The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-30
Armies Of Hitler Did Not Stop Evacuation
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for Q parachute attack on Suez.
 Britain also was on the offen" sive in the air. reporting that R, A. F. planes made Q heavy riad on the Mannheim industrial area of Ger many. Berlin admitted British ar attacks on scattered objectives, in- cluding Heidelberg, but claimed that 2l British planes were shot down yesterday. The Nazi high command said that on April 28-29 Britain lost 47 planes in all.
 The steady swinging of the sledge hammers of war by both sides pro- yided g thunderous background for political maneuvers which affected almost every nation in the world, including Japan and the United States.
 Russia In Spotlight
 President Roosevelt's plan for United States naval patrols to go into the war zone If necessary drew another threat of Torpedo reprisals from Berlin. But the most important potential field of development was in eastern Europe where Soviet Rus- sia's official Communist party news paper Pravda reported that l2,0O0 German troops equipped wiht tanks and artillery had arrived In Finland.
 That report followed recent indi- cations that the Films were leaning on Germany for protection against possible future moves of the Soviets. It also followed yesterdays Soviet decree prohibiting the transporta- ton of certain war materials across Russia and regulating movement of other materials.
 The Soviet decree was not ex- plained and was interpreted in dif- ferent ways to suit the policy of dif- ferent belligerent capitals, but 1t did not necessarily suggest that Ger many's war effort would be handi- capped at the present. Britain, nevertheless, believed that 1t might indicate cooler attitude on the part of Moscow toward Berlin.
 Turkey Is Drifting
 At the same time, and of greater immediate importance. Turkey was reported less friendly toward Britain at time when Nazi forces have spread out over the islands of the eastern Mediterranean as a possible prelude to @ grab at the rich oil fields of 1raq. Turkey virtually is hanked by the Axis forces. And, un- less strongly backed up by Russia, appeared to be swinging more and more toward the idea of avoiding @ clash with Germany. So far, the Soviets have not indicated that they were giving the Turks much en- couragement to fight, regardless of whether Hitler gets control of the Dardanelles.
 All of these developments-as well as the swing of the Spanish Falan- gists farther toward active coopera- ton with Germany-followed the Nazi victory in the Balkans and the breaking of Britain's last foothold on the continent.
 Gestures in Japan
 The same war developments seemed to have prompted new diplo- matte gestures in Japan, where  there was increasing talk of an early peace which admittedly would be a triumph for the Axis powers.
 The Japan Times and Advertiser in long article, suggested Q peace plan which echoed the ideas previ- ously expressed in Rome and Berlin and proposed that the British gov. ernment transfer It's center of em. pire to Canada, leaving Europe tc German domination. The plan called for European state under Germany, 8 naval holiday and sur render of the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Near East oil fields to the Axis powers.
 The Dutch East Indies and Frencl, Indo-China would come into the Japanese frame work, 1t was added although they would remain "inde. pendent"