Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-16

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Detroit Tinss.)
I'VE ARB a very mercurisl coun-
W Try. 4 fortnight ago we
we're IN Tire dumps because the
Sucoslavs had signed pact with
Germany. Then. a few days later
we were elafed out OF all proper
ton because the YuC0Slays mad re-
versed the pacf Then the Ger
mans struck. with their character
!sfic energy IN an al-out o..iz-
kriez. ana drove right through to
Greece. ara cvefYW rcre one saw
long faces.
With YaEoSIaXia surrounded on
every frontier aid ill-prepaIcc for
resistance. = vas obvious That the
Germans would plow through her.
Tho best expectations might have
been reckoned IN terms Of weeks
l. happened N DAYS It's f psychic
logical reversal but il VIII NOT de-
terr1in tire outcome az this war,
TIE war VII not be decided IN
North Africa. either II the Greeks
csn hold out IN their mountains,
with British aI3 fer a short time.
the British forces in North Africa
VII flnIsh WITH Erfroa and AhyS-
sinia sr6 begin a coGnter-often-
Sive IL L3bya.
Bur II W. be silly % 90 into a
nc-tsl -taiISpIn II Greece goes. as
II probably VI. and pretty soon.
r VII not be the end of the war
Il Lfbya goes % the Germans. and
Il Egypt Eoes. I rather expect
ho.h things 10 happen.
n fact. We are going to see
dreadful events IN the next weeks
ard months. and we may see the
loss c. the whole Mediterranean.
TIVE Importance Of the Yugoslav
l. coup d'etst. however. and the
immediate German aggression, Is
much larger than the Balkans. It
brought the war into an area Of
vital concern 10 Russia. The Rus
SANS began cooling of on the pact
with the Nazis at the time of the
Runanian coup. which. they COM
planned. had been undertaken with
cut consulting them.
When Bulgaria was occupied
tslheelr- addressed sharp words 10
Bulgaria. if not 10 Germany,
When Yugoslavia was invaded,
they went much further. On the
very eye of the attack. they con-
cluded a treaty of friendship with
their fellow-Slavs. If Turkey is
attacked. they viii go another
step away from the Axis, and actu-
ally give Turkey aid-their own
version of a lend-lease bill
These diplomatic developments
are far more important than the
occupation of Yugoslavia, or even
Greece. either of which. inciden-
tally, Will continue TO be a head
ache 10 the Germans. The inStalla-
ton in Croatia. Yugoslav province.
Of Ante Pavehc, one of the com
spirators in the murder Of the
YugoSlav king. Alexander. who has
been kept in hook by the Italians
aDl lillS AlRIAtliAs II t-hdttiN NdiNA-
lated to turn every Serb into
guerrilla fighter and an expert
saboteur.
As for the blessing that this
coup received. or IS supposed 10
have received. from Vladimir
Matchek. the Croatian peasant
leader-Matchek is a shrewd peas
ant. who more than once has not
let his right hand know what his
left hand is doing.
TIVE decisive areas Of this war
Il will not be in the Mediter-
ranean or in North Africa, but in
the North Atlantic and in the
Middle East-around the Red Sea.
the Arabian Sea and the Indian
Ocean.
And last week. while YugoSlavia
was collapsing, Mr.. Roosevelt took
two measures Of q vastly greater
importance. He declared that
Greenland is part Of the Western