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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-05

point in the matter, and that the test could
not be performed without the agreement of
those concerned.
And 1 think Tom is doing you big
favor" he concluded TT will clear you, if
you're innocent And if you're guilty, we'll,
that's that
IF I'm guilty." roared Preeble. What
rubbish! Guilty All, that Arthur Preeble
should be forced
Wait minute Othelo snapped Wheems.
IF you want to emote save it till we get to
the Thirty-Three. All want now is, yes
or no. Which is it,"
Yes. by all means yes! And you'll see"
Yeah we'll see interrupted Wheems.
I'll probably get a headache watching you
strut and rave"
You'll get a headache ?" cried Preeble.
What do you suppose my head feels like.
It's ready to burst"
Wheems dipped his long fingers into his
vest pocket and pulled out the box of aspirin
tablets He tossed the box TO Freeble
Here he said Chew these. But
take it easy that's all there are there
aren't any more And we're not making any
stOpovers at drug stores this trip"
Preebe placed two Of the tablets in the
palm of his hand, walked to the water-cooler.
and filled paper cup. He swallowed the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-05

SUPPOSE so hdII fldIUHiy, dIIu
reached for the phone l.L-L
lie gave the necessary orders for ythe re-
lease of the envelopes and ordered them
brought - hls office he vas about TO
IA another call when Whcems interrupted
Cot any aspirin asked the critic.
DAY took small hoz from his
drawer IL tossed issto Wheems and
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Evening star., 1941-03-02

old grudge against Ruana Greece and YugoaUa
lands the other D got from
her at Versailles She has been under Russian but she
has become active member of the ipartte ari.
question She alliance th against
Her relations uh
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making effective advance
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was the first country to adopt a semi
automatic rifle is one more proof that
American inventive genius leads the
world. The Germans are said to have
been striving since 1900 to perfect such
weapon.
II. Unlike any of its competitors, the
Garand has survived IA years of grueling
tests, ranging from workbench to large
scale service operations. 1t has emerged,
according to Army enthusiasts, as the
best mi-automatic rifle extant. Its
supreme diploma, they declare, was won
in the school of the doughboy, against
the resistance of his devotion to the
Springnelds.
Infantry commanders report that their
men would as soon think of going back
to the muzzle-loader as to give up the
Garand;" that they find it "a highly sat-
isfactory replacement for the Spring.
field" that it yields volume of fire
three times greater than the Springfield
and much enhanced efficiency in anti
aircraft defense; and that it functions
at rapid firing, under severe conditions
of wind and dust, with fewer failures
than the Springfield itself.
Evening star., 1941-03-02

defend France and Great Britain, and
by implication the United States. The
Germans would break their necks against
that strong line of cation-what-
ever happened in Eastern Europe.
Poland was doomed from the Begin
ming. Gen. Colson, the right hand Of
Gen. Gamelin, told this writer in Feb
ruary, 1889, when the French general
staff was definitely convinced that war
would break out in the coming summer,
that there was no hope for Poland.
But that did not matter. The main bat
tie would be fought, Gen. Colson be-
Ieved, on the western front, where the
Germans had no chance whatever. Tanks
could be of little use against the Maginot
chain of Notifications The end of Hit
lerism would come from within, after
millions of young Germans had perished
in the futile effort to break through
the impregnable Magnet fortress.
Sequels to Invasion.
Today the whole of Europe is in Hit
ler's hands. The only remaining oppon-
ent is Great Britain, which so far has
upset the dictator's apple cart. In the
next few weeks the assault will start
against the remaining rampant of the
Europe we have known. Whether it will
be preceded by war of attrition, as most
military experts in Washington believe.
or whether it will take the shape of an
invasion attack on several points in the
British Isles, as the British general staff
seems to anticipate, nobody here can say
today.
There are only two possibilities re-
garding the sequel of the German at
tack:
1. If Britain is defeated, the war will
extend further into the Western Hemi-
sphere and period of chaos is bound
to follow on European continent DOM
mated ruthlessly by the Germans.
g. Germany's attempt may fail, and
Herr Hitler will have to retire to the
continent. much worse off than he is
now, but by no means having lost the
war.
If this happens he will then strengthen
the stranglehold he has on the main
land, where rebeilions against the op-
pressor are difficult, if not impossible, be-
cause these days huge areas can be
policed by a conqueror with compara-
lively small number of airplanes. And
the subjected peoples have neither anti
air artillery nor planes of their own
to fight their new masters.
Evening star., 1941-03-02
BRITISH DEAL WITH SOVIET SEEN PROMISING
War Minister Key to Turkey in Moscow

ring. the Nazis were actively proceeding
with their plans.
The British Minister to Sofia vividly
described the organized, relentless sys-
TEN by which the country to which he
is accredited is day by day being sub
jected to German control. Every vestige
Of independence in national life has now
been violated. Crops and stocks have
been requisitioned In readiness for the
invading legions. Villas and houses
have been seized for accommodation of the
general staff The press, police and
army are all indisputably under Nazi di-
rection. British officials and nationals
have been arrested and there only re-
mains the mere formality Of fixing the
date for severance Of diplomatic rela-
tionS.
1t is the path of realism and friend
ship to point out to Turkey that 1t is
not enough for her to say she is loyal
to her alliances" People of such ster-
ling character could not be otherwise.
The alliances unfortunately do not cover
all contingencies.
1t is not enough for her to say she
has mo other aim than to be in good
relations with all countries, especially
with her neighbors." Every victim of
Hitlerian aggression has made this fer
vent protestation. There is foreboding
in repetition.
mot Enough to Say"
It is not enough for her to say she can
"never remain indifferent to foreign ac-
tivities within her zone of security
The zone of security should be defined.
Therein would be The sole remaining
hope of erresting any further deteriora-
ton in the balances.
It is not enough for her to say she
will resist with all her forces every
aggression against her independence or
territorial integrity"
1t is highly improbable that she is in
immediate danger of direct attack.
The anschluss with Austria turned the
flank of Czecho- o-Slovakia, a nation more
powerfully armed even than the Turks.
The annexation of Czecho- -Slovakia
turned the flank of Poland and Hungary.
Thereby Rumanian independence became
untenable.
Bulgaria then saw no alternative to
opening the gates. Thus is the flank of
Yugoslavia being turned. Were Greece,
after all her heroic deeds, to be over
whelmed, the Thracian flank of Turkey
would be exposed.
Since the beginning of the war Turkey
has been In alliance with Britain. All
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GLOOMY PROPHECY ON EUROPES FUTURE
Is Late British Minister Foesow Domination by Great Air
By Constantine Bro,pn.

when his majesty's feet will have to
roam on the high seas because its bases
will have been destroyed by swarms of
unbelievably fast and efficient airplanes.
Believe me and don't worry about naval
parity!
Concentrate on Aviation.
eff you want European civilization to
continue for while, urge the Conserv-
ative party to pay more attention to the
air arm than to the Royal Navy. And
when our Labor party assumes power
once more, let's concentrate on avia-
ton"
These were the prophetic words of the
late Lord Thompson, who lost his life
two years later in France in the disaster
of the airship R-101 on the dirigible's s
maiden trip to India.
Some who saw eye to eye with Lord
Thompson hoped that this transfer of
civilization would occur with less hard
ship and fewer upsets. The generals
and the admirals of the democratic
states were far behind those of the ma
tions which later became known as to-
talitarian. While the German military
men and technicians-especially the lat
ter-were applying themselves to think
ing up new weapons and new strategy
the others were living in blissful world
of the past, giving little thought to the
new war-to-come and hoping that it
would be fought along the same lines as
the old one.
Germany started getting ready for the
new war as far back as 1924. At that
time this writer toured the Reich and
was told about and shown the prepara-
tions which military men, with the
status of civilians, were making right
under the noses of military control mis-
sions stationed by the Allies in many
important cities of Germany.
Hitler Found Plans Ready.
When Hitler took over the reins of the
Reich government he was surprised
himself to find how far advanced Ger
many's war preparedness was. All he
did was discipline" the nation and make
production perfect. He did that without
trouble because his future antagonists
were wasting their time in political
strife for personal advancement.
While Germany was producing an
average of 1000 planes a month in
1888, France announced proudly that
her factories had reached the peak Of
five aircraft day. Motorized units were
not essential said democratic politicos,
because the Maginot Line was there to
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imperial general staff, to confer In
Ankara with Turk officials.
While exact nature and results of
meetings are not yet fully revealed, an
initial disclosure was that Turk -Bulgar
pact would not be held violated in event
of British bombing of Bulgarian mill
tary objectives should latter country
become German highway. Second sub
ject may have been control of Dar-
danelles, by which German or Russian
outlet from Black Sea into Aegean and
Mediterranean could be blocked. And
as Bulgar cooperation with axis de-
veloped yesterday, 1t appeared Turks may
stand by British.
Through all this preliminary intriguing,
Moscow government as usual has given
little or no indication of what 1t might
do in any set of circumstances. Sched-
uled to see Eden and Dill in Ankara.
however, was Sir Stafford Cripps, British
Ambassador to Russia, who was believed
carrying some word of what inscrutable
Stain is thinking these days.
Two other danger spots appeared be-
hind the lines last week.
One was in volatile Pacific, where
Japanese fleet has been moving about
mysteriously while axis
Indo- Chino supported Thailand carries
Defence on semi warfare with
French Indo- China. To
Toxic ultimatum that French yield large
land areas to Thailand, vichy govern
ment made no reply as deadline passed
on Friday.
Not far distant, of course, are Britain's
naval stronghold of Singapore and heav-
lily fortified Dutch East Indies, sure to
be jointly defended in event Japan be-
comes an active combatant In this
spreading war.
Another of these danger spots showed
up inside Nazi-occupied territory-more
exactly, in the Netherlands, as German
military authorities were forced to i'm
pose strict martial regulation on resi-
dents and on all occupations of North
Holland. Strikes and riots among civil
ian population were blamed for leading
to harsh Nazi action.
During the act Of restoring order"
Berlin communique said, "six disturbers
of the peace were killed and q number
more or less severely injured. A great
number of persons responsible for the
disturbances or having participated
therein were arrested"
Berlin admitted further that British
agents, landed perhaps by parachute or
by swift motorboats, may be active in
stirring Dutch to resist Nazi rule of
country.
At Rome, II Duce Mussolini on Sunday
proclaimed his own discovery that Brit
ain cannot win the war. Italy,
whatever happens, will march to the
end side by side with Germany"
Announcing arrival of German troops
in Libya, Mussolini walled that British
beat Italians by launching attack five
or 10 days ahead Of
MussoIini Fascist plans for Often
"Mystified" sive of their own. Bright
ly, he added that what
is happening in the United States is
one of the most colossal mystiications
Evening star., 1941-03-02
By Leslie Hore.Behsha.

land and the whole of Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Bessarabia and Northern
Bukovina. Constantinople was always
the objective of the Cars.
Although this ancient Byzantine cap
ital never fell within their grasp, they
none the less consistently attached i'm
portance to it as a cardinal feature Of
their foreign policy. Free access from the
Black Sea to the Aegean is secured to the
Soviet Union both by the formal obi
cations of the treaty of Montreux and
by the friendly disposition of Turkey
toward her.
If Stain has agreed to the use of Bull
garia as base of operations in Ger
many's thrust southeastward, then he
not only has forsaken Turkey, but he has
compromised In his conduct of external
affairs the old imperial tradition which
he has exploited throughout this war.
Russian Trade Imperiled.
1t would mean that Germany con-
trolled not only his egress from the Bal
tic, but his only other seaway west
ward. Russia's maritime trade, except
for that part which depends on the
Pacific route through Vladivostok, would
be virtually at the mercy of the Reich.
1t is indeed at the Bosporus that
Russian and German interests have in
the past conf1icted. For the Germans,
their vision, stretching from Berlin to
Bagdad, coveted possession of the
straits. If the historic differences have
been reconciled, Stain will no doubt have
received adequate compensation else
where.
In the map which Hitler designed for
repartition of the world, Iran, with its
access to the Persian Gulf and Arabian
Sea, will be found in the sphere of in
f1uence allotted to Russia. The realiza-
tion of such project would menace
Turkey on her Caucasian border. There
fore 1t behooyes her, sustained by the
reassurances of British support which
she will have received at the Ankara
meeting, to clarity her position forth
with at Moscow.
Turkey Encircled.
There have been illustrations enough
in this war of the disaster which can
befall states who hesitate until too late
to make their position unequivocally
clear, and who, failing to show in time
their solidarity with their neighbors,
allow the process of development to
proceed, from which they themselves in
the end can find no means of escape.
While Eden and Saracogiu were confer
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Behind the Lines

Outstanding diplomatic event of the
week was Bulgaria's signing of pact max
ing her full-11edged member of Rome
Berlin Toxic alliance. This was an
nouncsd yesterday.
Eventual developments in Balkan the
ater may be Of decisive weight in deter
mining course of British-German conflict
on western front" Briefly, geographic
and military situation is as follows:
Greeks, Britain's only active allies, have
halted Italian efforts to penetrate Bal
kans their defeat of Fas-
BuIeors cists contributing greatly to
Siqn Up ability of British to main-
tain control of Mediter-
ranean. Military value of this is two
fold; first, it permits in limited degree
at least continued use of Suez route for
British supplies from Far East; second,
it leaves rich Iraq oil fields still avail
able to Britain.
In face Of italian failure, Germans
might threaten this British control by
drive through Balkans toward Greek
port of Salonika. At this point, Nazi
domination of Hungary and Rumania is
little short of complete. To get into
Greek territory, however, German troops
must cross either Bulgaria or Yugoslavia.
For weeks past, Nazi agents have worked
on nerves of Bulgar and Yugoslav Off
cials, seeking their acquiescence-quite
probably under threat of invasion unless
passage is granted.
Meanwhile, not only Britain and
Greece are concerned about ultimate
German action. Fronting on Greece and
Bulgaria, and astride strategic waterways
from Black Sea into Aegean and Medi-
terranean, is Turkey-small, but reput-
edly tough. Bordering on Black Sea,
too, and undoubtedly fearful of full
fledged German control of all Southeast
Balkans, is Russia-big and maybe tough.
Surprisingly enough, Bulgaria, ally Of
Germany in last World War, has shown
reluctance to enter into open partner
ship with Reich in this conflict. Accord
ingly, not until yesterday was there a
formulating of any agreement for CO.
operation between these two, but Nazi
penetration in form of civilian-clothed
officers and soldiers was repeatedly well
under way before troops prepared to
enter.
At same time, Yugoslavia, embracing
Serbs, who fought Austrians and Ger
mans so f1ercely and valiantly Is years
ago, has been even more unwilling to
cooperate with Nazi government today,
but like Bulgaria may be beaten into
line by threats of superior force. Dur
ing past week. Belgrade government
entered into new friendship pact with
Hungary, but actual effect of such agree
nent is likely to be inconsequential m-
less approved by Berlin.
Meanwhile, in this cross-worded pic
ture, Turkey stands as nominal ally Of
Great Britain, but more
Turkish recently Joined in non
ProbIem aggression treaty with
Bulgaria. Countering re-
cent indications that Turks might also
fall under axis influence, London last
week sent Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden and Gen. Sir John G. Dill, chief of
Evening star., 1941-03-02

Twelve years ago this spring three
men were gathered after midnight in a
typical furnished fiat" living room of
Oxford street in London. They were
Ramsay Macdonald, then leader of his
majesty's opposition; Lord Thompson of
Cardington, former and future secretary
for air in the Labor administration, and
this writer.
The conversation had shifted from
Beethoven to naval parity between Brit
ain and the United States and finally
to the prospect for peace in our time
Ramsay MacDonalds cherished topic.
Lord Thompson was a retired army
officer. Mr.. Macdonald had raised him
to the peerage when the Labor party
first took Office, because he needed Labor
peers in the House of Lords and Thomp-
son looked the part" He had his own
ideas about peace in our time. He had
been military adviser to Lloyd George,
for short time, at Versailles during the
peace negotiations. Lord Thompson was
a Scotch realist, which brought him into
the most intimate confidence of Mac
Donald, who was Scotch dreamer.
Europe Is Through"
To the warm humanitarian arguments
Of the leader of the Labor party, the
general answered:
Neither you nor any other so-called
statesman in this world of ours can put
a stop to the march of history. Europe
is through 1t will be torn to shreds in
less than 20 years by other wars and by
the blindness of its leaders. Civilization
is moving westward-to the Western
Hemisphere. And neither you nor any
body else can possibly stop this march.
It started thousands of years ago in the
valley of the Tigris and the Euphrates.
1t moved to Phoenicia and thence to
Egypt, to Greece, to Rome, and now 1t
has reached its peak in Western Europe.
1--WE have had it for 700 years-a longer
time than we deserved it. The collapse
will necessarily come. The invasion of
the barbarians will come from within
not from outside, as was the case with
the Roman Empire. But it will come
and in our time. The nation which will
be able to dominate the skies of the
European continent with its planes will
be the one which will destroy everything
that is dear to you and me.
Don't worry about the feet. It is
thing of the past. 1t will not be able to
resist the new weapon-the airplane-
regardless of what naval experts may say.
7 can foresee q time in the near future
Evening star., 1941-03-02

LONDON.-Whatever may come out
of the Ankara conversations, the arrival
by airplanes in the Turkish capital of
the British Foreign Secretary and the
chief Of the imperial general staff was
a welcome innovation in British war
diplomacy.
On the field of battle, Wavell bril-
liantly illustrated the strategy of the
indirect approached surprising an ad-
versary by striking his rear. In inter-
national relations, on the other hand.
where the art is to gain or maintain
friends, the face-to-face method OF
reaching conclusion, provided it be pur-
sued in timely fashion, is pSychologically
best. Eden therefore has wisely under
taken his journey.
1t must be remembered, however, that
Turkey specifically made the question
of her assistance to Britain under the
terms of the Anglo Turkey pact de-
pendent upon the attitude of Russia. She
stipulated that she shall not be called
upon to take a course which would in
volve her in hostilities with that nation.
It is therefore not in Ankara, but in
Moscow, that the key to the Balkan
situation is to be sought.
Diplomatic Stroke Possible.
The Nazis would never have advanced
through Rumania into Bulgaria in the
drive toward the Aegean without the
compliance of their eastern neighbors.
With Soviet troops in the Carpathians
and the Turkish Army massed on the
Chatalja lines, they would have been
caught inescapably in wise.
A real master stroke of diplomacy
would now be for Britain and Turkey to
effect an understanding with the Krem-
lin on control of the straits. Such
proposal, in the light of tendencies which
have been only too manifest throughout
the war, may seem aspiring, but its
achievement would provide a sure means
of localizing German maneuvers in the
Balkans within the European continent.
If no such arrangement can be achieved,
then the position of Turkey will become
even more precarious and new phase
Of the war will open.
So far, Stain has confined himself to
recovering those parts of czarist Russia
which were lost after the revolution in
1917. He regained, with Hitler's assist
ance, roughly that half of Poland which
was cut out of the old empire, and with
tho Fuehrer's acquiescence part of Fin
Evening star., 1941-03-02

history records. An illusion and a lie
are at the base of American interven-
ton"
At Munich, on Monday, Reichschan-
cellor Hitler spoke for SO minutes about
how he hates Jews and Britons.
st wish to assure the enemy that
am feeling especially fresh now he pro-
claimed. Spring is coming, the season
in which we will be able to challenge
the opponent. Our struggle at sea only
now can begin"
Evening star., 1941-03-02

In London, on Tuesday, r. A. Butler,
British Undersecretary for Foreign At
fairs, told cheering House of Commons
that japanese offer to mediate war had
been refused with added information that
there can be no question of compromise
or parley" in conflict between totalitarian
and democratic powers.
On same day. coincidentally, President
Roosevelt was telling press conference
here that first concern is not to plan for
Evening star., 1941-03-02
Review of Seventy-Eighth Week of War
By John G.. Henry.

The worlds marking time mary week. relative
quiet only superficial
In the Balkans for instance pressure and intrigue continued bitterly
Joined
the undetermined
ons and heant British
high
OF action there little in Albania little North
East Africa British colonial continued
pasmodic intense
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umn making most effective advance was
that pushing northeastward from Kenya
along coast line of Indian Ocean.
BY midweek, this force had reported
capture of port of Brava, then of Juba
River outlet at Chisimaio
Africon then of Mogadiscio, capital
Victories of Italian Somahland.
From Mogadiscio, British
claimed domination of entire 10000
square miles of this Italian possession.
At same time, cutting down along Red
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Fiqhtinq Fronts

While British Army in North Africa
was resting and waiting for possible re-
assignment to duty in Balkans, other
British forces were carrying out pattern
of chasing Italians in East Africa.
Reinforced by Free French Senegalese
good fighters on any front, British col.
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life the Balkan nations But
pos get at each other they using the Balkan
facilitate its de
Ukraine Dardanees Britain
Evening star., 1941-03-02

possible eventualities of axis moves have
been discussed. There is no room now
for surprise. There is only scope for
action.