The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-25

 counter move of the Democracie' against Japanese penetration intC Nndo-C China.
 End Of Appeasement
 Such o move would mark the be- ginning of the end of two-yeal experiment in appeasing the Jap nnese.
 There was speculation that tht United States would freeze Japanest assets in this country and Japar Apparently feared that her ship; IHnight be seized, as well.
 Any freeze order presumably would be issued from Hyde Park, N ix. where Mir. Roosevelt arrives to- Eday for a long weekend, His depar- Lure last night somewhat quietec Icapital nerves because it was knowr he was not going if the United | States seemed likely to be involved hnore directly and immediately tr Trouble.
 Meantime, there were indications lDf an urgent desire to step-up the Ehe flow of aid to China and the Soviet Union, both of which would be important factors in anti-Jap- anese developments. Soviet Ambas- sador Constantine Oumansky called at the state department yesterday as did Richard G. Casey and Ne Ville Butler, minister of Australia and Great Britain, respectively. VuS.nk ror na Dy,ehnd
 The office of production manage. Anent and the war and navy depart tnents are making check to de- ternline what supplies can be rush. ted to the Soviet Union to aid in its Nefense against Germany.
 The scope of United States as- lBistance is limited, however, by the Jack of shipping facilities and in adequate supplies of tanks, guns planes, and other essential mater aals. It appeared likely that the major aid that this country car give ct this time will be in the line pf machine tools needed to keer Russian factories in operation. { Japanese appeasement apparently Ns ending or diminishing within 24 hours or so of an official acknow- Aedgement that such a policy exist ed. Acting Secretary of State Sum- mer Welles acknowledged that ap- basement was in progress last month in 8 secret session of the house foreign affairs committee, but reporters were not supposed to dis close that fact, with which they quickly had become acquainted. MT. Roosevelt let 1t be known yes kerday, however, in an address tC members of the Volunteer Partici' patton Committee. He referred primarily to the privilege Japan ha! enjoyed of exporting oil from this country. The alternative to per Knittin6 Japan to buy here, he eX- plained, would be to cause her tc go to the Dutch East Indies for hel needs, perhaps with force. Int policy, he said, had been to try tc keep war out of the Pacific and il had been successful so far. He die not say definitely whether the ap- peaseTnent policy now had beer abandoned, but he referred to Il always in the past tense.
 Charged With Aggression
 His extemporaneouS address ealne shortly after Acting Secretary IDf State Sumner Welles hac charged Japan with aggression ir undertaking the occupation ot strategic points in southern Indo. China which, nominally, is French sWelles said this Japanese move nnenaced the supply of vital raw materials to the United States. They Include tin, which is obtained from khe Straits Settlements, and woo from Australia. Moreover, Japan fs moving into a strategic spot from which she could attack Singapore khe Great British naval base, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philip pines.
 Japan,s sortie apparently removes all doubt about provisions of con. gressional authority for MT. Roose' welt to keep Selectees, Nationa Huardsmen and Reservists in service Nor the duration. One of the key Gactors behind that request was tht lArmy'S anxious insistence upon Iproper garrison on the Island o Euzon, the great northern bastior bf the Philippines group. Thousand! bf airplanes and adequate lane l9orces are wanted there because af a sufficient United States force is based on Luzon 1t could in emer' gency break the back of communi' 'Cations between Japan and 1ndC China.
 Only 24O miles - less than ar hour by fast interceptor- bomber planes lie between Luzon anc Formosa, Japan's island colony of the China coast. Japanese troop and supply vessels would have tt come within air range of Luzon. Be yond F'ormosa there is @ marrow sea channel between that islanC and the mainland. The army con |kends that such outpostS cannot bt adequately manned by short tern soldiers who must be brought home -and replacements sent out a Intervals of one year.
 Where Britain Stands
 London, July 25. - yUP) = Grea Britain regards Japan's intention ko occupy Indo- China bases as { potential threat to British territorie; and interests in the Far East anC has taken certain defense measures Rn the Malaya and Singapore area ms the result, it was said official! $oday.
 Occupation by Japan of naval anc nirplane bases in Indo-China i how imminent, 1t was asserted.
 A spokesman said that it was un' desirable to aInplify the statemen khat the defenses in the Mala! peninsula had been strengthened Because these measures also affected other governments.
 Japan's action toward Indo-C Chin;