TUHElMICHM~fAN 1DAILY rAGE FIVE - i as a a i t. is i V' ' 11 L 1'1 1 a.! 1 r Maur. r a r e 6 , Conscription And Campaign THE WEEK TN REVIEW Whither Greece And Turkey? ....... 'I AT, 17,000,000 Sign Up Most publicized step in what cynical observers were terming only lottery in the world wher( body wins took place last week an estimated 17,000,000 young aged 21 to 36, stood in long throughout the nation to regist the first peacetime draft in hi Reaction among the registrant: pended for the most part, on wh they were poor men, rich men, gar men or thieves. But on one all observers were satisfied: there no outright rebellion. The New, Times, recalling the anti-draft of 1917, wrote what seemed al a muted sigh of relief, the hea -Youth Is Enrolled Withou Hitch. Early reports indicated tl had been found necessary to diet less than a score for willful ligence in the matter of registry People were willing to agree wit] Clarence Dykstra, National Di: of the Selective Military Service, "registration went off happily, enthusiasticallyj..." Preparations Start What would happen later, no could say. While Federal Grand ies began hearings on objet cases, 6,500 draft boards in the prepared for the most ard part of the task. In Washirn War-Secretary Stimson gave to the rumour that, because of sufficient housing facilities, only 000 men would be called by next His figures: 30,000 on Novembe: 60,000 on December 2, 60,000 on uary 3, 90,000 on January 160,000 on February 10, 200,0C March 5, 200,000 on June 15, ma a total of 800,000. National Unrest Meanwhile, on other nat fronts, these things were happen Mexican sources reported thal all probability"the U. S. and ME will negotiate a mutual defensea ment similar to the U.S.-Canada cord about Jan. 1 Ten other South and Latin Ar can neighbors sent army officia: the U. S. upon invitation of Chi Staff George C. Marshall to national defense centers. The President authorized a su of critical war materials, particu machine tools, which have been HOME dered by, but not delivered to foreign powers, with a view to requistionaing those materials considered essential to U. S. defense. Jesse Jones, Federal Loan Adminis- trator and Secretary of Commerce revealed that negotiations were be- ing carried on with the Bank of China on the subject of further essential defense products needed by the U. S. FDR Enters' Election Fray For weeks Mr. Roosevelt has been twitted in cartoon and column for his "non-political" activities without changing his statements on how close to Washington those activities kept him. Last week, he was reay to re- move the tongue from cheek long enough to reveal a planned itiper- ary for five pre-election speeches of a definitely political nature. Between Oct. 23 and election eve, the President will give speeches at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, at Madison Square Garden in New York, at Constitution Hall in Washington and at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland. Those four speeches-all to get national airing- and .a radio speech in the crucial East, Democrats felt sure would drive the final nails into the Willkie po- litical coffin and secure the election of Mr. Roosevelt by over-whelming odds. Roosevelt Confidence Most political circles felt that Roosevelt might just as well remain in the White House, save his voice: Will- kie could never catch up now. True, the most recent Gallup poll show a one per cent shift in the popular vote, an 85 electoral vote gain by Willkie since the Oct. 6 poll (Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan and In- diana shifted from FDR), but the electoral margin was still 297 (414 to 117) in the President's favor. Time's survey gave Roosevelt 309, Willkie, 54. Doubtful: 168. Gallup's-Warning But, despite the apparently over- whelming Roosevelt margin, Demo- cratic Party heads were willing to make use of Dr. Gallup's warning: "Willkie's gains in the current poll demonstrate how a shift of but a few percentage points (in the popular vote) can throw °a large number of electoral votes to one candidate or the other." To insure that he will be the catcher, Mr. Roosevelt is going stumping. If Mr. Willkie had seen the figures, he did not show it. Instead, he reveal- ed plans for 55 mere speeches in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illi- nois before Oct. 28, bringing his total up to 200 since Rushville, Ind. That he was qualified physically to make them he indicated by his loud blasts at the New Deal. He accused it of "kidnapping" the real Democratic party; of being responsible for the present "slavery of idleness"; of in- jecting politics into relief. On the Road from Mandalay, Bound for China 'Cross the Bay 0 50 100 .'~- MILES j' RAILROADS *t4$4"10HSIAKWAN SMYITKYINA i^ YUNGPING An 4 r < rb'"PAOSHAN ANN,~ d TSHOUHIUNG KUM G *MANGSHIN .LNGLING aH C~ HEFENG C 7 GWAN ING1 L SH l VLL* T CH I N A NANK BUR MA R OA D - --* '; ,1 .l~tAy !+ , /. rt . - p,6tf HVNGKING KB UN R Ae-'1 Q ROoo - .- UMNG KON MANDALAY 4!. enma"gawanHILI NE I The map shows the vital Burma supply line over which China hopes to gain access again to world mar- kets. The inset map shows how close to Japanese-controlled territory (black areas) the road passes. Russian And German Troops In Rumania FOREIGN Out-BlIuffed BBuffers?... Bolstered by her new blood treaty with Europe's bad boys, Japan's first move was an official nose-thumbing at long-resented, but feared, Anglo- American interests in the Far East. War-weary Britain and Europe-con- scious U.S. took note, counted their, chips and slapped back. From Eng- land came the word that the appeas- ingly-closed Burma road was to re- open; in Washington, F.D.R. con- sulted with Far Eastern experts, clamped a ban on oil, iron shipments to Nippon. Tokio was hot to take up the challenge, and scare mongers drew vivid pictures of Pacific war- fare, pointed ominously to Burma Road's opening date as the starting signal. Opening night in Burma. however, saw a meeker, more cautious Japan. She too had taken time to count her chips, realized that the Oriental bluff had been called. But slightly daunt- ed by the U.S.-British fleets, Tokio saw dollars and vital resources as her foes' ace-in-the-hole. With the calming of "banzai's" over the Aixs Tri-Pact, she realized too well that Nippon had been dealt the short end of the diplomatic shuf- fle. Her European partners were too tangled in the British aerial offensive and the Balkan web to seriously de- tract U.S. attention from Asia. Bro- ther Stalin too, was displeased, and loomed ever larger on the northern horizon. Nearer home, Nipponese leaders realized only too well that the Chinese stalemate had already bled her re- sources, tangled her communications, sapped her morale. Her army was still stalemated in the Chinese Bog; rising spurts of Nationalist patriot- ism caused no little worry. Advised to leave the Far Eastern danger zone were some 15,000 U.S. nationals: a State Department gesture that Tokio did not overlook. By week's end, the Burmanese gates were thrown wide. Headed Chiang Kai-shek-ward was what experts labeled the "greatest motorized cara- van of history." Dodging down the narrow, treacherous road went up- wards of 500 U.S.-made trucks, piled high with supplies and munitions for the Chungking government. Waiting in Rangoon Harbor were four Ameri- can ships eager to disgorge to sub- sequent fleets of trucks, estimated as numbering more than 1,500. Nazi Invasion Thrust Foiled Traditionally tardy official London last week announced that a major German invasion attempt had been abruptly halted Sept. 16 when intense R.A.F. bombardments broke the back of the Nazi springboard. Coinci- dently (?) Hitler and Mussolini met eight days later in Brennero to talk strategy. Whether British airmen nipped a major attempt or whether the Min- istry cooked the yarn to cheer bomb- weary Londoners is conjectural. As the "tight little island" continued to stave-off sporadic luftwaffe ex- cursions, composed chiefly of light bombers, R.A.F. reports of action over continental Europe gave cockneys and White Hall the sweet taste of revenge. Hard hit were vital Ger- man industrial and rail centers. Seen Sig nificant Of Impending Action By Kirke L. Simpson (Associated Press Staff Writer) German and Russian army troops face each other in the Danube Delta in RumaI:ia under conditions that could strike a war spark in the Bal- kans at any moment. Anything can happen there, and well may, despite any Berlin and Moscow policy mak- ing. The Nazi and Red armies are tra- ditional foes. The dubious Hitler- Stalinfriendshipwas based on pure expediency. No still existent mutual interest suports it. It does not rest, as does the Berlin-Rome Axis, on the same have-not economy yearn- ings and the will to satisfy them by force. Russia is not a have-not nation. She has greater resources in man- power and raw material than any nation but China. What she lacks is warmwater ports for year-round commerce with the world. 4 That is precisely what she has not achieved by siding with Germany for thirteen months. Her costly victory over Finland, swallowing of a trio of little Baltic neighbors, sharing in Polish partition spoils and wresting of Bessarablia back from Rumania western and near-eastern trade out- lets. Had Russia anticipated German seizure of the Baltic-North sea gate- way by invasion of Denmark and Norway as a Nazi war move, the Rus- so-Nazi non-aggression pact which touched off the war probably would never have been sealed. It eased "two- front" war perils for Hitler. He is now risking in Rumania exactly that. but with a conquered continental Europe, little able to exert counter pressure, behind him And Hitler and Mussolini are threatening Russia with a Black Sea duplication of her Baltic plight. She may find herself bottled on both Eur- opean sea flanks if the Axis push eastward goes through. Russia also has Hitler's word for it that the still expanding greater Reich looks longingly on Russian as well as Egyptian economic flesh pots -the breadbasket in the Ukraine for example, or oil from the Caspian field. Nazi economic exploitation of Russia to augment income from Ger- man industry and technical skill is on the cards, and the Red Army knows it. And the Red Army in the west is as steeped in the doctrine that Ger- many is Russia's arch foe as is the Army in Siberia in the thesis that it was created to deal with Japan. Army hotheads on either side in Rumania could precipitate incidents which all the political agility of Hit- ler and Stalin could not still. When Russian forces entered Po- land in Sept., 1939, neutral onlookers inquired of the first Red Army tank commander they encountered who the Russians had come to fight. "The Germans," was his reply. He was wrong then. He might not be wrong now about the situation in Rumania. 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