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MTOFOKD MATI TRIBUNE. WTTFORn. OKEGOX. TUESDAY. JULY 9. 1940.
ALL WARSHIPS AT
N
BE
(OonttniMd from Fai One.)
American neutrality zona was
forecast today in dispatches from
Vichy, French government seat,
declaring French fleet units
blockaded at Martinique ex
isted British warships to at
tack "at any moment."
Martinique Is a French-owned
island in the Caribbean sea, 200
miles northeast of the Venezuela
coast. It is about 1.200 miles
southeast of Miami, Fla.
French navy ministry sources
said the beleaguered craft in
cluded France's only aircraft
carrier, the 22,146-ton Beam; the
6.496-ton training cruiser Jeanne
D'Arc, several submarines and
smaller fighting ships.
U. S. Navy Watch
A group of U. S. navy de
stroyers was previously reported
en route to the Martinique area
to act as observers of any sea
clash which might violate the
neu trallty zone.
Presumably under orders of
the Petam government which
last week directed all French
warships to "fight their way
home" if necessary, the French
ships at Martinique will give
battle against any British attack
Rumania's fate under pressure
of Hungarian demands for the
return of the Rumanian province
of Transylvania, which belonged
to the old Austro-Hungarlan em
pire beforo the World war,
seemed near a settlement.
Hungary's government lead-
era headed to Berlin today to
discuss the situation with Ger
man and Italian foreign minis
ters and It was recalled that Hit
ler previously was reported to
have promised Hungary her
claims would be met.
Japan Seethes
From the Orient came grim
rumblings of a possible break
between Britain and Japan.
Japan seethed indignant
over Britain's refusal to close
the Burma road to nationalist
China and sources close to the
government said a Japanese at
tack on Hongkong was a possi
bility unless the British recon
sidered. The Japanese press said Ger
many was willing to back up
Japan in any move against Brit
ain in the Orient.
Totalitarian Form for France
And Anglo-French Rupture Main
Political Developments of War
By DeWUt MacKensl
The big news of the day so
big that we cannot yet assay its
undoubtedly far-reaching effect
on world history is word that
the republic of France is pre
paring to establish a totalitarian
dictatorship.
The passing of any great In
stitution of long standing Is a
shock. But it comes as a partic
ularly hard blow to the aver
age American to learn that we
are about to lose that grand
old motto "Liberte, Egalite,
Fraternite" (liberty, equality,
fraternity) which was born of
the French revolution In 1702
as a declaration of the rights of
man.
Paths Part
That was at almost the same
date as our own republic came
Into being. For a hundred and
fifty years France and America
have marched along side by
side since that time fought un
der the same command to
"make the world safe for dem
ocracy." Now La Belle France
takes a different path.
This momentous development,
and the rupture of Anglo
French friendship after many
years of alliance, represent two
of the major political changes
which have grown out of the
European upheaval. Almost ov
ernight we are witnessing not
only a political turnover In the
form of government of one of
the great powers, but a tremen
dous shift In the balance of
power in Europe.
Let's see what we can make
of this involved and in many
respects obscure situation. I
think perhaps many of us have
been making the position even
more complicated than it is, by
ascribing too many ulterior mo
tives and perhaps too much out
side influence to the changes.
Meres the way the thing looks
to me, from the evidence thus
far at hand:
Nails Not Basic Causa
The chance in government:
The easiest explanation of this
about-face is to attribute it to
German compulsion, but while
an element of Nazi duress like
ly Is there, I doubt If this is
the basic cause of the shift.
We must go back a bit and
note that the French govern
ment In recent years has been
in disfavor with the general
public. A fair mark of its
standing was the fact that the
members of parliament were a
constant source of Jokes for
music-halls, because the repre
sentatives were Inactive. The
people felt that the government
was merely drifting.
Then came the Hitlerlan
earthquake. The people, and I
many of their political leaders,
are totally crushed and heart
broken. They lay their plight
to the inefficiency of the gov
ernment in preparing to meet
the Germans.
Now the people are ready to
try a fascist dictatorship to see
if it won't prove more efficient
and pull things together. If it
weren't the straw of fascism it
would be another straw at
which they would clutch in
their despair.
I will predict, however, that
no dictatorship will live long
In France. "Liberte" is bread
In the bones of the Frenchmen.
It is a birthright that has come
down through generations. He
will revert Jo the democratic
form of government again as
soon as he has pulled himself
up by his boot-laces from his
present troubles.
Births
Born July 8 at Sacred Heart
hospital to Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Taylor of 204 Vancouver ave
nue a baby boy weighing 7
pounds, 9 ounces.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. James
Bobbelt of H44 Boardmnn street
July 8 at Sacred Heart hospital
a baby boy weighing 7 pounds
7 ounces.
Born at Sacred Heart hn,niiii
July 7 to Mr. and Mrs. Gear
uarrett of Rcute 3 a baby gi
weighing 8 pounds, 9 ounces.
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Printed Crepes & Sheers
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Sale of Drapery Prints
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