Evening star., 1941-03-08
Stowe Answers Readers
Journalist Believes Turkey Will Fight;
Replies to Morse Premier's Criticism

Leland StotDe today dnStOerS
the last OF the questions asked by
readers concerning the series OF
articles he tDrote tollolDtng his re-
turn from the European battle
fronts.
Some readers asked questions
on topics far REMOVED from the
subjects OF Mr.. Sto1Oe'S articles
and these tUere not anS1Dered, as
they 1Oere considered outside the
scope OF the series.
@. You say that Britain wanted
to occupy Norway prior to the Ger
man invasion. Why, then, did they
not remain there and fight after
they did manage to land?
A. I think you misunderstood me.
I said that the Allies wanted to
send troops across Norway to Fin
land. Had they been permitted to
do so, they would have had an
army already in the Scandinavian
countries. Certainly the Chamber
lain government bungled its ex-
peditionary force to Norway and
especially the use of its bomberS
at the very beginning of the Norway
invasion.
@. Why did not Britain and
France fly to Finland some bombers
that were so badly needed? Did not
the Swedes deliver to Finland war
materials to such extent that they
exposed themselves so much more
to a threatening Germany?
G.. F. GUNNARSON,
Chicago.
A. It would have been almost i'm
possible for the Allies to fly bombers
to Finland in midwinter without
the right to land in Norway or
Sweden while en- route. The SWedeS
delivered very large quantities of
ammunition, rifles and other war
materials to Finland. l do not think
that they stripped their own de-
fenses dangerously low, but their
contribution in materials was
great aid to the Firms Unfortu-
nately Finland needed man power
just as badly and the. total of
foreign volunteers in Finland at
the end of the war was reliably re-
ported to be less than 10000 men.
@. What, in your opinion. would
happen if the Nazis lost this war?
Would the Japanese declare their
treaty with Germany invalid by re-
nouncing it?
DONALD G. UNDERHILL.
DoWners Grove, Ill.
A. If the Nazis are defeated I
suspect quite a number of very
highly placed Japanese militarists
will begin thinking seriously about
committing hara-kiri They will
know perfectly we'll that Japan's
imperialistic ambitions are due to
be thwarted very soon.
@. Considering the industrial
plants-fron. coal. etc.-now con-
trolled by the Nazis, can the Allies
keep abreast or surpass them in
war tools" so desperately needed
by the English to win the war?
ROWENA MANN,
Chicago.
A. The only way the Allies can
keep abreast of or surpasS the Nazis
in production of war materials is
by a steadily increasing volume of
American production, and that
safely delivered in Britain. If we
make sure that Britain actually gets
everything that America can send
her most European neutral author
tiles are convinced that Germany
cannot keep up the pace.
Q. Can you explain why the pow
erful Swedes were not asked to sit
in at Munich?
ADA JOHAUSSON.
Chicago.
A. Neither Germany nor Italy nor
Britain nor France-their spokes-
men, at any rate-Were anxious to
have any other voices raised at
Munich. This is why Poland was
not invited to attend and undoubt-
edly why Sweden also was over
looked.
@. Is it not possible that Stain
did not join the Franco-British
alliance because he believed cor
rectly enough that Russia would re-
ceive the brunt of the attack and
because he feared that the Western
powers might let the war become
an anti-Communist crusade?
jake Lesser,
Orangeville, Ill.
A. Yes.
@. Do you think the attitude of
the isolationists of this country is
more reprehensible than Sweden'S
neutrality because this war is ours,
being an aftermath of the last
through our failure to make the
league" a potent peace power?
EDWIN l.. ARKINS,
Chicago.
A. Beyond question Americas re-
fusal to join the League Of Nations
seriously diminished that organiza-
tion's authority and capacity to
maintain international peace. OF
course we are not without our share
of responsibility for the tragic story
of the last 20 years. You cannot be
a world power and at the same
time disassociate yourself from
world events.
@. How serious is the submarine
and U-boat menace to Britain? Is
there danger that this will so reduce
her feet as to break the blockade
and destroy her naval power?
ELEANOR o. MILLER,
Jacksonville, Ill.