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$yWR. PLEWMANThe m l i t a r y s i t uat i on has notchanged great l y dur i ng t he l a s t 24'hours . Ever yt hi ng . i s bei ng hel d upby t he dr amat i c change i n t hep o l i t i c a l s i t ua t i o n which has devel -oped a new German campai gn f orpeace The Hi t l er pr ess i s decl ar i ngt hat Br i t ai n and Fr ance have beenrel i eved of t h e i r obl i gati ons by t hedi sappear ance of t he Pol i s h s t a t e ,j us t a s Russi a was r el i eved of herobl i gati ons under her nonaggres-s i on pact w t h Pol and andgi ven her l i bexty t o i nvadef or mer Pol i s h te r r i t o r y . The r ea-soni ng i s a l i t t l e t hi n and t heB r i t i s h government o f f i c i a l l y hasdecl ar ed t h a t i t wi l l proceed t o

f ul f i l i t s obl i ga t i o nst owar d Pol andand t o pr osecute t he war w t h al lener gy unt i l i t s obj ecti ves havebeen achi eved Hi t l er i s maki nga t r i umphant ent ry i n f o Danzr gt oday, al t hough t he guns ar e roar-i n g near by a s Germans attackPol i s h Corr i dor troops t h a t r emai ni n t he outsk i r t s of Gdyni a Der IFuehr er ' s utterance pr om ses t o bea pl ea f or "r easonabl eness : 'Washi ngton has i nt i mated t h a t i t 'w l l not ac t as a medi at or at t h i sst age . I t f e e l s t hat any peace t ermsi nvo l vi ng t he par t i t i on of Pol andor t he r educt i on of t hewest ern p a r tof Pol and t o t he l evel of a Germanvassal s t a t e woul dmean an armed

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peace, l eadi ng t o c r i s i s after c r i s i sand be l i t t l e bet t er t han actualwar . Being a l s o an unjust , oppr es-s i v e peace, t he Uni ted States wi l lhave not hi ng t o do w t h i t . Theatt i tude of t he Vat i can Ci t y has notbeen cl earl y r eveal ed but t he popei s known t o be eager f or peace ona sure basi s . The Vati can o f f i c i a lor gan has denouncedRussi a 's act i oni n i nvadi ng Pol and anddecl ar es t hewar has grown "monst r ousl y" fromGermany' s "mos t bl oody campai gn "I t expr esses t he vi ew that Pol andhas not been ext i ngui shed by t hej o i n t act i on of Russi a andGermanybut wi l l r i s e agai n a s a sover ei gns t a t e . Russi ans on t he MarchThe Russi an army i s movi ngwestward steadi l y on , a f rontnearl y 600 m l e s l ong ext endi ng duenor th and south I t has advancedfrom70 t o 100 m l e s and i s cl osi ngmare t i ght l y t he gateway t o Ru-man a Lemberg has no t been t akenand may pr ef er t o sur r ender t o t heRussi ans t han t o t he Germans War -saw wi l l not be abl e t o hol d outmuch l onger . The Posen army nearKut no, nearl y 50 , 0 0 0 strong, hasgr oen up t he f i ght . One hal f oSt he Pol i sh a i r force has t akenr ef uge i n Rumani a, beingunabl e t of i ght w t hout f u el , a i r f i el ds andr epai r f a c i l i t i e s . German and Rus-s i an troops ar e hobnobbi ng i nBrest L i t ovsk where t hey l a s t met20 odd years ago a s vi ctor and van-qui shed and where Germany d i c -tated a severe, one- si ded peace .I t i s unl i kel y t hat Germany carest o see her t r oops moved backwardby Russi a from t he Rumani anf r ont i er . They gave gr ound vol un-t a r i l y r at her t han run t he chanceof bei ng thrown back Hungaryhas t e r r i t o r i a l cl ai ms she woul dl i k e t o pr ess on Rumani a but sheva l ues her own i ndependence yetmore hi ghl y and i t i s doubt f ul t h a tshe wi l l encour ageGermany t o sendan army t hr ough Hungary t o attackRumani a I f she j o i n s Russi a i nbarr rng t he way, Hi t l er may no t ob-t a i n t he benef i t s from hi s Pol i s hconquest t h a t l u red hi m i n thatdi rect i onHungary t oday broadcast ed gr eet -i ngs t o t he def enders of Wrsawand t o al l Pol i s h s ol di e r s ! The f e el -mg between t he two count ri es hasbeen cor di al . Another radi o broad-c a s t from Budapes t conveyedCathol i c greeti ngs fromHungary t ot he Fr ench soldi ers on t he west ernf ront . . _ At a moment of greatnat i onal anxi et y, because of Hi t -1 er ' s ambi t i ons, i t i s strange t hatt hese messages shoul d have beensent . Per haps t hey woul d not havebeen sent i f Hungary had not- bel i eved t hat Russi a was r eady t osuppor t t he southeastern Eur opeanf ron t agai nst Hi t l er .The s i nk i ng of t he Cour ageousser ves a s a r em nder t h a t t he Ger -man submar i nes shoul d not be r e-garded w t h cont empt . The ad-m r a l t y i s i ntens i f y i ng i t s e f f or t s t ow pe out t he enemy p e s t . Pl anesand smal l c r a f t ar e tak ing a heavy

t o l l of submar i nes . Nowthat t l s e - ,B r i t i s h expedi t i onar y f orces ar e i nFrance more attent i on can be gment o t he convoy system and t o t heant i - submari ne campai gn Taki ngever yt hi ng i n t o cons i dera t i on thest ruggl e on t he sea has gone qu i t ewel l . TheB r i t i s h appear t o bel i eveenemy submar i nes ar e t r yi ng t oavoi d t he necessi t y of returni nghome t o r ef uel andar e us i ng f rei gh_er s a s mother shi ps a t an appoi nt edr en~t ezvous on t he hi gh s e a s .

At l east 681 of t he crewof t heCour ageous were r escued; 579 ar em s s i n g Only 24 pl anes were onboard- ot her s may have been scout-i ng-andabout 1 , 2 60 menI P os s i b l e Surpr i se Moves

As more German t r oops ar e notneeded i n Pol and, t r oops fromt hecentr al reserve ar e bei ng sent i n t ot he Rhi ne- Mosel l e f ron t ; a l s o addi -t i o na l pl anes . No doubt t he a l l i e scoul d make headway i n t hei r of -f ensi ve f or some weeks l onger i nt he f ace of a st eady r ei nf or cementof t heenemy f ron t wth t r oops fromt he e a s t . So l ong a s t he f i ght i ng i sresul t i ng i n di sproport i onatel y ,heavy l o s s es f or t he enemy, t hatpol i cy wi l l be f avored. But t heGerman hi gh command, wuch hasa pr efer ence f or off ensi ve oper a-t i ons andal ways desi r es t o s e i z e t hei n i t i a t i v e , wi l l be t empted t o s t r i k eel sewher e i n a surpr i se move event hough a vi ol at i on of t he neutr al i tyof Hol l and, Bel gi umor Sw tzer l andshoul d be i nvol vedThe def ences of Belgi um a r emuch stronger than t hey were i t1914 and t he wel l - t r a ined army ahready i s mobi l i zed, r eady t o f i ght o t he death agai nst i nvasi on f r omany source Ho l l a nd i s not s o strongbut she- has her dykes and woukr e s i s t st rongl y . I n Sw tzer l and t hid i f f i c u l t i e s of t he ter ra i n woul d b