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...Britain is to invade Eire through Ulster," blared the German radio incessantly, adding: "In such event, Berlin is determined to react in the same manner as in the case of Norway and Belgium." Britain, with approximately 300,000 troops massed in Ulster, was poised to march into Eire, but only after the first Irish shot had been fired at a German...
...train for Berlin this week. It was the first time that schoolmasterish Comrade Molotov had ever left his own country, and only the most pressing business could have induced him to go to Berlin. The business was pressing. For weeks Adolf Hitler has wanted to know how Russia would react to a concerted Axis drive to the East. For weeks Joseph Stalin has stalled...
...After all this was over, didn't you burn with righteous indignation? Didn't every fibre of your being vibrate with rage? How did you react to the horror, the heinousness, the chicanery and the utter fraud that was done, Mr. Stoebling...
...Fascist Alliance was one week old last week. The capitals of the world had had time to digest it, to react. The reactions were various, ranging from frank jubilation in Berlin and Rome to London's grim decision to reopen the Burma Road in the face of a muttered Japanese threat that this would bring war. From Moscow, where the balance of world power now lies, there was no news...
Washington still held to its tortuous course midway between appeasement and action, while the Navy itched for a go at the little yellow men in their big boats (see p. 32). As usual U. S. public opinion was slow to react, because its leaders had as yet to give it clue or cue. The State Department, in this month before election, was even charier than usual of taking a firm stand until it knew what the reaction was. But in Tokyo, where the Government not only informs but makes public opinion, there were many signs that Japan intended to force...