The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-01

of this speech General Franco &C., cused the United States of "of- fering" Spain economic help in order to force Spain to obey the will of ether nations, presumably Britain.
 This would appear to be definite confirmation that credit was actually offered" to Fascist Spain in order to keep her neutral. SHUTTLING THE NAVY
 The thing which has worried D. s. Admirals for some months is what they call "shuttling"; that is taking part of the fleet from the Pacific to the Atlantic to meet danger :n the East, then back to the Pacific to meet new danger in the West. This, the Admirals feared, would merely keep the fleet on the high seas, using up fuel in game as profitable as 'fOx and geese"
 And this, obviously is what the Japanese with their Nazi allies) are trying to trap us into doing.
 However, although it remains a fact that part of the Pacific fleet has gone into the Atlantic to help patrol" nevertheless, the United States finds itself in a better po- sition than the Admirals some months ago expected.
 Here are the reasons:
 1st, we have acquired some emergency naval bases in the
 Dutch East Indies, and it may
 be that one or two U. S. ships
 might drop in on these bases
 from time to time.
 End, we have been concen-
 trating long range bombers in
 the Philippines and the islands
 of the Pacific. The Japanese
 know this, and it worries them
 almost more than anything else.
 These bombers easily can fly
 from Manila to Tokyo and back
 again.
 3rd, we took the precaution of
 placing a strong submarine
 force in and around the Philip
 pines. And submarine can dis
 rupt Japanese troop ships,
 tankers, supply ships more than
 any other type of weapon.
 4th, the fortification of various
 Pacific islands = Guam, Mid
 way, Wake, and crucial bases in
 the Philippines-has been pro-
 ceeding at a tremenodus speed.
 So if the Russians can hold cut until fall, the Japanese may really find themselves out on a limb. Of course, if the Russians cave in and Hitler's forces are unleashed for operations in the Atlantic, es- pecially around Spain, Portugal and Dakar, it may be different story.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Friends of "Pappy" O,Daniel, new Senator from Texas, say he is staying in Austin so his daughter may have the honor of being mar ried in the Governors Mansion. Enemies say he is staying there to escape the vote on extending the service of draftees in the army. -. The output of most judges is pretty dull reading, but U. s. Judge Richard J. Hopkins of Kan sas has just written a thriller, the story of the famous Stroud mur- der case. It is an object lesson regarding paroles and pardons and the difficulty which a conscienti- ous district attorney faces in keeping criminals In jail. Senator Wheeler and his America First friends went to interesting lengths to get the addresses of the million people to whom he sent post cards. Among other things, they circularized the can. celled subscribers to the Woman's World. The Federal Conn munlcations Commission is turn- Ing down some Of the best auall- lied foreign newspaper correB- ponaenth ln America as monitors t0 detect foreign radios - be. cause they iack civil service. Far more important is the fact that they understand foreign lang. uAkea,
 000D NEI0MBoR FRAUDS
 n . fey weeks the Post 0fIiee Department viii give q new twist Q the blacklist of Axis agents to Latin America.
 Postal authorities sill lndlet q bunch Of ', q, operators Wh0 hase been lihlna inc a00d Nelahs bof policy Q deirAud Latin Amer.