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This was far more than Japan had hoped for when she asked other powers if they would respect the status quo of the East Indies (TIME, May 20). The Nationalist "Southward Ho" Party's newspaper Kokumin promptly hailed it as a "blank power of attorney" for Japan in the Pacific, muttered that the transfer of the Dutch Government to England had already altered the status quo. Even slightly cockeyed, definitely popeyed, bulky, bluff Yakichiro Suma, who speaks with authority for the Foreign Office, told the country in a radio speech that Japan's policy of non-involvement...
...could demolish them. In 1914, King Albert had to withdraw his forces from Liege after twelve days, first to Brussels, which fell in another four days; then to Antwerp, which held out 67 days longer, after the Germans turned on it to end Belgian sorties which were hampering their southward drive upon the French. Last week King Leopold had to wait only 90 minutes, instead of 17 days, before Belgium's sworn Allies marched in to his rescue and their own defense...
...this sweep should force Germany to violate Swedish neutrality, so much the better, perhaps, for the Allies. For then the Northern Front would be a front indeed, with one more Ally on it, with Germany's Scandinavian iron supply entirely cut off, and with potential bases extending southward to within 200 miles (one hour by bomber) of Berlin...
...Germans were on the Swedish frontier, at points which flanked Sweden's prepared defense zones (see map). Farther north a German force last week reached the Swedish frontier on the railroad line from Trondheim that crosses the narrow part of Norway, and cuts into middle Sweden, turning southward toward Stockholm. From Copenhagen the Germans could pour an endless column of men into Sweden's flat and defenseless bottom. From new air bases in Denmark, Nazi bombers can more easily than ever lay eggs of death in Swedish cities...
...Healey, Lou Clay, Charley Brackett, Jack Schwede, and Burgey Ayres are the main reasons for current optimism concerning the mound staff, and the tough Southern trip should provide plenty of work for them. Northern nines that have no opportunity for outside work until they head southward for vacation trips find keen competition in the collegiate grapefruit circles there...