the Balkans. it was
arranged that Italy should main
tain within its sphere of influ-
ence Rumania and Jugoslavia, and
to a certain extent Greece. Rus
STA was to have free. hand in
Bulgaria, and in Turkey = II she
was able to exercise it. Germany
was to have access to the raw
materials of all the Balkans coun-
tries.
STAIN GETS COCKY
However, the chief obstacle in
the path of this new and more
powerful Axis proved to be none
other than Stain. He was quite
cocky. His position was that he
had just won a great victory in
Finland, and had no intention of
msS!ing any pledges not to go
into Rumania.
So the Germans had to remind
Stain that the Finnish army was
not defeated, that it was Ger
many who kept the Swedes from
invading, and that If Germany
wanted to fudge bit regarding
aid to Finland, Russia would be
fighting yet.
So Stain gave in. He agreed
not to invade Rumania.
italian worries over Russia were
partly fear Russia would invade
Rumania. So with this agreement
the way was paved for broaden
ing the Axis. AS of today, nego-'
tiations are being conducted in
Moscow and Japan to extend the
Axis straight to the Pacific ocean.
This will include the greatest
area III the world, all working as
an alliance and with the closest
economic cooperation.
Thus the Germans can get
all the raw materials they need,
and give the Russians all the
technical experts they want. II
Is cOmbintiOn which may be
unbeatable.
Meanwhile the British. much
more than people realize, are UP
against 1t. To fight on indefin-
itely may mean the disintegration
OF the Empire. Yet TO make peace
now, means q precarioUs future
in which the Axis powers, little
by little, win gnaW away at the
Empire.
Thus even before Summer
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