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r:*e
Freaca
^ray is vdthdr&ring froiL Faris. The
Nazi
legions can m^rch into the great and
fair
jus
city whenever they ,
k
^\+2£.
•
U
j
reach
ikssxz
nessare tc the lerxan Oovernment
A
—^
lz
—
s
X
szs
^
zzzzo
trar.smt ted by
the
"nited States ^-jntassador to Paris,
A
^r-e-a
^^.,—
The
official * ord.oemaB aji
Aiabassador Bullitt has
A
A
Just informed the State Department in ’ashington that the French
militarv authorities ^rave him a communication vo.ic'n he in turn
sent to the .-jaericen Legation at Berne, Switzerland. The
American
xsxiexxx
renresentative there turned the communication
over tc a German diplomatic official and ashed him to communicate
it immediately to the German Government, which he uid. The
_
.p^-U_0.-O6,
message tnus conveyed states thatljfhe French have declared Paris
an open city, undefended, and tnat the general in command
had ordered his troops to march out. They are retreating to the
sout...
Ambassador Bullitt himself will remain in Paris with
*ne American military and Naval Attaches, will stay there as tne
Germans sxg enter.
Bullitt hopes he can be of help in
transferring the centre- ci the city tc the j-erman military
comnand--±are doing so peaceably and without loss of life.
after
Tr.uf enfs tr.e '-er_ar. .rive a'ainet ?ar- = ,
xiiki
the
A
*
French had vo^ed that tr. r ▼cull tefend taeir illustrious capital
stcne ty stone, even if trey nad to leave it a neap of sxoking
ruins* ‘.ore nc derate ;‘udsuent
rzx
t revailed. The French a ini t
A
w
tnat ty titter and destructive resistance in city streets they
sight delay the 'ernens a little, tut the silitery advantage of
this wo-lv net ccn;ensate for the utter devastation of the
magnificent city that for sc long has teen a thing of splendor
on earth.
Paris
tne war news.
new
ceases tc figure xxz importantly in
In fact, the metropolis on the Seine was no longer
a major objective of the lerman drive--so Feriir. reported.
Uazi military officials stated that azx the capture cf Paris
had become only an incident--that the main Perman strategy
was to complete tne defeat of the French ..rmy, ^na put it cut
cf act!
a^cs
ttila
efeating
heir last grea
Ferxinjr e ort
.1
A
xeans tr.at
fcrw&ra sw
tne .Engine
intends t-
Line, or ^
tne "'reman flanking irive in the Z
j
ii’tly, threatening
tc
cut off the F:
t line. In fact, it’s ~cubtful vha
do--keer in teuen uith that inyreg:
et it be isolated.
st has crashed
enen hmy from
Seneral Teygand
able Maginot
;
ar
w
He may withdraw xixno his army into Central i'rence, end try to
keep i up resistance there. Crennany claims that the French
mrmy cannot retrea: intact, that it is breaking
ud
, and
cannot hold together as a fighting force. The French say
that their retiring line is still intact, no real break-
though
through, mxzsKxfe the Nazi armored columns are driving deep
A
A
wedges.
Tonight, the French government admits the desperate
situation to the full. A spokesman of the war office in
D f\
the temporary carital at Tours made thes* candid tragic
A A
statements, as s&xxxxx sumiiarized by the United Iress dispatch*.
The French troops are nearing exhaustion. They’ve fought
continuously for eight days - eight days of desperate combat.
It has been impossible to draw troops from other sectors and
relieve the men who have been under continuous fire. French
units have only been able to extricate themselves by desperate
counter-attacks, and even then xxy. many detachments have been
4
.xvR
'onable to wi th dra
a
. The losses of French a my equipment
have teen so great that inf entry fin forces no- face attacks
by Serman tank and armored -units without support of armored
units of their own. Human flesh against '.;ar material of
steel ^nd fire. The French are outnumbered ix xrsxa
zfrkttt
three to one, and their
xthl
-worn-out soldiers are thus
outnumbered b-- fresh troops. The Tertans are incessantly
throwing new divisions into action. The military spokesman
declared that exhausted - ranch soldiers arv now fighting German
’units that have teen at the Front for only two or threr days.
He said it wns impossible for the French to make an effective
co inter-attack.
A later French dis~atch declares that German
motorized units are pouring across the line of the Seine.
They are said to have
smi
penetrated as far as Hvereaux,
which represents an advance of many miles.
Yet France is determined to fight on. The council
—
_
of ministers of the French government met attoday>
end decided - to continue the bati
The dispatch
adds thrt this decision was reached after a British promise
of what is described as "imoediate and massive aid." The
dispatch continues this way:- "It was stated that there was
no question of abondoning the
tix
fight - this as a result
of the British pledge."
to heir the French. But so short is equipment that they'wd-'-u.
talking of forming broomstick brigades - train troops with
broomsticks because of the lack of rifles. And even rifles
seem to be
obsolete in the war oi automatic
k
weapons
tanks and bombing planes.
HUMOR
There’s no truth in the story that the State Department
has word that Xxxxxrit France is considering negotiations,
overtures tor a separate peace. The denial is issued by the
State Department, and reaffirmed by the White House. President’s
secretary^Steve Early, used the following strong words:-
"I am lacking in decent language to deny that story.”
The report was printed in the Chicago Tribune, which
stated that xjubassador Bullitt h: d phoned Washington saying that
certain members of the French Government were in favor of calling
off the war. ”The Tribune story,” said the White House secretary
today, ’’was denied last night steadily from five P.M. on. The
Tribune,” he adaed, ’’disregarded the denial and continued xxxx
publication of an erroneous story--knowing that it was erroneous,”
xxx
said Steve Early. That is rather strongly put, but it’s
mild and tame compared to the statement that followed:- ’’This
leads me to wonder," said the Presidential secretary, ’’whether
all the news published in the United States is published from
an iuaerican patriotic point of view or a foreign point of view.”
Now, Steve, what kind of foreign point of view could
the Chicago Tribune have? It certainly wouldn’t be pro-Ally to
RUMOR—2
print a report that France might make peace. So, is the Chicago
Trioune pro-German, Nazi? No doubt, the Tribune believed the
story to be true--in spite of official denials. And
what
is it
unpatriotic for an ^jnerican newspaper to print?
Veil,
the
war
spirit is with us
SF ECH
Today in laris it was revealed that Premier
Reynaud sent an anneal for heln to President Roosevelt
last ^.onday. That was the very
dey
tiwrfe.
i-resident Roosevelt made his stab-in-the-back address,
in which he promised full material aid to the allies.
This imneaiately raised the sunposition -- that the
Presidents promise was a response to the French appeal.
Paris discloses that the French Premier cabled
to the American President the following:- "I beg you
^ublicly to declare United States^,accord with the Allies --
1
J
/v
A
and moral and material aid by all possible means, except the
dispatch of an expeditionary corns.” la
iiuuuiblg ai"
-rtrrrt rri'
That’s exactly what the President
promised.
Moreover, the request and the promise talley
to the point of identical words. Paris comment today pointed
out that Premier Reynaud in communicating with President Roosevelt
used the phrase "stab in the back", actually the translation
SPEECH - 2
I have here says -- hit in the back. Word for word it reads
f-i rji„lliT_jinr»i'’At the raoment I speak to you,” said the Freaiier
"another dictatorship has hit France in the
back.w
Today in Washin^ton^ the V»hite Plouse declared that
the i resident’s oromise was not made in response to the
iremier’s appeal. ,<hite House Secretary
Early said
it v»\ s ell coincidence.
nri> hh-y words: ■
'Jr
Proved by the
/V
A ~
ono
cor?no<t2^—T^irs,—he
&
time-table of events. The Reynaud anneal was nut on the
cable at Paris at six-ten P.H. Eastern Standard Time on Monday.
President Roosevelt began his speech at Charlottesville five
minutes later -- six-fifteen P.M. Eastern Standard Time. The
Premier’s cable was not completely in the hands of the State
Department until eleven-thirty P.M.
President
Roosevelt did nit ^et it until the next morning. Ks .-x had
A
already made the promise before he got the appeal.
JF2ZCH -2
rr, era not. so.
v' i « —>r .f e^r t-£-e ?
r^orav&?¥
states?nt
tr.gt tir? --ys^ti4
a^r^ly-a lorssi ^exo-FW^tor: erf -arTT
A'
ttr i4 vf:-?t tjrrr Ar:b; ?s*-de^ I-IeBRedr i-s l-9^4e-a &s4
o
-
lt
-
*iht^es~-A^T b\x±±ih*
Bt r^rls bsb
t^rr.
tr*nsgittin^ aLn.i-^gtT-
Iven the identity of the nhit in the tacl-c" and
"stat in the hack" figures of s-eech don’t mean anything nuch.
It has alreadv be-n rointed out that the oritish Minister
cf Information, Alfred Tuff Coorer, had previously charged
Itaiv with stabbing France in the hack. Moreover, today cur
o^.n stem:.
-* «^
t
.~~entator,
lenera—
nugh t,onnson, to——.-c out -—^t
he binself had predicted that ! ussolini would administer the
stac, and then -- well, plenty of less important people were
ext
-r'
2
^^ '* thenselves in tno^e ca— e or 1 wi
SOUTH AITETICA
The news from South iUnerica tells of crowds in Bolivia
attacking the German and Italian Legations. jThey smashed the
windows and wrecked things in general* And in Uruguay crowds of
students staged a pro-Ally demonstration today, storming through
the streets, end emitting loud cheers before the French Legation.
In Ecuador the Government is investigating Fifth
gaix
Column
activities. Germans are accused of having stirred up disturbances
in the mining area.
But the chief focus of interest is still on Brazil*
Today American editorial columns took note of the pro-Fascist
declaration by President Vargas. The following ?±x point
was made:- Everybody knows that the great majority of Latin-
American countries are dictatorships,
always have been.
eietreae, -aae—at—men t iOTrHHTe~4m*^rs^±b1>l i t-y frfr-gafcKfefciaMi
-pyBiHring boofeirar amongy
«reerz*HL* A large part of the populations in Lat in-America
consist of Indians in the tribal state of culture,
hourti oft-re»retrerita-friv<*—As for frazil In pa
it has been amply in the news that President Vargas at Rio has
had a Fascist kind of set-up for years
SOUTH AMERICA--2
President Roosevelt, in his wstafc in the back” speech
on I'onaa", sno .e in the name of the Americasr-o&'t
A
„
.
.
...
.
In upholding tne Allies, denouncing Xazi^Sersany
A
^
*rai
^±x~Z9Tly-
lascist Ttrrly^-he repeatedly indicated
that he Tras sneaking for the Western Hemisphere, and hw—u>
-r-8nubli88 -Aaerl^ss^
The Vargas address was delivered the very next day,
and tnat element of timing virtually made it a re^ly tc the
President oi tne nited States--a-^fr-4:y ye*ee^iri>T t^o ..cr-evoi^
It virtually declared tne President at
A
Washington did not speak ’"or the Latin-Americas, not for Brazil
at any
ny rate~*=2r^Jra«
A
rve*3*r?*n-r-~».Te
■ ujrti^i
th
^
tst
Vargas fulmination was so Fascist in tone that it might have
himself
k
nimsexi*
been written by Hussolini.
xiixiexx
—
sz&zmZX
that it was Mussolini^ reply.
I*d be inclined to think there might be two angles in
the matter. One, that the Fascist-minded Government of Brazil
has no
xxixx
intention of going against the powers that^seem to
be winning in .uropex i-ftw*** ion -io-'sapTi
aoeei—o*;—t-
Secondly, that a** the talk of democracy
SOUTH AhCEHICA—
3
in the .jnericas and the urging of democratic ideals, might te
awkward for the numerous dictators of the Western Hemisphere.
If sort tody were really to apply democracy to their countries-
out of the winaov; they
—hgral
titge~l5trgt^4--i^£qrer
A
ift
—Verges,
—-eil »e>
W>r^-a--*-o
German arrd -it* ii!’a nopuli.-; ir,n>
All of which emphasizes what we’ve teen hearing--the
possibility of Fifth Column doings in the Latin-Americas.
Perils for the ’ onroe Doctrine.
Today, in Washington the
xkxxx
Rules Committee of the
House of Representatives okayed the '/onroe Doctrine Resolution
sponsored
1 y the
/resident. This
country
not permit any
transfer of Western Hem-’sphere territory to a non-American power.
Jgn'j me rerorntien t? »ne flggr o»—r.ie H
ju
ITALi
On the Italian Front the principal phenomenon is vagueness
and doubt. On the second day of Italy in the war, the doings of
the Italians are about as ambiguous and cryptic as they were v/hen
Rome was a non-belligerent. There are stories of hundreds of
thousands of Italians 'eing brought around through Brenner Pass
to gight with the Germans. But we don’t know. Also stories of
air raiding, and a rport of a skirmish between soldiers in Africa -
in which London tells of Italian troops captured and no British
casualties.
Far more significant is the word from Turkey. The Turkish
go Government has an alliance with the Allies, and is pledged to
support Great Britain and France against Italy. But Turkey has
made no move to join in the conflict. Instead what do we hear
today? The Turks havejust signed a treaty with Nazi Germany -
a commercial pact. Berlin reports this with jubilation. London
makes the commen- that the new Turkish-Nazi trade pact is
"unfortunate.ff
Again tonight, all al ng the line, the news concerning the
Allies is — just as it has been, only more so. And SO LONG UNTIL
TOMORROW.
r:*e
Freaca
^ray is vdthdr&ring froiL Faris. The
Nazi
legions can m^rch into the great and
fair
jus
city whenever they ,
k
^\+2£.
•
U
j
reach
ikssxz
nessare tc the lerxan Oovernment
A
—^
lz
—
s
X
szs
^
zzzzo
trar.smt ted by
the
"nited States ^-jntassador to Paris,
A
^r-e-a
^^.,—
The
official * ord.oemaB aji
Aiabassador Bullitt has
A
A
Just informed the State Department in ’ashington that the French
militarv authorities ^rave him a communication vo.ic'n he in turn
sent to the .-jaericen Legation at Berne, Switzerland. The
American
xsxiexxx
renresentative there turned the communication
over tc a German diplomatic official and ashed him to communicate
it immediately to the German Government, which he uid. The
_
.p^-U_0.-O6,
message tnus conveyed states thatljfhe French have declared Paris
an open city, undefended, and tnat the general in command
had ordered his troops to march out. They are retreating to the
sout...
Ambassador Bullitt himself will remain in Paris with
*ne American military and Naval Attaches, will stay there as tne
Germans sxg enter.
Bullitt hopes he can be of help in
transferring the centre- ci the city tc the j-erman military
comnand--±are doing so peaceably and without loss of life.
after
Tr.uf enfs tr.e '-er_ar. .rive a'ainet ?ar- = ,
xiiki
the
A
*
French had vo^ed that tr. r ▼cull tefend taeir illustrious capital
stcne ty stone, even if trey nad to leave it a neap of sxoking
ruins* ‘.ore nc derate ;‘udsuent
rzx
t revailed. The French a ini t
A
w
tnat ty titter and destructive resistance in city streets they
sight delay the 'ernens a little, tut the silitery advantage of
this wo-lv net ccn;ensate for the utter devastation of the
magnificent city that for sc long has teen a thing of splendor
on earth.
Paris
tne war news.
new
ceases tc figure xxz importantly in
In fact, the metropolis on the Seine was no longer
a major objective of the lerman drive--so Feriir. reported.
Uazi military officials stated that azx the capture cf Paris
had become only an incident--that the main Perman strategy
was to complete tne defeat of the French ..rmy, ^na put it cut
cf act!
a^cs
ttila
efeating
heir last grea
Ferxinjr e ort
.1
A
xeans tr.at
fcrw&ra sw
tne .Engine
intends t-
Line, or ^
tne "'reman flanking irive in the Z
j
ii’tly, threatening
tc
cut off the F:
t line. In fact, it’s ~cubtful vha
do--keer in teuen uith that inyreg:
et it be isolated.
st has crashed
enen hmy from
Seneral Teygand
able Maginot
;
ar
w
He may withdraw xixno his army into Central i'rence, end try to
keep i up resistance there. Crennany claims that the French
mrmy cannot retrea: intact, that it is breaking
ud
, and
cannot hold together as a fighting force. The French say
that their retiring line is still intact, no real break-
though
through, mxzsKxfe the Nazi armored columns are driving deep
A
A
wedges.
Tonight, the French government admits the desperate
situation to the full. A spokesman of the war office in
D f\
the temporary carital at Tours made thes* candid tragic
A A
statements, as s&xxxxx sumiiarized by the United Iress dispatch*.
The French troops are nearing exhaustion. They’ve fought
continuously for eight days - eight days of desperate combat.
It has been impossible to draw troops from other sectors and
relieve the men who have been under continuous fire. French
units have only been able to extricate themselves by desperate
counter-attacks, and even then xxy. many detachments have been
4
.xvR
'onable to wi th dra
a
. The losses of French a my equipment
have teen so great that inf entry fin forces no- face attacks
by Serman tank and armored -units without support of armored
units of their own. Human flesh against '.;ar material of
steel ^nd fire. The French are outnumbered ix xrsxa
zfrkttt
three to one, and their
xthl
-worn-out soldiers are thus
outnumbered b-- fresh troops. The Tertans are incessantly
throwing new divisions into action. The military spokesman
declared that exhausted - ranch soldiers arv now fighting German
’units that have teen at the Front for only two or threr days.
He said it wns impossible for the French to make an effective
co inter-attack.
A later French dis~atch declares that German
motorized units are pouring across the line of the Seine.
They are said to have
smi
penetrated as far as Hvereaux,
which represents an advance of many miles.
Yet France is determined to fight on. The council
—
_
of ministers of the French government met attoday>
end decided - to continue the bati
The dispatch
adds thrt this decision was reached after a British promise
of what is described as "imoediate and massive aid." The
dispatch continues this way:- "It was stated that there was
no question of abondoning the
tix
fight - this as a result
of the British pledge."
to heir the French. But so short is equipment that they'wd-'-u.
talking of forming broomstick brigades - train troops with
broomsticks because of the lack of rifles. And even rifles
seem to be
obsolete in the war oi automatic
k
weapons
tanks and bombing planes.
HUMOR
There’s no truth in the story that the State Department
has word that Xxxxxrit France is considering negotiations,
overtures tor a separate peace. The denial is issued by the
State Department, and reaffirmed by the White House. President’s
secretary^Steve Early, used the following strong words:-
"I am lacking in decent language to deny that story.”
The report was printed in the Chicago Tribune, which
stated that xjubassador Bullitt h: d phoned Washington saying that
certain members of the French Government were in favor of calling
off the war. ”The Tribune story,” said the White House secretary
today, ’’was denied last night steadily from five P.M. on. The
Tribune,” he adaed, ’’disregarded the denial and continued xxxx
publication of an erroneous story--knowing that it was erroneous,”
xxx
said Steve Early. That is rather strongly put, but it’s
mild and tame compared to the statement that followed:- ’’This
leads me to wonder," said the Presidential secretary, ’’whether
all the news published in the United States is published from
an iuaerican patriotic point of view or a foreign point of view.”
Now, Steve, what kind of foreign point of view could
the Chicago Tribune have? It certainly wouldn’t be pro-Ally to
RUMOR—2
print a report that France might make peace. So, is the Chicago
Trioune pro-German, Nazi? No doubt, the Tribune believed the
story to be true--in spite of official denials. And
what
is it
unpatriotic for an ^jnerican newspaper to print?
Veil,
the
war
spirit is with us
SF ECH
Today in laris it was revealed that Premier
Reynaud sent an anneal for heln to President Roosevelt
last ^.onday. That was the very
dey
tiwrfe.
i-resident Roosevelt made his stab-in-the-back address,
in which he promised full material aid to the allies.
This imneaiately raised the sunposition -- that the
Presidents promise was a response to the French appeal.
Paris discloses that the French Premier cabled
to the American President the following:- "I beg you
^ublicly to declare United States^,accord with the Allies --
1
J
/v
A
and moral and material aid by all possible means, except the
dispatch of an expeditionary corns.” la
iiuuuiblg ai"
-rtrrrt rri'
That’s exactly what the President
promised.
Moreover, the request and the promise talley
to the point of identical words. Paris comment today pointed
out that Premier Reynaud in communicating with President Roosevelt
used the phrase "stab in the back", actually the translation
SPEECH - 2
I have here says -- hit in the back. Word for word it reads
f-i rji„lliT_jinr»i'’At the raoment I speak to you,” said the Freaiier
"another dictatorship has hit France in the
back.w
Today in Washin^ton^ the V»hite Plouse declared that
the i resident’s oromise was not made in response to the
iremier’s appeal. ,<hite House Secretary
Early said
it v»\ s ell coincidence.
nri> hh-y words: ■
'Jr
Proved by the
/V
A ~
ono
cor?no<t2^—T^irs,—he
&
time-table of events. The Reynaud anneal was nut on the
cable at Paris at six-ten P.H. Eastern Standard Time on Monday.
President Roosevelt began his speech at Charlottesville five
minutes later -- six-fifteen P.M. Eastern Standard Time. The
Premier’s cable was not completely in the hands of the State
Department until eleven-thirty P.M.
President
Roosevelt did nit ^et it until the next morning. Ks .-x had
A
already made the promise before he got the appeal.
JF2ZCH -2
rr, era not. so.
v' i « —>r .f e^r t-£-e ?
r^orav&?¥
states?nt
tr.gt tir? --ys^ti4
a^r^ly-a lorssi ^exo-FW^tor: erf -arTT
A'
ttr i4 vf:-?t tjrrr Ar:b; ?s*-de^ I-IeBRedr i-s l-9^4e-a &s4
o
-
lt
-
*iht^es~-A^T b\x±±ih*
Bt r^rls bsb
t^rr.
tr*nsgittin^ aLn.i-^gtT-
Iven the identity of the nhit in the tacl-c" and
"stat in the hack" figures of s-eech don’t mean anything nuch.
It has alreadv be-n rointed out that the oritish Minister
cf Information, Alfred Tuff Coorer, had previously charged
Itaiv with stabbing France in the hack. Moreover, today cur
o^.n stem:.
-* «^
t
.~~entator,
lenera—
nugh t,onnson, to——.-c out -—^t
he binself had predicted that ! ussolini would administer the
stac, and then -- well, plenty of less important people were
ext
-r'
2
^^ '* thenselves in tno^e ca— e or 1 wi
SOUTH AITETICA
The news from South iUnerica tells of crowds in Bolivia
attacking the German and Italian Legations. jThey smashed the
windows and wrecked things in general* And in Uruguay crowds of
students staged a pro-Ally demonstration today, storming through
the streets, end emitting loud cheers before the French Legation.
In Ecuador the Government is investigating Fifth
gaix
Column
activities. Germans are accused of having stirred up disturbances
in the mining area.
But the chief focus of interest is still on Brazil*
Today American editorial columns took note of the pro-Fascist
declaration by President Vargas. The following ?±x point
was made:- Everybody knows that the great majority of Latin-
American countries are dictatorships,
always have been.
eietreae, -aae—at—men t iOTrHHTe~4m*^rs^±b1>l i t-y frfr-gafcKfefciaMi
-pyBiHring boofeirar amongy
«reerz*HL* A large part of the populations in Lat in-America
consist of Indians in the tribal state of culture,
hourti oft-re»retrerita-friv<*—As for frazil In pa
it has been amply in the news that President Vargas at Rio has
had a Fascist kind of set-up for years
SOUTH AMERICA--2
President Roosevelt, in his wstafc in the back” speech
on I'onaa", sno .e in the name of the Americasr-o&'t
A
„
.
.
...
.
In upholding tne Allies, denouncing Xazi^Sersany
A
^
*rai
^±x~Z9Tly-
lascist Ttrrly^-he repeatedly indicated
that he Tras sneaking for the Western Hemisphere, and hw—u>
-r-8nubli88 -Aaerl^ss^
The Vargas address was delivered the very next day,
and tnat element of timing virtually made it a re^ly tc the
President oi tne nited States--a-^fr-4:y ye*ee^iri>T t^o ..cr-evoi^
It virtually declared tne President at
A
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the matter. One, that the Fascist-minded Government of Brazil
has no
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in the .jnericas and the urging of democratic ideals, might te
awkward for the numerous dictators of the Western Hemisphere.
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All of which emphasizes what we’ve teen hearing--the
possibility of Fifth Column doings in the Latin-Americas.
Perils for the ’ onroe Doctrine.
Today, in Washington the
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Rules Committee of the
House of Representatives okayed the '/onroe Doctrine Resolution
sponsored
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/resident. This
country
not permit any
transfer of Western Hem-’sphere territory to a non-American power.
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ITALi
On the Italian Front the principal phenomenon is vagueness
and doubt. On the second day of Italy in the war, the doings of
the Italians are about as ambiguous and cryptic as they were v/hen
Rome was a non-belligerent. There are stories of hundreds of
thousands of Italians 'eing brought around through Brenner Pass
to gight with the Germans. But we don’t know. Also stories of
air raiding, and a rport of a skirmish between soldiers in Africa -
in which London tells of Italian troops captured and no British
casualties.
Far more significant is the word from Turkey. The Turkish
go Government has an alliance with the Allies, and is pledged to
support Great Britain and France against Italy. But Turkey has
made no move to join in the conflict. Instead what do we hear
today? The Turks havejust signed a treaty with Nazi Germany -
a commercial pact. Berlin reports this with jubilation. London
makes the commen- that the new Turkish-Nazi trade pact is
"unfortunate.ff
Again tonight, all al ng the line, the news concerning the
Allies is — just as it has been, only more so. And SO LONG UNTIL
TOMORROW.