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...Dutch East Indies (pop. 70,000,000) were defended by only 20,000 white troops and 50,000 poorly trained natives, so the Japanese simply dashed in, barely noticing their casualties. Said Prussian Militarist Carl von Clausewitz in 1812: "On no account should we overlook the moral effect of the rapid running assault. It hardens the advancing soldier against danger, while the stationary soldier loses his presence of mind...
...Blue Horizon" there lies a land of treacherous natives, mad elephants, tigers that swim, and a brilliantly beautiful jungle. It's the kind of a jungle that every kid explorer dreams about, but no real one sees with less than four zombies under his belt. If you can overlook this minor detail though, there are several other bits of humor that make this picture a sorry contrast to the recent run of heavy drama. Top billing goes to Dorothy Lamour and Richard Denning, both well exhibited as Hollywood's handsomest hunks. But the feature performer, the guy who lifts...
Griffin and these 100-odd resident U.S. correspondents do a very important job for us. They scout for stories whose importance we might otherwise overlook; they telegraph local background and on-the-spot detail whenever an event of national interest breaks in their bailiwicks...
Professor Spykman feels that the Pan-American conferences have done little more than overlook these conflicts. That is why Spykman sees no reason to believe that a German-Japanese victory will find the countries of the New World "any less divided than Europe, any more difficult to defeat one by one than the states of that unhappy continent." Hemisphere defense, he concludes, "will continue to rest, as in the past ... on the armed forces of the United States...
Karpovich, starting the forum, commented that the final victory for the Allies will not be won, in all probability, by the Russians alone. "We cannot overlook the part that England will play in the final victory," he said. "For two years, during which time the Russians had time to arm and prepare, the English stood alone against the Axis...