Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 November 1940 — Page 10

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“AXIS OL FOUND CONFUSING]

jalance in Asia and Asia Minor, So U. S. “And Britain Are More Dependent on Her Since ' Move on Dardanelles.

This is the Third and Last in a Series of Articles on Russia and its Relation to Europe and America

her Turkish neighbor.

Russia Holds

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| By LUDWELL DENNY | Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.—The Axis drive across the © Balkans for the |strategic Dardanelles and the oil of the

' Near and Middle East complicates the already confused : maneuvers for control of the Pacific.

For as Russia holds the

- also is the key to the status quo in Asia Minor—she and The United States and Britain, in

their Moscow negotiations to block Japanese conquest south-

ward, are even more dependent on Stalin’s favor since the

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ment against the Dardanelles.

But the difficulties position -increase with its imporNow that he holds the balance on the widely separated Pacific and Near Eastern. fronts, his “neutrality” becomes more difficult and his co-operation with either the Axis - Japanese alliance or the Anglo-American group becomes more risky. Rijussia’'s strength a n d weakness ar e part of her same geographical’ position. Being in the middle gives her the balance of power, but being in the middle she can be more easily crushed if she slips. The two major effects of the Near Eastern war on the WashingtonMoscow negotiations concerning the Far East are thus 4 ii The Axis grab for the Dardanelles and partial encirclement of Russia strains further the uneasy HitlerStalin relations, and pushes Moscow closer to an Anglo-American understanding. But the more rapidly Hitler encircles Russia on the west, the east, and now the| southwest, the more dangerous it is for Stalin to defy the Axis. |

Purpose Fairly Clear

Stalin’s purpose is fairly clear, however devious and unpredictable his moves toward that goal may be. « His “purpose is: (1) To get the most for Russia (2) without entering a major war, and (3) to allow the Fascist and capitalist enemies to kill off each other. So far the Stalin stiategy has worked almost miraculously. On the eve of the war—after being double-crossed by the| BritishFrench betrayals of Spain' and Czechoslovakia to the Akis—Stalin sold Russian favor to Hitler, who bid higher than Chamberlain. That gave Hitler Poland for the taking— except that Stalin grabbed fallen eastern Poland before the) victorious Nazi army could march in. Then, while Hitler was busy on the Western Front, Stalin took his strategic slices from Finland and| absorbed the three Baltic un

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Net result: Stalin had a had his exposed northwestern flank against attack from either Britain or Germany, and had transformed the Baltic Sea from a Cet an to a Russian lake. In the fourth move, Stalin also beat Hitler. He marched into Rumania first, taking Bessarabia. By this move Stalin probably pre-

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vented Hitler from winning the war in the first year. Just as in the summer of 1939 Stalin threw the | balance against Britain and precipitated the. war with initial Ger-

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Entertain at Sunnyside — Five youthful Indianapolis entertainers, Gordon Grow, Walter Grow, Mildred Dahlahan, Irene Kuntz and Gareth Sampson, will petform for patients at Sunnyside Sanitorium at 7 p. m. next Wednesday. The amateur entertainers volunteered their services. The program was arranged by Marvin Lynch, a Sunnyside patient.

Prance, and was ready to invade a Britain that was almost defenseless, for, as Churchill explained, the disorganized British Army had left its armaments across the Channel in the bloody retreat from Dunkirk.

Provided Precious Tir:

But before Hitler could deliver his- final blow against groggy Britain, Stalin started a war in Rumania on Hitler's flank. Hitler] dared not concentrate on Britain until he put out the Balkan fire in| the rear. Those were the weeks required for American rearming of Britain. Thus Stalin provided the precious time and the United States provided the precious arms needed by the English to prepare their heroic defense in the Battle for Britain. In payment for Stalin’s favor, the Axis is reported offering Russia liberal “spheres of influence” in both the Near East and tlic Far East, and presumably in our Alaskan waters. But the rub is that Stalin does not trust the Axis.

There's Much Mutual Distrust

So far an anti-Axis entente has been prevented by the lack of military preparedness of Russia and the United States and the unwillingness of either to enter the war; and by mutual distrust. So long as Stalin plays even halfway with Hitler, London and Washington distrust him. While prominent Tory appeasers remain - in the Churchill government, and represent it in Tokyo, Madrid :nd else‘where, Stalin fears that Germany, Britain and Japan eventually will negotiate a .peace based on their former plan of a “holy” war against Russia. And while Washington blusters against Japan but -~ontinues to sell her vast unembargoed supplies, to buy her silk, and to furnish the foreign exchange to finance - her conquests, Stalin fears an eventual Tokyo-Washington deal against China and Russia. In such clouds of mutual distrust and such war currents and crosscurrents, none can foresee the outcome. The only certainty regarding Russia is uncertainty, That uncertainty may not disay=ear but increase if the Japanese and Hitler pressure another “piece of paper” from the slick Stalin. The best guess here is that Stalin will continue to work both sides of the trench—unless he is smashed: in the process, or unless an all-out American participation in the war lures him into an Anglo-

American-Russian military alliance.

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Theta Rho to Meet—The Olive Branch, Theta Rho Girls Club will] meet Friday at 8 p. m, at the I. O. O. F, Hall.

Schedule Benefit Party—Alvin P. Hovey Chapter of the Women’s Relief Corps will give a public card party at 2:15 p. m, tomorrow at Ft. Friendly, 512 N, Illinois St.

Drill Team Gives Party—A benefit card party will be held at 7:30 . m. tomorrow in the Citizens Gas & Coke Utility auditorium by the Braly Guards drill team of the Woodmen Circle.

Dance at Cathedral High — The annual Cathedral High School Thanksgiving Day dance will be held tomorrow at 9 p. m, in the school ' auditorium, Informal, the dance is under the direction of Gene NeMarie Lamoureux, James Corker, Ott Hurrle, Harold Paetz, James O'Neal and Kenneth Gieman, Joseph McNamara will direct the school orchestra.

Union Auxiliary "Sponsors Dance —The Women’s Auxiliary of the Uriited Auto Workers of‘ America will ponsor a dance Saturday night in the: U. A. W. A. Hall, 241 W. Maryland St., and proceeds will be given to the Clothe-A-Child and Christmas basket funds.

CLAIM VICTORY OVER TYPHUS IN FRANGE

PARIS, Nov. 21 (U.P.).—(By Courier to Berlin).—The Public Health Administrator of the German Army of Occupation said today that a widespread epidemic of typhus and dysentery in occupied France finally had been localized and brought under control. “The most important phase of curbing the spread of the disease which was particularly bad in industrial regions and around ports, was the reconstruction of water mains,” the Administrator said. “Immediate action was necessary as polluted water caused many cases of typhus.” He said that a comprehensive campaign was under way against venereal diseases, preventing their spread among the Army of Occupation as well as the civil population. He said that the fight against disease had been greatly aided by medicines and supplies left behind when hospitals were evacuated.

You Can Hardly Blame the Wife

TRENTON, N. 1, Nov. 21 (U. P.).—Benjamin Thomas of Portland, Me., stopped at a filling station at Robbinville while driving northward through New Jersey. His wife was asleep on the back seat. Thomas took a short walk for relaxation while his car was being serviced. Meantime, his wife awoke and she, too, decided to get out and stretch, The husband returned to the car first. He was in Connecticut before he missed his wife. New Jersey State Police received a telegram today from the Portland police chief asking cooperation in finding Thomas’s wife “somewhere in New Jersey.” This was the reply: “State Police at Hightstown reported Mrs. Thomas has boarded a bus en route to Portland. She is very mad.”

MISSIONARY TELLS OF WORK IN INDIA

Helen E. Fehr, Methodist missionary to India, has returned to America on “furlough” and is visiting her parents at 1302 Woodlawn Ave. Speaking of the missionaries’ work in India, Miss Fehr said: “In | the village, one of the biggest obstacles is the lethargy of the people. But this is largely because the

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SANITY POSTPONED

A hearing to determine the sanity of William Ray Butsch, under indictment for the murder of Mrs. Carrie Lelah Romig in January, 1939, has been postponzd until next

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LONDON, Nov. 21 (U. P).—Expansion of the British ‘Army in Indias from 160,000 to 500,000 men was reported to the House of Commons today by 'L. S. Amery, Secretary of State for India. Amery said that India soon would be self-sufficient for nearly 90 per cent of all her military supplies. He added that India already had

exported 100,000,000 rounds of small arms ‘ammunition, 400,000 rotinds of artillery shells and millions of sandbags, boots and tents.

-. Amery said that 60,000 Indian troops are now serving in Malaya, Aden and the Middle East. roadly speaking she (India) is aiming at co-operation with ‘the dominions and colonies east and south of Suez and at meeting all of the: needs of our armies in the Middle and Par East to whatever number of divisions they may be raised,” he said. “Even so there still is abundant

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