The Wrangell sentinel., 1940-06-21
ArmiStiCe May
 Hold Key To
 World Future

came 10 a QIam6Uc close today as in famed, historic Compiegne forest of northern France Adolf Hitler dictated the terms to the French envoys on which basis he would sign an armistice and ultimately make peace. Ever dramatic, Hitler chose the same spot and the same railway car as the scene for the meeting with the French as was used % years ago when the Germans met with the French for the armistiee which ended in the Treaty of Versailles.
 Bombs were continuing to fall on the British Isles as the representatives of the two coun- tries met to seek a cessation of hostilities. Germany had an- nOunced that no peace with Great Britain was possible.
 Since the fall of Paris, last week, Premier Reynaud of France has resigned in the face of defeat and Marshall Petain, 84-year-old veteran of Verdun stepped into his place on a seek armistiee platform. Reynaud had insisted on carrying on even if 1t met an actual union with Great Britain but could not get support of his Cabinet. Whether the French Navy and air force would heed the orders of Petain to surrender was still a question. Reports were cur rent that the two branches of Frances armed forces were de- terminied to carry on the fight from bases in North Africa.
 Meanwhile, Turkey was lost to the Allies through a declar- ation from that country that with the fall of France she con- sidered her agreement with the Allies ended and was looking to Russia for guidance. The latter, in the meantime, was Tee ported massing a million and a half men on the German from tier, after taking over Estonia, LatVia and Lithuania earlier ill the week. Observers saw in the move fear on the part of Rus sia that Hitler, with his axis partner, Mussolini, might turn next to the rich Ukraine of the Soviet.
 In this country, with the fall of France, President Roosevelt issued a warning to both Hit Ter and Mussolini that any di- vision of colonies or possessions in the wetern Hemisphere won by aggression would be resist ed by the United States, at the same time pushing the national defense emergency program. Most surprising and spectacular of the weeks action in this country came yesterday with the announcement by the Pres ident that he had nominated Henry L. Stimson and Col. Frank Knox, both Republicans to cabinet positions, Stimson to head war and Knox the navy. Republicans meeting in Phil adelphia for their national con- vention on Monday were thrown into turmoil. The national COP committee met and read Stim- son and Knox out of the party. Accusation was made that the President was forming 8 war cabinet, Stimson aud Knox both being labelled ] inter- ventionists. The Sc e, while startled, was expec to ap- prove the nominati ] quickly.
 At the same tint. plans were going forward for calling a Pan American conference, to which a majority of the Latin American countries had assent ed. Plans for establishing U. S. naval bases in the South American countries were being considered toward the end of enforcing the Monroe Doctrine if any acttion should be taken against the Americas.
 In the Pacific, only move of consequence was the announce ment by Japan that with France defeated she might move into French Indo- China at any movement.
 Meanwhile in Washington, Secretary of State Cordell Hull lashed out at what he called the "massed force of lust for tyrannical power" and declared there could be mo more dan gerous folly' than to think that the United States could be pre-