Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1942, Page 7

- RED CROSS OFFICIAL HONORED—Miss Mabel T. Boardman (center), national secretary of the American Red Cross, pictured as she received the Cosmopolitan Club’s distinguished service medal yesterday. Herbert Woods (left), president of the club, is shown presenting the citation as Dr. J. Rozier Biggs, chairman of Medal Committee, presents medal. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1942. ~—Star Staff Photo. &ivil Wars, _Lacking Only Leaders, Brewing All Over Europe Among Hitler Haters Is Germany headed for a gi- gantic collapse If so, when and how will it come? An attempt to erplain that riddle, which baffies @ war-torn world, is presented in a new eyewitness series by David M. Nichol, just returned from 16 months in Central Europe. The Star herewith presents Mr. Nich- ol's third article. By DAVID M. NICHOL. A dozen civil wars are brewing within Europe in addition to the general revolt against Naziism which will boil over the moment Hitler's awful grip is weakened. 8o far they are formless and lead- erless. If Hitler wins they may never occur, for Hitler's gestapo is frantically building barriers against them, in France and Italy, in the Balkans and the Low Countries; in Scandinavia, wherever they have penetrated as allies or enemies, and the gestapo is one of the world's most efficient organizations in its line. Should these civil wars take place they will have a common and re- lated basis, however. They will be more than political upheavals in the limited sense. They will be savage attacks on a system that permitted, or at least took on positive measures, to avoid the fearful predicament in which the entire continent now finds itself. They will be economic and social. Tt-is too early to say with any eertainty in what specific form these may appear. Despite Hitler's con- tentions that he is saving Europe from Bolshevism by fighting the Russians, T doubt very much if these revolts will be Communistic, as the world has previously known Com- munism. May Seem Paradoxical. Some of these outbursts may seem on the surface to be paragdoxical. It is entirely possible, for example, that the Spanish Bourbons may be restored and the Bulgarian house unseated in the wave that sweeps over Europe. Italy's throne may be shaken from its rotten foundations, and the puppet Duke of Spoletta, | unable so far to visit his Croatian| kingdom because of the dangers in- volved, may never see Zagreb. The fate of the Darlans and Quis- lings and Musserts needs scarcely any comment. They will be the first | to disappear. perhaps even in upsets preliminary to the wider and deeper cataclysms into which Europe is heading. The mislabeled “repre- gentative” structures will certainly be revamped, and civil administra- tions, torn apart by the Nazis and their hirelings must be almost com- pletely rebuilt. ! Because of their size and strategic importance, France, the conquered, and Ttaly, the ally, represent for the Nazis the most delicate _and dangerous areas. Reports of fatigue and unrest in- Italy, of bitterness | toward the Germans and toward the government which created t_he Axis ties are too persistent to be ignored. Under Nazi pressure “to do some- thing” about these, the Italian gov- ernment has reacted sensitively re- cently and has silenced some of the neutral sources from which they came It hasn't so far been able to do anything about the emotional Neo- politan who hisses under cover of darkness when the British bombers | come, “He lives over there. Why don’t you go to Rome?” and waves the R. A. F. to the north with a heartfelt signal the flyers never see. Weak Spots in Sicily. Sicily developed so many admin- Istrative weak spots that there has been a considerable transfer of offi- cials between the island adjunct and the northern industrial regions. Italy’s supplies of food and other goods have disappeared as thor- oughly as those in any Nazi-con- quered nation. There are many indications that army and party circles themselves | in Rome are unhappy about their allies and are veering toward a pol- icy of passive collaboration like that | * of Vichy, a program vastly differ- ent from full-scale assistance. It is likewise confirmed on extellent au- | thority that the Italians last fall continued their efforts to fortify their border with Germany—“the | border of little faith” as the Ital- lans refer to it. The basis for revolt in France may be found in the opposition to the tiny segment of the French people who actually support Darlan’s policies. It consists of industrialists, those who can still work for the Nazis; financial interests who ar- dently want peace before their economic structure is wrecked on the dual shoals of domestic ineptitude and Nazi bleeding, and political op- portunists who have frankly elected for Naziism and will be wiped out if it falls. They are opposed by the bulk of the people. Thinking Prenchmen in Vichy sense this uneasiness and are ap- :&lkd at {ts possible consequences, ut it is far more apparent in other parts of the country. The industrial A suburbs of Lyon are seething with inchoate revolt while the factories Parisians on leave in the unoccupied zone are amazingly indiscreet in | their speech and actions. Feelings Kept Guarded. “Five out of 10 Frenchmen in Paris mission of the Nazi authorities to | cross the demaracation line.” He did not need to add that this was sufficient reason for them to keep | their feelings guarded. To label these people as Com- munists, which the Nazis and their Vichy hirelings undertake, is the sheerest hyprocrisy. They are pa- | triots among whom the Communists represent only a small portion, with | the advantage that they alone have any appreciable underground organ- | | ization or leadership. | Spain, too, is fertile ground for | rebellion. Bled white even before | the Nazis loosed their continentai | upheaval, it now finds itself in the curious position where many of the warring factions want the same out- come for different reasons. Much of the army has remained mon- archist throughout. Some of the Republicans—and they still exist | in large numbers—believe a restora- | tion offers the best means of ending | the dictatorship and re-establishing | constitutional government. | ~The Falange, the Nazi-organized Japs Wodld Welco;ne (China Peace Move, Tokio Premier Says | Must Rectify Mistakes Of Attitude, However, Parliament Is Told | (The following dispatch indi- | cates that a Japanese peace of- Jensive has been launched to de- tach China from the line-up of the United Nations. Dispatches of this type possess a strong propaganda element.) | By the Associated Press. TOKIO, Jan. 23 (Official Broad- cast) —Addressing Parliament this afternoon, Premier Gen. Hideki | Tojo reiterated Japanese willingness | to accept any Chungking overtures for peaceful reconciliation if that regime changes its attitude. He declared that although Japan has been fighting Chungking for five years, she still regards China as a sister nation and has not changed her mind about receiving Chungking with open arms if she only rectifies her mistaken ideas. “Japan is chastising a spoiled child who was pampered by Anglo- America,” the Premier stated. He asserted that past faults in China would vanish with the dis- appearance of Anglo-American in- | fluence. “Now is the time for China’s lead- ers to awaken and I take this occa- sion to urge them to do so.” China’s Envoy in London Doubts Peace Rumors LONDON, Jan. 23 (#.—Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, Chinese Ambassa- dor to London, told a press confer- ence today he doubted “very much” the rumors that China might con- clude a separate peace with Japan. He said the “situation in Malaya and the South Seas in general gives us cause for anxiety,” but that he knew the government and the people were “confident of the ulti- | mate outcome of the struggle.” Even if a statement about a sepa- | rate peace had been made, he de- clared, “it would not in any way Chinese government,” ETwo Women Storekeepers {Are Held Up by Bandits Two women proprietors were held up by bandits last night, although one of them suspected the holdup men carried a toy pistol. Bella Wiener, proprietor of a liquor store at 2200 ave- nue N.W, was robbed of $30- in bills and change by two colored youths, one of whom, she believed carried a toy gun. She decided not to take a chance on the gun. The other victim was Mrs. Ethel Cassidy. proprietor of a grocery store at 409 Tenth street S.W., who told police a colored bandit forced her into the rear of the store and took $25 In bills from the cash register. 4 are opposed to collaboration,” joked | one of them whom I met, “and four tof the others are trying to get per- reflect either the feelings, the senti- | | ments or the determination of the | | equivalent of the S. S. whose in- fluence was somewhat diluted when |in which they earned their living France opened its ranks to every slow down and come to a halt.#*Spaniard, probably would not op- pose the return of the King, for its members feel it would be followed | by a new collapse and would hoist the Nazi nucleus more firmly in the saddle. Uneasy Throne for Boris | Bulgaria’s King Boris has sat on an uneasy throne from the begin- ning of his government's dealings with the Germans. Bulgaria's peo- ple, by race and language, are closely akin to the Russians. They are naturally distrustful of the Ger- mans, but they learned about Nazi plans through correspondents who were paid agents in many cases, through a press which carefully | concealed the truth, and & govern- ment which gave them no inkling of its program. Shortly before Bulgaria's adher- | ence to the three-power pact, one of these “newspapermen” in Beriin spoke savagely sbout the “stupidity” | of his countrymen who would not recognize the benefits of the new | order but continued to look to Rus- | sia. A few days later we were in Leip- | zig for the opening of the famous | fair. The program of an official di ner was interrupted for the a nouncement that Nazi troops th: morning—actually it was days ear- lier—had crossed the Balkan border. | The Bulgarian correspondents led | | the cheering for their country’s | downfall. Boris, sensitive to his people’s feelings, was reported sev- | | eral times prepared to abdicate be- | fore he agreed. So delicate has the | situation remained ever since that Bulgarians, alone of the three-power adherents, never have participated in the Russian fighting. ‘These are but examples of a pat- tern that exists in all of Europe. The Danes, who believed they could make a deal with Hitler, have found it wouldn't work and wish passionately now that they had gone down fighting, no matter how briefly. Their resentment is cer- tain to flare back against the gov- | ernment which made the tragic | bargain. | Uneasiness in Balkans. Yugoslavs already have over- thrown one government that made bargain. It cost them their coun- try temporarily, but they are fight- ing today what in any other kind of a world would be a major war for itz reconquest. Rumania, Slo- vak and Hungarian troops had to be sent home from the Russian front because they were sick of the war and the Germans who led them into it. No amount of cen- sorship has been able to disguise the uneasiness in the Balkans. The Czechs staged an economic revolt last fall which pushed Frei- herr von Neurath, one of the Nazis’ last “conservatives,” into limbo. Be- fore it could be checked it required the services of Himmler's No. 2 expert in terror, Reinhard Hey- drich. | To date the Gestapo technique— | establishment of a central police | force, trained and controlled by them, elimination of all but the | government party as in France and | Holland, and the most ruthless sup- | pression of any criticism or oppo- | sition—has succeeded in keeping | most of these movements under- | ground. They need leaders and they |need arms. So far they have : neither. Gen. Charles de Gaulle has per- | | formed an invaluable service for the | French, but he has failed to strike | a spark to the tinder that waits only some modern Joan of Are, | | some 20th century Garibaldi some | new Patrick Henry and some wedge in the Nazi front to flash into violent fire over all Europe. | (Copyright, 1942, by Chicago Daily News.) Dr. John J. Field DENTIST 406 7th ST. NW. MEt. 92% Third Floor, Woolworth Building | “Why Do Thousands Drink Mountain Valley I WATER?” Hot Springs, Arkansas, is Amer- l| ica’s most popular SPA—attracting | 300,000 visitors a year for their health. Ask any of them about orders, . MEL. 1062 for Beoklet and Sample. Mountain Valley Water Co. 904 12th B NW. MEL 1063 Cosmopolitans Honor Miss Boardman for Community Service Red Cross Official Is Second Woman to Receive Club Medal Miss Mabel T. Boardman, national secretary of the American Red Cross and one of the founders of the District Chapter, was presented the Cosmopolitan Club's distinguished service medal yesterday in the May- flower Hotel as the citizen perform- ing the most outstanding service to the community during 1941. She became the second woman to receive the award and citation since the club established the custom 12 years ago. The first woman re- cipient was Miss Mary Virginia Mer- rick, founder of the Christ Child Society. Several hundred persons, includ- ing District and Federal Govern- ment officials, attended the presen- tation luncheon and heard Dr. J. Rozier Biggs, chairman of the club's Medal Committee, term Miss Board- man the “mainspring and inspiring genius of the District Chapter and | what its loyal, self-sacrificing volun- | her ¢ have given for many|snd mrm‘“" mwmedfl,“l-" Dr. Biggs | 76A™" Miss Boardman said. “I| Inveeation by Bishop Freeman. mmflfl"'fl”flm“"l' In declared: “Because of the numerous sacrifices of your time, energy and finances in promoting the welfare of the American Red Cross and your city, the Cosmopolitan Club desig- nates you the citizen of Washington who performed, the most outstand- ing unselfish service du;ln' the year{ 1041, “As is always the case in time of war or disaster, this war finds the American Red Cross springing into instantaneous action, or rather con- tinuation of the action that was launched in behalf of our Allies months ago,” Dr. Biggs said. “We cannot mention the American Red Cross without naturally and inevit- ably bringing to mind the picture of Miss Boardman, mainspring and in- spiring genius of the District Chap- ter and the national organization as well * * *” Miss Boardrhan, the speaker added, has “truly been a friend of all humanity.” Pays Tribute to Volunteers. Responding to. the citation| Miss Boardman said that she “shone, like the moon, only in reflected glory,” and that the thousands of Red Cross volunteers were the real power behind the organization. “I glory in what our District Red Cross chapter has accomplished, Don’t ters ¢ glory in the services our small pro- fessional staff rendered and in those glory confldence and support th!n‘e:ge has always given its chapter.” Six other recipients of the medal attended the luncheon. They were E. C. Graham, Robert V. Fleming, Thomas P. Littlepage, Ernest W. Brown, Coleman Jennings and James E. Coliffiower. Two others, Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post, and Theodore W. Noyes, edi- tor of The Star, were unable to gt- tend. In a letter to Dr. Biggs, Mr. Noyes praised Miss Boardman for chairman of the District chapter, and J. Tilghman Hendrick, former District Commissioner. Herbert Woods, president of the Cosmopolitan Club, presided. “sound judgment, great energy executive ability.” Bishop James E. Freeman gave the invocation and the Rev. Dr. Howard 8. Wilkinson, rector of 8t, Thomas' Church, the benediction. George O’Connor led the company in the singing of the national anthem and “America.” The program was broad- cast over Station WMAL. Guests included Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld, District Commissioner Charles W. Kutz, Undersecretary of Treasury Daniel W. Bell; Fred A. Smith, president of the Board of Trade; Charles H. Cook, president of the Optimist Club; Algenon P. Reeves, president of Rotary Club; Harry P. Stull, president, Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations; Ray- | mond F. Garrity, vice president of Kiwanis Club; Bruce Beaird, chair. man of the District Red Cross War Fund; Brig. Gen. Frank R. Keefer, ' 3 A-3 Girl Saved by Operation Is Killed by Bomb- By the Associated Press. 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