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La gaceta., 1940-08-31

HAUSTH
eendencia en- el Partido y Een-
edo a Stain. Kerensky afirma
que Leon GARCIA de audacia.
Cuando en- 1923 Sc public6 ell IL
bro de Trotzky titulado LA
Verdadera Situation ep/Rusia,"
Sc vic que LeninlaS1&bia avisa-
do al Partido Comunista tucie-
ra cuidado de Stain y pedia
que este fuera deSpedido del
pueSto de secretario del Partido
Lenin pronostic6 la lucha entire
TrotzLy y Stain, senalandose
como Ell mayor peligro del Par
tido Comunista. De Trotzky es-
cribio Lenin:
Ell camarada Trotzky no es SO
10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS habil, 81
no que conoce su propio valor Y
posee un complete entendimien-
to del lado administrative de la
economic del Estado. La diferen
cia entire estos dos hombres pue-
de originar una lucha que pue-
de surgir de repente, 81 ell Par
lido no toma medidas para inn
pedirlO."
No obstante su poSici6n estra
tegica, Stain, menos habil, pero
menos eScrupuloso, supo manic
brar y desplazarlo. En- enero de
1925 Sc lie desterr6 al Caucaso,
pero Sc dijo que habia lido alli
por su salud.
Stain aument6 su antagonis-
mo hacia 81 y escribi6: "Trotzky
nunca fue un bolsevique. Debe-
mos destruir Ell trotzkismo."
Ell companero de Lenin CAPT
tul6 incondicionalmente ante
Stain, accompanied por Zinc
vieh y otros de la oposici6n, en-
octubre II de 1926. Una soma
ma despues Sc lie expulsaba del
Bur6 Politico y un mes mas tar
de era removido del Consejo Su-
promo Econ6mico. lie quitaron
la mayor parte de sus honOres.
En- juicio de 1927, ell Comit6
Central de Control, dominado
por Stain, recomend6 la expul-
sion de TrOtzky y Zinovieff del
Comite Central, pero Trotzky
escape con una reprimenda. Mas
tarde en- octubre, Sc lie echo del
|Comite Central del Partido Co
munista.
A peSar de la censura rusa, en-
enero de 1928 Sc supo que el y
otros lideres de la oposici6n ha-
bfan sido desterrados a Siberia.
I'm aho pas6 en- Alma Alta, en- la
ciudad de Vierny, en- la fronte-
ra de China y ell Turkestan.
Deciase en- enero de 1929 que
iba a retornar al poder; pero 10
cierto es q. ell dia % de enero sc
anunci6 en- Mosc1 que $50 par
tidarios de Trotzky habian sido
condenados como enemigos de
la dictadura del prOletariado. Y
ma vez mas Stain habia prooa-
do que era demasiado fuerte pa
ra su rival.
Ash Trotzky, a quien en- 1917
Sc llamaba ell Napoleon de IA
Revoluci6n," termin6, al igual
que Robespierre, siendo una
vfctima de la misma fuerza que
tanto habia hecho para crear.
En- Turqufa D suicidiO
de su hijG
Con toda su familia, en- febre
no 6 de 1929, lego Trotzky a
Constantinopla. Pidi6 permiso
La gaceta., 1940-08-31
La fGltGbG GudaciG

Trotzky, segdn sus CRITICS,
no era un habil politico, pues de
10 contrario hubiera ganado as
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
TWO MEN ADMIT
PROFIT MURDERS
Confessed They Killed De-
troit Men In Order To
Sell Victims Auto

DETROIT, April 7.-R-Chief
Assistant Prosecutor William E.
Bowling announced tonight that
John Kurzawa, 81, and John R. Ka.
sap, %, had confessed to the second
of two profit murders" perpetrated
in order to sell the victims automo-
biles.
Shortly after securing a confes'
sion from Kasap verifying Kurza'
was admission Of the killing of
Philip G.. Loyst, "a, the assistant pro
secutor said that both prisoners also
disclosed they had shot Dorsey E.
Bowman, IS, to death.
Loyst, garage mechanic, was killed
to get possession of his automobile
and sell it under forged title. Police
said Bowman apparently had been
slain for the same purpose.
"Both boys have confessed both
crimes" Bowling said. II do not
wish to make details Of the Bow
man killing public at this point"
Bowling was reported to be keep
ing facts secret in an effort to fore
stall the framing of alibis by posi-
Montin11ad nm Page Three: Col. "
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PRESSURE BOOSTED
ON SCANDINAVIAN
Demands For Norway-Swe-
den Defense Alliance Re-
suit From New Moves

OSLO, April L. up Increasing
Allied and German pressure on
Scandinavian neutrality appeared to-
day to be Strengthening internal de-
mands in Norway and Sweden for
a defense alliance backed by arms
and bombing planes.
Such an alliance was pointed to in
Informed quarters as the best means
of defending the neutrality of the
northern countries while a war-jit-
terry public awaited news of the
contents of the latest British notes
to Norway and Sweden, delivered
Friday.
(Talk of a Swedish-Norwegian.
Finnish defense alliance arose in
Scandinavia Immediately after the
Russian-Finnish peace on March 10,
but ended abruptly after Tass, the
official Soviet news agency, stated
on March 20 that such an alliance
would be interpreted by Moscow as
being "aimed against the U. S. S. R.
and would directly contradict the
peace treaty" between Russia and
Finland.)
Indications that Norway and Swe-
den regard strength as necessary to
preserve their neutrality were seer
in a Stockholm newspaper report
that the two countries had ordered
600 Warplanes in the United States
for immediate delivery. The paper
predicted that Norway and Sweden
together would buy at least 1000
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
DUCE SAYS ITALY
SET FOR FUTURE
Tells Crowd Nation Ready
To Face Whatever Late
Spring Brings

ORVIETO, Italy, April 7.-P-
Premier Mussolini told a cheering
crowd today that Italy was ready to
face whatever this late spring
brings"
II Duce spoke briefly to a mass
of blackshirt followers, t~ownspeople
and students of an academy for
training of fascist women leaders
which he inspected.
The occasion was the first ami
versary Of the italian occupation of
Albania.
Events which we are witnessing
have great proportions" Mussolini
said. "But we believe we are not
inadequate for them, even consider
ing their unusual scope.
whatever may be the happening.
which this late spring brings us,
Italy will face them. 1t could not
be otherwise because the Italy of
the fascist emblem of the young and
resolute which just a year ago lib
Grated a people in three days, and
previously conquered an African
empire in seven months, is the Italy
which we have willed and created
through 20 years of hard, uninter-
rupted tests, always crowned by VIC
tory"
Mussolini's remarks, the first he
has uttered on the war situation in
several months, came after a week
in which intensified preparations
for possible emergencies were an
nounced. Among the measures was
a civilian mobilization law, permit
ting the government to call up wo-
men and children over Is years of
age for work behind the front lines.
His visit to Orvieto was one of
those occasionally paid by II Duce
to Italian cities.
He received the usual enthusiastic
welcome, students of the academy
entertaining him with gymnastic
dancing, choral singing and swim.
ming performances.
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FIRES UNDER CONTROL
Onslow Warden Believes
Some Fires In That Area
Started Intentionally

AS a large part of the forest fires
sweeping eastern North Carolina for
the past several days were reported
under control, five wardens through
out the section said last night they
had reason to believe at least a part
of the blazes were started inten-
tionally.
one arrest had been made yester-
day and others were expected in a
short time. Bolton Taylor, white
man, was being held last night In
Chadbourn, Fire Warden Bill Ed
monds said.
He is charged with purposely set
ting afire the woods in that section.
He has a record of similar offenses
in the past, Edmonds said.
Firebugs' Work Seen
Fire Warden w. l.. Jessup, OF
Jacksonville in Onslow county, said
no arrests have been made in that
vicinity but he said he, too, has
reason to believe some of the half
dozen blazes in that section were
started by firebugs.
Some of the fires, it was said,
were started far from any normal
source of flame and was apparent
someone was going about the county
and starting them.
The Riegel Paper company at Boil
ton reported that about 400 acres
of it's property have been burned
off, but added most of the fires were
diminishing last night.
No reports of arson or arrests
were received from Brunswick
ty, but the fire warden in that
ty reported all the flames under
control last night.
Hardest hit in the forest Tires
seemed to be Onslow county, where
Warden Jessup reported that n
flames have laid waste between g.
600 and 10000 acres of timberland.
Two or three tobacco barns were
burned in the county, he said, u
no dwellings have been destroyed
and no injuries have been reported.
Two small fires in Onslow hao
been extinguished last night and TWO
others were still raging. The large
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
ToBe Greeted
By Propeller
Club Members
Nations Newest Destroyer
Is Scheduled To Remain
Until Thursday
WILL BE ENTERTAINED
Craft Will Be Open To Pub
lie Inspection During
Designated Hours

The U. S. S. Roe, newest de-
stroyer in the U. S. navy, will a r
rive at the customhouse dock here
this afternoon at 5 o'clock for a
short visit.
The ship is scheduled to arrive
at the bar at $3.50 o'clock, where
it will be met and piloted into
Wilmington by Capt. Harold st.
George, of the Cape Fear Pilots
association.
Will Greet Craft
A group of members of the Will
mington Propeller club will meet
the Roe at the bar, board her, and
come into the port. Another group
of city officials will meet her at
the dock.
The members Of the Propeller
club delegation will be: Command.
er Lorain Anderson, George ROM.
tree, Jr., David Harriss. r. B.
Page, E. c. snead, and o. F.
Cooper.
The greetings at the dock will
be extended by Louis r. Fisher,
commissioner of finance; ]. E. L.
Wade, commissioner Of public
works, and Louis T. Moore, mana
ger of the chamber OF commerce.
The Propeller club is responsible
for the ships visit to Wilmington.
She has recently been completed
at the Charleston navy yard and
Wilmington will be the first port
Of call.
The roster Of officers aboard the
destroyer is as follows:
Lieut. Commander R. M. Scruggs
is the commanding officer. Others,
in order Of their ranks, are as
follow: Lieut.. H. o. Parish, execu-
tive officer; Lieut.. R. L.. Nolan,
Jr., engineer officer; Lieut.. w. C.
Norvell, gunnery officer; Lieut..
(JG) D. B. Wood, Jr., first lieuten-
ant; Ensign o. B. Wiseman, COM
m%unication officer; and Ensign c.
]. King, stores officer.
The Roe is Of the newest and
most modern of navy ships. 1t will
be open for public inspection dur
ing designated hours during the
visit, to be announced later.
A varied entertainment has been
planned for both officers and men
during the stay here.
Tonight the officers will be
guests at a dinner-dance sponsored
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
LOUISIANA STORM
TAKES FOUR LIVES
Winds Also In.
lure Il And Cause Exte1,-
sive Property Damage

ANTE, La, April 7-P-Torna-
die winds ripping across southern
Louisiana early today brought death
Ito at least four persons, left one
missing, injured n and caused ex-
|~tensive property damage.
Three were killed here and Mrs.
|Albert Guillie, u, was drowned in
|4he picturesque Lafitte-Bayou Bar
section, 100 miles south, when
her houseboat was wrecked. Her
husband was still missing late to-
|day. Two children, cousins of Gull
Die, were injured.
Twenty-Five of the injured were
lhurt in the twister here, two near
|Lafitte. Mayor Andrew Morris esti-
mated damage to property here at
ss50Q,0OO. The town has a popula-
I1ion of 5000,
Twelve persons yer killed in a
tornado at Shreveport March 10 and
>t'N ~ oilJIltl dl fle!I0 dEI, Ad.y
a week ago last Friday.
The dead at Amite were listed as
II, {. Pittman, superintendent Of
.Tangipahoa Parish county schools,
Mrs. Pittman, and a negro, Oliver
|Ruters.
The Pittman house, a brick struc-
=ture, was destroyed.
The winds struck here at 1919
Iand traversed a diagonal course
across town, damaging badly some
SO buildings in the business section.
huge trees were uprooted, box cars
bloVn from railway tracks, and tele-
|lhohe and light wires and poles
pioWn down over a wide area. Scores
eI automobiles were overturned.
Ambulances from nearby towns
,ooh the injured to the Florida
hospital at independence,
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
Columbus Man Arrested
On Forest Fire CHARGES
Fiue German Planes
Shot Down By French

PARIS, April = up The
French high command reported
tonight five German warplanes
were brought down during a day
of Every considerable activity in
the air."
The high commands regular
evening cOmmunique:
Some artillery fire in the
region west of the Vosges. Very
considerable activity in the air.
Five enemy planes were brought
down, one of them by the Royal
Air Force"
In its morning communique it
said nothing to report"
West of the Vosges noun
tains, where the French repulsed
a German patrol and took a pri-
soner yesterday, there was ac-
tive artillery Smelling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
To Seek More
Sales To Hike
For War
May Stop Buying Holly
wood Films, Plan Home
Ban On Whisky
AIR WARNINGS GIVEN
Norwegian Steamer Sunk
By Submarine Off The
Coast OF Ireland

UONDON, April 7.-R- Brit.
aims economic "big push" today
turned toward a campaign for few
err purchases of non-war materials
from the United States and more
sales in dollar markets SO funds
would be available for war sup
plies.
New measures were reported to
include plans to halt the flow of
British funds abroad for the pur-
chase of Hollywood movies and
possibly even a domestic ban on
Scotch whisky so it could be
dumped in America for dollars to
buy planes.
Air Raid Warning Given
On the war front air raid sirens
sounded in the Orkney islands but
no raid was reported.
The Norwegian steamer Navarro,
2,118 tons, was torpedoed and sunk
by a German submarine off north
ern Scotland Saturday focusing at
tention even more sharply on the
neutrality problems of northern
nations.
Three officers and nine members
of the Navarra's crew were killed.
The Finnish vessel Atlas picked up
IA survivors.
The northern neutrals were criti-
cized in London for standing by
while Germany sinks their ships,
but permitting German vessels to
use their waters and selling ore
to German arms plants.
Another major source of Ger.
mar supplies, southeastern Europe,
came under the microscope Of for.
eign office consideration. A series
of conferences with British diplo-
mats called home from that quar-
ter starts tomorrow.
Ambassador Arrives
The British ambassador to Tur.
key, Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Huges-
sen, arrived by plane to participate
and others were en- route or al
ready here.
Sir William Seeds, Britain's am.
bassador to Soviet Russia who has
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
MILLIONS WITNESS
LENGTHY ECLIPSE
Moon Passes Between Earth
And Sun To Result In
Rare Phenomenon

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April T.
Up - Menacing clouds along the
southern ring eclipse path cleared
away just in time today to give mil
lions of persons their first chance
in Is years to see such a phenome-
non.
The eclipse, caused by the moon
coming between the earth and the
sun, started at daybreak far out in
the Pacific ocean and entered the
United States at Big Bend, Tex, at
4:4O p. m. It headed out owe the
Atlantic ocean after a five-minute
performance here at 5:13 p. m.
Millions of laymen Joined astron-
omers and other scientists in peer
ing at the fiery ring as it covered
it's 2,O0O-mile long path in about 80
minutes.
What the average man saw was
the moon gradually moving over
the face of the sun until nothing
was left but a thin rim Of orange
light.
The moon did not entirely black
out the u because the sun was
comparatively close to the earth,
while the moon was farther away
than ordinarily. The relative dis
lance resulted in the ring phenom-
enon which will not be seen again
in this country until May, 1894.
From an airplane 1920 feet
above the ground, there was a pear
ly gray cast to billowy clouds be-
low and a sunset glow on heavy,
darker clouds on the horizon.
Off to the right appeared a "sun
dog"-a rainbow dot caused by di-
minished light from the sun being
refracted through stringy, light cir
rus clouds which really are huge
formations Of ice crystals.
Clouds, which throughout tt e
morning threatened to spoil the
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
BRITISH BOMBERS
D0WNED BY NAILS
Craft Are Destroyed During
Large Engagement 100
Miles North OF Sylt

BERLIN, April 7-LR-Two Brit.
ish Wellington bombers were shot
down today over the North sea
about 100 miles north Of the Island
# Sylt, DNB, the official German
news agency, reported.
The agency said Germany had suf-
fered no casualties in a battle in
volving "a swarm of German pur.
suit planes and "a British aircraft.
The British planes disappeared in
a westerly direction, the agency re-
ported.
(The British air ministry, confirm.
ing the battle, said two British
planes were missing, but that one
German fighter was destroyed and
another damaged.)
(The French high command an
nounced five German planes had
been shot down on the western front
in a day of VERY considerable activ.
ity in the airy
The German high command
charged today that numerous enc
Continued on Page Three, Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
GERMAN FREICHTER
STARTS TEST TRIP
Seeks To Determine If Ger
many Can Set Up Trade
Route Through Adriatic

DUBROVNIK, Yugos1avia, April
7.-P-The German freighter An
kara sailed from here secretly at
dawn today for a test trip through
Yugoslav territorial waters to see
whether Germany might establish a
blockade-running trade route
through the Adriatic Sea.
The Ankara, loaded with 5000
tons of bauxite, the mineral base of
aluminium, headed for Trieste, Ital-
ian port $50 miles to the north, from
where the cargo might be trans
shipped to Germany by rail.
There have been unconfirmed re-
ports that four British warships
were in the Adriatic ready to inter-
cept just such a shipment. Germany
reported to have failed to win
Yugoslavia's promise to guard Nazi
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
Thomas Given
By Socialists
To Run For Presidency On
Platform Stressing Nom
Participation In War
KRUGER TO BE MATE
Party Also Plans To En-
phasize Specialization OF
Essential Industries

WASHINGTON, April 7 Up -
the socialist party acclaimed Norman
Thomas it's 1910 presidential candi-
date today to run on a platform en-
phasizing specialization of essential
industries and non-participation in
the European war.
For second place on the ticket, the
party chose, also unanimously, May
nard c. Kruger, youthful professor
of economics at the University Of
Chicago, who yesterday delivered the
conventions keynote address.
Nominated BY Felix
Thomas name was placed in
nomination by David II. Felix of
Philadelphia, to the accompaniment
of a roar of cheers and applause
from the two-hundred odd delegates
assembled in the National Press
club auditorium.
"Are there other nominations?"
askel the chairman.
There was laughter and more
cheering, for since long before the
convention met there had been no
thought of nominating anyone else.
"Of course, not!-No!-No!" The
delegates shouted.
The amusement continued, when
the chairman appointed a committee
to Inform Thomas of his fourth
consecutive nomination and escort
him to the hall. His entry aroused
more %deafening applause.
Accepts Nomination
IT accept the nomination you Of
fer me-" Thomas said. Why? Be-
cause in the year Of crisis and con-
fusion, of continuing unemployment
and war, for the social party of
America to run no ticket would be
a%bdication in the face of the enemy.
Because if we do not proclaim
them no party in America will pro.
claim what our platform says about
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
FARM BOY ADMITS
MURDER OF WOMAN
Youth Comics
ses Staying Young Wife
Near Fort Worth

FORT WORTH, Texas, April T.
m-Detective O. r. Brown said to-
NIGHT ernest Joe Butler, Is, farm
how. admitted killing Mrs. Clifton
Beck, 20, dairyman's wife.
The young mother, her IA months
old son clasping his arms around
her neck and sobbing, was found
diving at her ALE community home
today.
Questioned after the shooting
p,,+1ar at first told detectives Mrs.
Rack was shot by a negro as she
stood in her kitchen preparing Sum
day dinner.
reflective Brown quoted the boy
40 saving he killed Mrs. Beck be-
cause she admonished him for fast
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
Noe Opposition Census
Questions Noted In Area

J. H. harrington, of Wilmington,
supervisor of the Seventh census
district, of which Wilmington and
New Hanover county are a part,
said last night that practically no
opposition has been met" by the
enumerators as regards answering
the census questions.
"The people are not listening to
Senator Tobey," he said, "and are
cooperating with us to the fullest"
About $4,000 names have thus far
been tabulated in the district. The
total population is estimated at 375,-
900. Counts in urban areas must be
completed within a few days and
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rural areas must be tabulated be.
fore May 1.
Darlington said there are 253 dis.
tricts in this area, being handled by
238 enumerators.
In addition to the population cen.
sus, counts are being made Of hous.
ing and farming.
Tonight the census takers will
stop the movement of the transient
populace Of the nation" as from
one end of. the country to the other
they cease their house-to-house emu
meration and concentrate their eff
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sition to levy new taxes and
appropriations are running at
just about budget figures.
mo appropriation should pass
without there being provision
for the money to meet it, aft
er the treasury has reached
the limit of it's borrowing pow
er," Adams declared. EITHER
taxes ought to be imposed, a
general statute enacted lifting
the debt limit, or the treasury
ought to be given specific au-
thority to borrow to pay speci-
fic items"
The Colorado senator said
that some action on the ques-
ton of increasing the debt linz
it, or levying new taxes. may
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-08
WASHINGTON, April -

WASHINGTON, April o.
R-Senator Adams (D-Colo)
proposed today that congress
avoid the question of a general
increase in the statutory debt
limit by authorizing the treas
ury to borrow money to meet
specific appropriations.
This could be accomplished,
he said, by inserting in appro-
priations bills an amendment
authorizing the treasury to
borrow money to meet that ap-
preparation.
Although this would be an
indirect method of increasing
the debt limit, Adams called it
preferable to making "decep-
tive" appropriations.
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He explained that by "decep-
tive" appropriations he had
reference to the possibility that
congress may make total ap-
preparations at this session ex.
ceeding next years revenue
and the remaining borrowing
power of the treasury.
The public debt now is only
about two and one-half billion
dollars short of the $45,O00,-
000. 900 statutory limit. Presi.
dent Roosevelt's budget, which
proposed $3.50, O00, 600 of new
taxes, contemplated a deficit
next fiscal year which would
leave the debt about $60,0O0,-
900 shy of the limit. Congress,
however, has shown no dispo.
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ADAMS WANTS CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE
BORROWING TO MEET APPROPRIATIONS

become necessary in consider.
alton of the relief appropria-
tions, since many congressman
have indicated dissatisfaction
with the $685.. OOO, 900 WPA ex-
penditure proposed in the Pres
ident's budget.
The President, too, was RI.
ported to be doubtful whether
this amount would be enough,
and to be leaning toward a
proposal that the sum be made
available for expenditure in
eight months, if necessary, in
stead of a full year..
The eight.months plan would
avoid an immediate revision of
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Staff Takes
Defense Precautions

STOCKHOLM, April 7.-R-The
swedish defense staff announced to-
hIsht that "a certain stiffening OF
ueIenSe preparations has been made
because Of present conditions" but
gave no mixing of the specific meas
OIeS of what caused them.
Usually informed persons also
were without definite information.
lAey pointed out precautions might
nave been taken because of reports
from abroad, or only because of
s"eden's general determination to
oelend her neutrality.