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Pr ss BUSY IN CAPITAL

View That Nippon Seeks

Prevail Over Warnings Hitler's Thrust Gives Her New Opportunities in Far East.

By EDGAR ANSEL MOWRER Copyright, 1941, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc.

1.—With official Washington di-|E of this country utilizing the|E period of German involvement in Russia to make a broad swipe at Adolf Hitler, the impression is growing that the

WASHINGTON, July vided as to .the opportunity

inertia party is still on top.

Unquestionably, it is believed here, the Communist “bogey is going to be used once more as a reason for doing - nothing by those who were in favor of doing nothing when Stalin was still on Hitler’s side. To this has been added the Japanese legend. The

“SCANDINAVIA IN

TURMOIL AGAIN

2 Finland’s Entry Into Conflict

Further Complicates Sweden’s Plight.

By WILLIAM H. STONEMAN Copy: The Chicago Daily News. LONDON, July l.— Finland's

entry into the “holy war” against

X Russia has heavily complicated the

position of all Scandinavia and that

of Sweden in particular. Swedish circles here hope desperately that they may avoid being dragged into the war themselves

"and display a certain amount of

optimism about the possibilities. ‘Sweden, it is asserted, is still bound to remain neutral and its recent action in allowing one German division to cross its territory

"to Finland from Narvik was direct-

ly and entirely to that end. Minimize Concession

Such concession, they insist, was of little or no material consequence and proved a good substitute for other concessions which Sweden might have been called upon. to make. It is also insisted that Sweden still is in a mood! to fight rather thaa to sacrifice its national honor, and that any demands for Swedish adherence to the Axis, or for the use of Swedish territory for

military purposes, would be stoutly resisted. ‘It is admitted, at the same time,

- that Sweden’s geographical position

‘momentarily makes that country

deeply dependent upon Germany

and that actual conflict with that country, as long as Sweden is cut off from the west, would be very

Outlets Closed

"With Finland and Russia in the war, Sweden no longer has outlets

~ either by way of Petsamo, Siberia,

or Iran, At the same time it is utterly dependent upon Germany for oil and coal.

* Only American intervention in the

war, and the freeing ,of western Scandinavia from German rule, would restore Sweden to its position as a free agent capable of making the maximum military effort.

EINEGTNIETS

gE with American crews to Britain,

#| that will be applied to this type of g | action. Short of such action, Brit-

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| the thesis of a worried, appeasable

: not much can be done to change the

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Honorable Peace Seems

party of Japanese appeasement, which can be found in nearly all of the responsible

Government departments, is extremely active. This party thes® postulates a Ja- =: pan worried by events, as much

‘with a promise ‘Mr. Mowrer

to accept it and trust the Japs they say.

See Tokyo Perplexed

such Japan exists or will exist.

as a God-given opportunity for Ja-

sia or Britain. Meanwhile, according thesis, one which, incidentally, is

the Japs will utilize the duration of the German campaign for one final, gigantic attempt to beat China and bring the “China incident” to a

for the coming grab. According to this theory, the United States has nothing but

ished by the Russo-German war. For, it is argued, the United States cannot stand for a Chinese defeat. But neither will it peacefully permit a Japanese thrust to the. south against British possessions.

The Danger to Alaska

As for Japanese occupation of the present Russian maritime provinces, that would, it is said, be a catastrophe for us and would bring the Japs within 35 miles of Alaska. Sn, in any case, we shall, in this view, have to oppose the Japs as well as the Germans and we might just as well make up our minds how we are going to do it. In no case, if this view of things is correct, should we allow Japan or Japanese threats to deter us one jot from giving almost the same help to Britain as we would if Japan did not exist. \ It is considered more likely tha the Administration will decide that

Japan is more correct, and postpone its full plans for assisting Britain accordingly. Obviously, the British are still praying that one day or another we will send airplanes and warships

without worrying about the name

ish sources in Washington imply,

situation in the Atlantic. What can be done, they suggest, is to sweep North Africa of Germans by interrupting their communications across the Mediterranean. : With the German dive bombers| busy in Russia, the moment is favorable, they think, for cutting the German supply lines and then annihilating the single German mechanized division now on African

In this ‘undertaking they would love to be backed by American airplanes and American warships flying

MEN AT AIR BASE D0 FARMING, TOO

OGDEN, Utah, June 27 (U. P.)— Army authorities consider adding a general course in agriculture to

training of new air crops enrollees. For men of the air corps unwittingly joined a “back-to-the-land” movement when the War Department acquired 1600 acres of farmland near here for its new Utah general depot—ultimate milifey supply center for the entire est.

Officers and men of the 7th Bombardment Group were pressed into service cutting hay and picking strawberries when harvest time found the army with a farm on its hands—and no farin hands. The hay went to army posts still using horses—and the berries to imess tables at Ft. Douglas air base near Salt Lake City.

CRASH FATAL TO MAILMAN EVANSVILLE, Ind, July 1 (. P.). —Injuries suffered Friday in an automobile accident proved fatal yesterday for Hubert Dittmer, 39-year-

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