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...scale of war preparations of the Anglo-French bloc in the Near East . . . leads us to think that we are not faced there by a mere diversion limited in scope and character, but by far-reaching strategic plans." Fortnight ago First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill invited Scandinavia (among others) to pitch in and help defeat the Nazi-Bolshevik combination. British public opinion was last week discernibly dissatisfied with the present "defensive" course of the war and more voices than ever demanded action. Most forcible expression came from the onetime First Lord of the Admiralty, Leopold S. Amery...
...creation of precedents which might lead to large credits to nations in Europe. . . ." He therefore proposed that Congress increase the revolving fund of the Export-Import Bank, to enable it to finance exports (but not arms). He said that soon the Government would consider applications for loans in Scandinavia and South America...
...extreme isolationists. Against the vague fear that at some future time a loan to Finland might lead to credits that might lead to war, there loomed another possibility-that a Russian victory in Finland would lead to an attack on Sweden, to an eventual German-Russian revolutionary dominance of Scandinavia that would crush four of the world's democratic governments and so form a combination that no European power could resist. But such possibilities were not discussed in the Senate. The future of civilization might be involved, but the Senate of the U. S. was mainly perplexed about what...
...Instead of building up Britain's economic strength, its entire effort is to break Germany's by cutting off German trade. Two principal means to this end are: 1) naval blockade; 2) underselling and overbidding Germany in markets which the blockade cannot cut off (The Netherlands, Belgium, Scandinavia, the Balkans...
Premier Stauning, either because he had stopped wobbling or because he knew what was politically wise, endorsed the resolution. As Norway issued a similar proclamation on the same day, nobody had any more doubt last week that Scandinavia would fight if attacked...