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...good and evil, talking with a rational clarity most mystics have lacked, Mr. Propter makes moral mincemeat of everything in sight, "good" or "bad," within the purely human sphere of endeavor. Some of his enemies-war and fascism-are popular pushovers. Others will leave Propter few takers. A partial list of targets for his dialectic: politics, capitalistic society, organized religion, romantic love, science, socialism, humanitarianism, language, virtue, selfless devotion, sex, art-in brief, all activities on the purely human plane, however disinterested, are productive only of evil...
...calling up 75,000 more men and bringing her armed strength to some 600,000. Trucks loaded with supplies and soldiers rolled through Brussels while civilians piled sandbags around buildings and factories. Messengers rushed through every Belgian city, summoning officers and men from theatres, cafes, homes. Brussels had a partial blackout, something she never had during last autumn's scare. French-speaking residents of Eupen and Malmédy (ceded by Germany after World War I) were evacuated to the interior. King Leopold became active Commander in Chief of the Army...
Current signs of amity, Aikman believes, are due to the Good Neighbor policy and the War. "The State Department . . . took its partial defeat at Lima with a minimum of moral pout and snobbery, and at Panama, in September 1939, it had its partial reward. . . . [But] the U. S. . . . came to Panama with the fiscal and economic power to ruin or succor a dozen or more republics whose trade ties and money links with Germany . . . had been completely disrupted by the War . . . Uncle Sam had suddenly become the only banker and grocer on his street." Unchanged remain the bottom facts that...
...Also in Moscow. German diplomats made the most of the evident German double cross on Russia (in partial payment for Russia's double cross in taking control of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania). They suggested to neutral diplomats that now was a very good time for the Allies to make peace with Germany-i.e., before Communism spread further...
...establishment of the College committee to examine appeals for use of halls was interpreted as a partial concession to the various groups attacking the Browder ban. Appointment of the committee will be made by President Conant, an announcement of which is expected this week...