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from a peace treaty than would
Thailand
For while the government of In
o-China-which is that of Henri
Petain at Vichy, France-remained
absolutely adamant to japanese de-
mands. ,oI
Then there was sudden change
about, for Vichy announced that the
Petain government was willing to
accept many of the proposals pre-
sented by Japan. Vichy had been in
formed beforehand that if such yield
ing did not take place, japanese
bombs and guns might say the last
word. That settled it. France ac-
cepted. Japan gets most of what
she wants.
British Victory.
To offset those diplomatic axis
triumphs, Great Britain had one mill
tary victory to her credit; British
armies seized the Somaliland port
of Mogadiscio, and plowed still deeper
into Eritrea. In London it is felt
that there is reason to hope for the
complete elimination of the Italians
from Africa.
For in Ethiopia, too, the fascist
troops have had to suffer serious
reverses, and as for Libya-well
nothing is known since the fall of
Benghazi. 1t is thought that the
Army of the Nile either is still pur-
suing the Italians across the desert
to Libya, or that it may have crossed
the Mediterranean and now be part
of the British forces said to have
arrived in the vicinity of Salonika in
an effort to stop further German
penetration of the Balkans.
The continued Italian defeats
in Africa several days ago led to
a-then premature-report that
the British felt they could release
some divisions for the Balkan
service. With Germany possibly
getting ready to attack them, the
Greeks need help desperately, and
there is no one on whom they
feel they can depend other than
Britain. If the fascists are chased
out of Africa, the British, OBJ
viOusly, do not need as strong
forces there as they have needed
them until now.
There is a strong possibility that |
British bombers may have scored
successes on the continental coasts
of the Channel, but the authorities
in London never indicate the extent |
of their raids of this kind They
simply say that the coast has been
bombed, more or less effectively, and
let it 60 at that.
On the other hand, German bomb
ers have been over England during
the last few days with increasing
fury, but in Berlin those who know
about results are just as silent as are
the government officials in London.
Preliminary.
The bombings, be they British or
German, are Intimately connected
with possibility of German invasion
of the British Isles. English bombers |
want to destroy as much as possible
of the war material which the Ger
mans are supposed to have gathered
in northern France, Holland and Bel
GUM, and the German bombers have
for their goal the complete collapse
of the British will to resist.
Whatever the British may have
done in Germany proper or in
German-held positions on the
Channel c0ast-One thing is GER
tain, and that is that German
bombers have not discouraged the
British. They have Infatuated
them.
At that, it is still not known
whether Hitler wants to 60 through |
with his reputed plan to stage an
invasion. 1t is not certain, at all,
that he dares, but, of course, the
British can't take chances. They are
ready for him. If Hitler should make
that supreme attempt, it would mean
that he would be stalking everything |
on it, for the crushing of the British
empire is his one goal.
The British insist that they have
to say about it, too.