Evening Star Newspaper, May 3, 1940, Page 5

m Withdrawal ‘ In South Declared An Expected Move Admiralty Unshakeable In Views on Necessity For Movement By PERTINAX. PARIS, May 3 (N.ANA—By Radio).—Withdrawal of Britisl: troops from the territory south of Trondheim had been expected for several days. The dicision to re- embark them was reached last Fri- day by the British Admiralty, and the Allied Supreme War Council met in London on April 27 to have it formally approved by the British and French governments. ‘Was it possible to act otherwise? | The ouly answer which can be given to that question is that the British Admiralty held unshakeable views on that subject. The move is justified on the fol- lowing grounds: A distinction has always been made in competent quarters between the operation con- ducted in the northern part of Nor- way, which was carefully prepared, and the action taken in Central Norway, north and south of Trond- heim, which was hastily conceived in face of the German invasion and had to be extemporized to a large extent. Aims of Undertaking. ‘The aim of the undertaking in the north was, first, to assume control | of Norway's territorial waters; sec- | ond, to cut off the sea route used by | the Germans to import Swedish iron | ore, and, third, eventually to seize | Narvik, which would open up for the future wider possibilities. Those aims are now regarded as| having been fulfilled or are likely to be. As to the action in Central Nor- way, it was mainly intended to bring relief to the hard-pressed Nor- wegian government and people. The latter endeavor has not been successful because British troops had to go into battle without heavy arms, | which are required in modern war, | while the German columns, coming | up from Oslo, were amply provided with them. And that inequality is assigned to the three causes. German Air Force Intervened. No convenient landing place could | be found in the maritime area south of Trondheim. The German air forces were able to intervene before heavy material had been disem- barked, and the Norwegian Army for reasons hitherto unknown, failed to destroy roads, bridges and rail- road lines in the stretch of country between Oslo and Trondheim—a failure which explains why German troops could advance so speedily. It now remains for the allies to concentrate upon the struggle in Northern Norway. If the Salonica front of 1916-18 can be duplicated | there the British and French will| have fulfilled their essential pur- pose. Then they will be able to say that the loss in Central Norway was | merely political and moral. And that if they tried to rescue Norway | and failed in the attempt they would | have a valid excuse to offer. Norway did not want to call for their help and didn't turn to the allies until she already was in the grip of the aggressor. Swedish-Nazi Negotiations. From a trustworthy source a re- port is available to the effect that between Germany and Sweden negotiations are in progress for im- proving Sweden’s railroad system and making it capable of carrying iron ore from Lapland to ports in the southern Baltic, from where it could be shipped more safely to Ger- | many than from the Gulf of Both- | nia. | Will the Stockholm government | adhere to the rule set by the allies | that in wartime exports must not | be increased beyond the figures re- corded in the normal years? In a general way it can be said only that the efficiency of Anglo- French diplomacy in Stockholm will depend upon the strength of the| position held by the allied expedi- tionary force in Northern Norway. Paris Less Pessimistic. Rightly or wrongly, Paris, mean- while realizing the seriousness of the Italian threat, is less pessimis- tic than London about the evolution of Italian policy in the immediate future. Until yesterday at any rate, the best authorities believed that | Germany, in order to compel Italy to become a belligerent, would have to | strike the first blow at Yugoslavia’s independence and territorial in- tegrity, which would let loose Italy’s | military forces on the other side| of the Adriatic. The hope entertained here is that two recent developments may help to persuade Italy and Germany to steer a cautious course. The Anglo- French naval concentration in the eastern part of the Mediterranean and the sudden rapprochement of Yugoslavia and Russia, caught Pre- mier Mussolini and even Chancellor Hitler unawarg, as it issued from a negotiation started in Ankara and carefully concealed. That rapproche- ment undoubtedly is fraught with great political importance. Draft-Roosevelt Move Gains in. Pennsylvania By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., May 3—A “draft-Roosevelt” movement was underway today among Pennsyl- vania Democrats, apparently united in support of the President for a third term regardless of factional differences over other matters. The movement was given a push when more than 200 county leaders, who helped their-term-boosting Senator Guffey win renomination last month, unanimously adopted a Tesolution yesterday lauding _the Chief Executive as “a representative of true and sincere democracy.” They added: “We believe for the safety of the Nation itself, for the preservation of the ideals championed by our beloved President, for the continu- ation of benefits that have accrued to all the citizens of the Nation, capital as well as labor, it is in-| dispensable that the one who led the Nation out of bondage should continue to be its leader.” The resolution was similar in tone to one adopted by the Democratic State Committee—representative of various factions—before the primary. “I was one of the first to urge that President Roosevelt be re-elected,” Lord -Morley Predicts British ‘Dictator’ MONTREAL, May 3 (Canadian Press).—The Deputy Speaker of the British House of Lords, Lord Marley, believes that “when this war really enters its serious stages” Great Britain will set up a stricter form of government. In Montreal for a lecture, Lord | Marley said that this form of gov- ernment would be one of rigid control, dictatorial in a sense, to stop all profiteering and bring the entire nation under its domination. “The English people will choose this form of government,” he de- clared. “There will be no need for an election.” Worlcfi:omous E@ Returned to Museum Miss M. Courtenay-Latimer, cu- rator of the museum in East Lon- don, South Africa, sighed with relief | when Latimeria Chalumnae, world ! famous fish, was unpacked and put back into its glass case. In 1938 she obtained it from a trawlerman who had pulled it wriggling from the sea. She recog- nized it as a living specimen of a | fish which science sald became ex- tinct 5,000,000 years ago. The for- midable task of skinning and | mounting the fish fell to Miss Lati- | mer. Her prompt action saved the specimen for study. Several months | ago it was found to be still oozing oil and was sent to Capetown to be remounted. 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Those of us who remember too well the tragic saga of 1917 recognize the mileposts. Only one is lacking; since enact- men} of neutrality legislation, there is n6 talk of maintaining the free- dom of the seas, and, therefore, less likelihood our ships will be sunk.* * * “I was against our entrance into the first World War, as I am op- posed to our entrance into the sec- ond World War and as I will be op- posed to our entrance into future wars. This does not mean I am op- posed to preparedness. I am for it. ‘We should be fully prepared to pro- tect our liberties, shores and boun- daries. We should be prepared but work and pray for peace.” City Cash Nears Zero ‘When the city hall doors in Hav- ana, Cuba, opened on a recent morning only 44 cents lay lonesome- ly in the treasury vaults. City ofi- cials explsined. that the city had paid $100,000 to the police force and taxpayers were not paying as expected, but funds probably would roll in soon. 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