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SINGAPORE Base Strenqthened

The British have lately considerably strengthened their Singapore
naval base and there question the Japanese
mander that the F. would rush to the assistance of the Dutch
completely a
possessions
would be tedious job which the Imperial Navy
unscathed.
In spite Of these logical and natural mSgving is said that the
members cabinet especially military
which involve
Navy the final partition of the world Toxic
there influential the
who advocate the occupation the Netherlands Indies
"spoilS of from defeated
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Straits OF Bah COL frederick faimer'
el Mandeb is to close the approach
to the Suez Canal. The Suez then
becomes a useless ditch.
French Somaliland is a stretch of
burning desert sand on the shore
of the Red Sea. The French took
it in 1862 as strategic outpost to
protect their interest in the canal,
a French enterprise. By far the
largest part of the French income
from the colony is in the profits of
the French railroad from Jibuti to
Adds Ababa.
To cut the railroad was only an
incidental aim of the British Ethi-
opian campaign. The railroad was
of no use to the Italian garrisons
in Ethiopia when no Italian ship
could go or come through the Suez
for their support. Already they
were land-bound and isolated.
Counterpart of Gibraltar.
But once Italy was in the war
she had an answering card to play
to British control of the Suez.
Where the coast of French Somali-
land bulgeS on the African side of
the Straits of Bah ell Mandeb a
bit of sand is natures counterpart
in the east for the Rock Of Gibraltar
in the west.
Britain, on her part. had made
sure before the completion of the
canal of the possession of Perrin
Island in the straits, 2 miles from
the Arabian shore, and also OF an
adjoining diamond point of land as
the extremity of her crown colony
of Alden.
But at this time guns did not
carry shells 20 and Is miles. No
one dreamed that one day a shell
fired from Calais across the Eng
lish Channel could reach Dover.
Modern guns mounted on the Af-
rican side can sweep the Straits
of Bah ell Mandeb as the guns from
Gibraltar can sweep the Straits Of
Gibraltar.
Stopped at Frontier.
British shipping would have to
run their gantlet before reaching
the Suez. 1t appeared quite evident
that the italian rush into British
Somaliland last August sought not
only a purchase on the Northeast
African coast as its object, but the
approach to Bab-el-Mandeb. But
the italians did not cross the French
Somaliland frontier, 50 far as we
know. Axis politics, directed from
Berlin in dealing with Vichy, may
have held up a warning hand in
mot yet" signal.
This did not remove the danger,
if the Italians could obtain and place
the guns to command the Straits,
and thus cut the British lifeline.
For cutting sea lifelines is the main
business of the wars strategy, both
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so in peace is INSTRUMENTATION The duties
of an officer, like the duties of soldier,
are discipline and obedience before his
Superiors. The spectacle of an Army off,
Ger publicly agitating against the policy
of his commander in chief and of the
Secretary of War has long been a painful
one. The Presidents own comment al
his press conference on April 25 appar-
emily LED the colone! to take the step he
should have taken some time ago
But INSTRUMENTATION, in the exact and
literary meaning of that word, is the
clue to Mr.. Lindbergh's unhappy and
tragic personality. Mr. Lindbergh is a
man who cannot endure to be subordinate
cannot endure to be in an inferior or
equal position to any other human being.
In his personality, a personality COM
pounded of natural tendencies, childhood
conditioning and youthful glory, lies the
clue to an understanding of his actions. 1t
is important to try to understand him, be-
cause Mr.. Lindbergh is not finished as
public figure He has hardly begun.
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now affirms the Fascist doctrine
proclaimed not so long ago by Herr
Hitler, = mely that judicial deci-
sions should not be based on written
constitutions or specific statutes but
on policy and public sentiment" 3"
It is not what Congress said when
1t wrote the law but what Justice
Frankfurter and his colleagues say
Congress should have or might have
said which is now the supreme law
of the land. There doubtless will be
a diminishing enthusiasm in Ameri-
ca for a war to save this kind of
democracy.
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AIl-Americun Front
To Be Debate Topic

The question What are the mu.
tual obligations and expectations Of
the partners in the all-American
front now being formed by the
United States and Latin America ?"
will be debated at 8 o'clock tonight
in the Whittall Pavilion of the
Library of Congress.
Participants will be DR. Luis Quin-
tanilla, Mexican Minister: Prof.
Enrique S. de Lozada of Williams
College, John I. B. McCulloch Of
the Foreign Policy Association and
George Wythe, Latin American eX-
pert of the Commerce Department.
DR.. Lewis Hanke, director Of the
librarys Hispanic Foundation. will
be interlocutor.
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Before he history,
according pattern that the past
tends put himself pinnacle of oier than saosphe
which flown anything this life
sure OF the ambition OF Mr. Lndbg Curus enough the American
people created the himself
the American first a
Mr. LndberghS desire
had be indicated
unhappy childhood divided family.
with other boys He conspcuous lacked the social
a good fellow
sensitive
EN- Young Lndbergh did show remarkable
remarkable engineer
fellows
the result of rigorous, cruel self-discpne
trained himself wakeuness
difficult thing
later
flight difficult
the he
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not even applied for a job or asked
to be hired. The board supported
it's fantastic conclusion by the
theory that the workers failure to
apply for a job was caused by a
belief that even if they did apply
they would probably be discrimin-
ated against. This is known as
the Nevada Consolidated Copper
Corp. case, decided on August "a,
1910. Here is a decision based on
conjecture. But what the Su-
preme Court has just done is to
uphold the absolute powers of such
governmental agencies. The court
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any. nation. But for Japan they
mean almost complete independence
from the rest of the world as far as
basic raw materials for war and
peace time industry is concerned.
There are, Of course, number
of japanese statesmen and naval
officers who look on this forthcom-
ing venture with certain amount
of misgivings. They know that the
islands are well fortified and the
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cruisers worthy OF That name. But
it has an excellent submarine force
which has been lately considerably
strengthened by new constructions
and purchases. The hundreds of
inlets in the many islands which
form the chain known as the Dutch
East Indies provide first-class hid
ing place for submarines and the
Japanese are afraid of losing some
of their important units lest this
would give the United States too
great a naval preponderance.
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why the ad-
vance of British
and Free French
troops to the
border of French
Somaliland has
caused the stir
in Vichy, and
also an impor-
tant reason for
the British Ethi-
opian campaign.
Here, too, is a
key point in
the E a S t ern
Mediterranean.
To close the
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This Changing World
japan Prepares With Some Misgivings
For 'Pucificotion' of Dutch Possessions
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

sharpening
their pacfcation OF the Asatc
their Europe start pounding Great
Mediterranean All the movements
of their aforce and armies and Thai would indicate
such preparedness
scheduled to be ridden of brgand pacifed the Jap
Netherlands possessions in the Pacific Java and
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we'll revive the
Nation = W j d e
controversy over
the court which
d e We l ope d in
1887.
The c ar 6 e
then was that
the old court
"legislated" and
t h a t it W a S,
therefore. n o t
liberal. T o d a y
the new court,
packed by the
present admin
istration, has
Undertaken more
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On the Record
Lindbergh Pictured as Human Who Would Play
Supermon to Bring Homerc Tragedy on U. S.
By DOROTHY THOMPSON.

HOUSTON Tex, April 30Col Charles A. Lindbegh
from the long AS he
bound
United muny to
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HE opinions OF urtters page their
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In The
Stars effort to all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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BY COL. FREDERICK PALMER.

Look beyond the length of the
Suez Canal to the Straits of Bah ell
Mandeb at the entrance to the Red
Sea and you will have the reason
Evening star., 1941-04-30

ByCourt
AssuiIed
Supreme Tribunal
Soid to Have Put
Missing Words in Low
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

Five justices of the Supreme Court
of the United States-all of them
appointed by President Roosevelt
have united in a decision which may
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will
the event Japanese attack against Sumatra
all the information have been able gather
possible intervention.
They od-accordmg
will be busy parong Atlantic
months that the powerful Pacific feet will
be able to far from its bases No American
the japanese said have been told would risk his
enough undertake
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Couldn't Come Down to Earth

The Lndberghs
dored people there nothing
be loved by their eowmen But Mr. Lndbergh did
to return this to accept with gratitude how requte it.
how be humble before it. He did
earth What given himthe alteration of mlionshe
threw back their
this fe
publicity
From have observed therefore the spectacle
publicity
sib things inevitably accept
spectacular things.
the tragic Hauptman the publicity which
denounced in this column blot American life Yet this Nation
morned with heaboken sympathy Lndbergh
child. And
of
Lndbegh its love-
love sympathy fellows fellows
Mr.. Lndbergh shook the America off
England privacy
long for Did he keep R He did not He could sustain it for
a
Suddenly experimenting
worlds scientists Alexis Carre
dramatic probenhe artificial heart attempt
circulating blood
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Japanese Leaders Uncertain

The British fleet will remain occupied in the Mediterranean
fleet will paroing the Atlantic will be
compelled call
that might Furthermore Germans said believe that
public opinion in the United States confused
in the world and would not back of the administration
protect physically the Dutch Asac possessions Hence the German
tell Toxic
with mpunity with their plans.
In spite of these headquarters there to be
still certain Of hesitation the part some OF the japanese
Although of miles
the Pacific they feel that
attack against the Netherlands Indies is definite gamble
They themselves for the oncomng struggle since
earlier arforce
to handle the japanese who themselves we'll
prepared the Germany.
S small. any capital ships
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Aqdin Sets Himself Apart

Mr. Lndbergh had not gone at biology the hard by which
ordinary morta must science He uShed
with the about this activity it announced that he might
happened civilization
his attitude him apart from other in that
world of make their morals and their
world NezSche sympathiZed with
Carre the world of those superior to humanity the world which
let earth death and destruction
symbol
anything mpshable)
with the of Aristotle Aeschu Plato Socrates PericeS
significant meeting York April
refusal competition
conditions imposed other
something superior different
nsubodnate huge public meeting but allowed
hiss otherwise dissenting emotion
of brothery
fghngfghtng Norway
fields and the Greek mountain the
and the Chinese cities and in London where the
Identifies
himself with the soulless machine
of him, wherever HIM Beware OF the man who
will
by he
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06
Str sSGS Two
Great Needs In Address
To us. Congress To-day
fBy Associated Press)


WASHINGTON, Jan. Sin his
address to Congress today. Presi-
dent Roosevelt stressed two great
needs:
First, the imperative necessity
for increased defense measures;
second, the need for increased aid
in the form of munitions to for
eign countries actively engaged in
fighting 'aggressor nations
The President spoke to the as
sembled House and Senate at 200
O'Clock from the platform of the
House chamber. His naval aide
was at his side. Sam Rayburn in
troduced the President.
President Roosevelt spoke
gravely of the crisis confronting
this country, discussed the in
creasing threat of danger to all
democracies of the European war.
He stated that it was ''unhap-
PLY necessary to report that the
future and safety of our demo-
cracy were bound up with events
beyond our border.
The President warned against
war profiteering, saying I'VE must
be wary of men who would clip
the wings of the American eagle
in order to feather their own
nests
The need of the moment" he
declared, is toward a greater pro-
duction of defense needs. He de-
Continued On Page Two
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06
TOBRUCH GOAL
OF BRITISH In
new ACTIVITIES
AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ARE
WORKING eALoNG WITH
ROYAL AIR FORCE IN
HEAVY COMMANDMENTS
tBy Associated Pres.4D

CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 6.-With
the fall of Bardia British Ex-
peditionary Forces in Libya raced
against time today towards the
important port of Tobruch, just so
miles down the coast from Bardia.
Australian troops together with
the Royal Air Force put every
thing in their attack. British fly
ers pounded the city with tons of
high explosives in an effort to
bring capitulation before Nazis
help arrives.
Extensive aid from Germany is
en- route to the Libyan battlefront
including 1000 planes. The large
and important Tobruck airdrome
is the first objective of the British.
Commenting on the fall of Bar
dia Italian commanders placed the
blame on Rome. stating that lack
of motor transportation and ar
power in face of well-equip-
ped British forces led to defeat.
Fall of Bardia resulted in the
capture of $4,000 prisoners includ-
ing general All resistance
ceased at 100 p. m. Sunday, the
British high command commune
que announced The assault by
land, sea and air lasted 20 days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06

so well supplied with rifles and
machine guns. Ingenious para
phernalia protects the craft from
sunken and floating mines. Para
vanes, towed by cables, cut anchor
lines Of sunken mines. allowing
them 10 float To the surface where
they are exploded by gunfire. An
electric cable runs along the en-
tire length Of the ship and pre-
vents damage from floating
mines
Attesting to the fact that not all
British shipping has felt the raft
Of Germany's sea and air block
ade. the s. S. Athelfoam is com
pieiing It's third voyage between
England and the United States.
Up To now. the ship has been un-
harmed
It's uolssses cargo wIn Be used
in the manufacture Of xEnokesess
gunpow6er.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06
CONTINUE RAID
OVER BREMEN
CITY OF BREST CONES IN
FOR ATTACK ALSO BY
ROYAL AIR FORCE
Thy Associated Press,

LONDON, jan. 6.-Powerful
attacks on Brest and continued
destruction of Bremen marked
the principal activities of the
Royal Air Force over Germany
the past weekend.
Successive raids on the import
ant German seaport of Bremen
started last week and since that
time the English airmen have
kept the city in a sea of flames
with fires so numerous that it
became impossible to distinguish
military objects below.
Air ministry also reported raids
on other German towns.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06
County Commissioners
MeetNext Week; Several
Jobs Are To Be Filled

ss tie courthouse this uorning
clearing oaat his desks prior 10
turning the office over 70 Berlin
A. Sawyer Chief Deputy Sheriff
Bernard Waite announced that he
was ready 70 Felinqulsh his duties
80 Harold r Russell. new chief
deputy under Sheriff-elect Saw
yer, ~ midnight.
On the whole the last eight
years have been extremely
pheasant, Waite said. we know
that We have done our duty ard
have earned the plaudita ~ the
inspecting state officers W. hops
that SnsTifi-eiecf Sawyer has
every saceess I'm his nex 900.
Shsrsff-elect Sawyer ran nail
in his foot ard IL confined 20 hig
hogns he expects 10 appear "a
county courthouse tonight a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06

Monroe county commission viii
dot meet before the first
of next week. was the opinion Of
c Commissioners Carl Bervaidi.
chairman OF the board
The commission is awaiting
the return 60 the city of cofnrr1is-
sioner NorberE Thompson. " Chair.
man Berwaidi said. He is ex-
pected back the last of this week.
so We wiIi probably not rneef BE-
fore the fore part Of next week
The county commission has sew
crsl Jobs 70 fiji AZ tire first meet
ing There Is . taaisox ard a.
slxsans 5anstnr ct the eozlnsy eeA4xf-
ssal&e. tso rad pafT0igner. twc
guards Tor prisoners ard . watch
mar 1T Ifse eag4nty courthouse.
Snerstf Kari O. Tncmcson waa
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06
MUST
FILE AFFIDAVIT
in BOND ISSUE
ALL FREE HOLDERS WHO DE-
SIRE TO VOTE MUST SIGN
UP WITH REGISTRATION
OFFICER

Registration Supervisor John
England today began receiving af-
fidavits from free holders who
wish to vote on Feb. on the ques-
ton of issuing bonds in the sum
of $4,000 to buy an air base site
on Boca Chica. The money will
buy 1000 acres of land.
Only those who sign up will be
able to vote" England said today.
He had received only ten affi-
davits for freeholders up to noon,
but explained that it was always
slow the first few days. The free
holders will be permitted to sign
affidavits up to and including Jan
80.
On orders of President Everett
W. Russell of the Chamber of
Commerce, Secretary S. C. Single
ton of that body mailed cards to
the following citizens today ask
ing them to join in promoting pub
licity that Key West may not
fail to secure" the air base,
Chairman William III. Mon
salvatge, who retires from the
county commission tonight and
who was largely responsible for
the detailed plans for the air base;
Joe Allen, John Allen Long, Con-
zalo Benzanilla, John Carbonell,
William J. (BilD Lee, John Gard
ner, Everett Winter and w. Town
send Morgan.
MIR. Singleton wrote as follows
concerning the air base:
''As you know, the establish
ment by the government of an
army air port on Boca Chica, in
volving the expenditure by the
government of nearly one million
dollars in developing the same,
and the ultimate expenditure of
many hundreds Of thousands of
dollars as personnel moves into
, this area; also the increased per-
manence of the interest on the
part of the government in main
tanning the status of Key West as
an important defense establish
ment, depends upon e favorable
vote on the part Of more than 81
per cent of the freeholders at an
election to be held on February 4.
| 1T is obvious that unless Suffi-
cient information is placed before
the voters, that this project VIII
not receive sufficient support II
is also obvious that the time Is
short"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06
MORE RAIDS
OVER LONDON
INHABITANTS ARE JUBrLANT
OVER SUCCESS OF voLUN.
TIERS LAST NIGHT
my Associates Press,

LONDON, Jan. 6.-Four day
light raids were reported over
this city today.
Londoners were jubilant today
over success of their volunteers
last night in extinguishing fires
spread by Nazi fire raids.
Effectiveness of this new organ
ization of men, women and chill !.
dren was amply demonstrated
when the situation was quickly
brought under control after two
waves of German raiders dropped
devastating incendiary bombs
over various sections of the city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06
DIES COMMITTEE
CITES QUESTION
OF PROPAGANDA
CLAIMS AMERICAN MONEY IS
BEING USED TO FURTHER
OPERATIONS OF FOREIGN
NATIONS
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The
United States is being flooded
with German, Italian, japanese
and Russian propaganda and
American taxpayers are footing
the expense, the Dies committee
charged in a special report to
Congress, made public the past
weekend.
American money, the commit
tee revealed, is being used to fur
Their subversive operations of
foreign nations in the fight
against democratic countries. The
propaganda is aimed at creating
national confusion and slowing
down of the defense program.
Under a reciprocal agreement
put into effect at a Universal
Postal Union convention, this
country allows free distribution
of literature from abroad. The
Dies committee recommends the
four nations be stricken from the
list of foreign countries accord
ed this privilege.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06
DESIRES TRUTH
ABOUT HITLER
PEACE MOVE
WHEELER FAvoRS INvESTI-
CATION REQUESTED BY DA-
Wis. OIL MAN. ABOUT
"AGENDA FOR PEACE"
tBy Associated Press,

NEW YORK. Jan. 6.-Senator
Wheeler has declared himself in
favor of a congressional investi-
CATION requested by w. r. Davis,
oil man. who wants the country,
to know "the true facts of the
charge that he brought an 'agen-
da for peace" from Hitler to
Washington from Germany in
1899.
Mr.. Davis counter-charges that
his position and that of his COM
pany has been misrepresented to
the American public and that the
time has come for a full explana-
ton.
Mr.. Davis has been dubbed the
mystery man" since his return
from Germany.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06
EXPENDITURES BY
U. S. ENORMOUS
MORE SPENT IN PAST YEAR
THAN ANY TIME SINCE
WORLD WAR DAYS
Try Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Jan. GA
treasury statement as of Deem
Der 81 revealed that the United
States government spent more
money last year than any year
since World War l. Stepped up
by $2,587, 100000 of national de-
tense expenses, total of $9,800,-
100000 was spent in 1910.
Despite ever-mounting govern
ment expenses, the deficit for last
year was below that of 1899. Re-
ceipts the past year totaled S.
1884, 100000, which left the govern
ment 1896, 900 900 in the red.
In 1889 the deficit was $4,020,00O,-
900.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06
United States Government
Strengthens Its Position In
Various Foreign Countries

WASHINGTON. Jan. 6--Ex-
pecting important developments
in the Mediterranean area, both
diplomatic and military, the Us.
government has ordered strength
ening OF its representation in
or near countries that win be at
fected.
Admiral William u, Leahv, re-
Gently appointed ambassador 10
the Vichy government Of France,
arrived on French soil late Satur-
day. He reached his destination
by train today.
Officials here announced that
William Phillips. ambassador 10
Rome, left by clipper to return To
his port. He had been in the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-06

Unlted States several months re-
cuperating from a severe illness.
Charge d'affafrS at the Ameri-
can embassy IN Vichy. Robert D.
Murphy, is reported on a routine
tour Of inspection of consular
posts in North and Yves, African
French colonies, Importance IS
attached 70 this routine" inspee-
tion because the consular posts
are located in territory controlled
by General MAXINE weygand.
commander In-chief OF French
colonial armed forces. Late rum
orS predict Gen. Wcygand il
aboui u jain the Free French
forces in the struggle 10 throw
eff the German yoke.