The Workers' Part Addressing a small group of armaments works lors, Herr Mitler is reported to have emphasized the importance of the part played by the em= ployees in the faelories of Germany in "carrying Ing the Reich to victory." Such an exhortation this stage in the proceedings might appear economy was or Fise to power. Hard that, time during system of in shortly after month has passed the workers were not their ce all indust Funrer's advisers considered that conditions were ripe for a "pep talk" from the hishest quarters They probably are. For it should not be forsotten that the German worker has been tw all toute and purposes mobilized on a war footing for the last six years, and as had dangled be= fore him the glorious and swift results which must follow his selfesacrifices. Instead of these results, he is now being subtly informed that he must expect a long war—at least one more winter of suffering. Nightly British bombers remind him of the futility of the promises made his leaders. Instead of triumphal marches Into London, he is being fed sith sons which make much of diplomatic "successes" of the de-fails of which he is told nothing and which have fo far done nothing to lighten his burden.
the time of the Aunich and Godesbers, conversations between the leaders of the great Powers of Europe, the attitude of the German lear by the pressed and noted by all observers ikon by the late Mr. The German worker defini but he f of the pa ff ar should ce Anal now his Hop policy—in spite of the open opposition of many Labour leaders—to make this quite clear. But British worker is now fully in favour of war? he realises that only victory will enable him to live in the way he believes all free men should live, To achieve victory he has voluntar~ ily surrendered sights his predecessors won constitution ally only after many a hard fight. Of his own free will she is working long and arduous hours. Tu comparison with the German arker, he ha: the enthusiasm of the vowuntecr inst the grudging consent of the conscript ivere can be Who doubt which spirit wi fay the en Axis Unity The recent developments among the Axle Powers deserve serious study. Since the signa ore of the tripartite pact Hay haw gone to war "Greece, he pact did not become operative possibly because the Japanese did not agree that Tialy ud been "attacked" though the sans claimed they had been, Germany is suppose! to Se an friendly terms with Greece, in spite of the fact thatthe "Greeks ave giving the" Nazis Pertner a rea! guiling and the whole of the Axis losing "face" Inthe. circumstances it may well be questioned whether this much advertised Daet is worth anything. at. ally Doubtless Sfsiotor. who ie nothing i nat astute, I not uns faraiiar with Nasi good faith, and sinderstonds demonstrated at the pre= ent time in the Balkans. The manner in which il partners in the Axiy are fullling their Tizations to each ether cannot have escaped him. {na siao. the sindenisble fae thatthe Italians fre. being given a hard-ime—so hard that right well be decisive before Tonj—should have moulding the decisions to be taken he talks in Berlin. Out of the weller of events one thing, seems to be emerging. clearly, namely that each partner in the Axis is out of the other 'Germany apparently prepared to remain aloof from aly't [Grecian adventure, so ong as the Soviets may be persuaded to make some concession in Ger many's favour, ly spite of their' military alliance, the Italians can expect no assistance Jong as' there is a chance that there is rome thing to be got by the Nozis out of Russia, Ty the same way the Far Eastern partner in' the Axis can rely only upon indirect aid, provided the other partners themselves make substantial gains thereby. It is possible that a Soviet-Japa~ eve pact would considerably embarrass. Great Britain and her Allies, but Berlin will certainly not go an Inch out of its way {0 secure such pact unless the Nazi cause were xoing to be very directly benefited, 1 seems not unlikely that apan, after having been rushed into. the sign ture of an alliance with Berlin and Rome by a body of extremists, ly now slowly waking up to the unpleasant {set that this alllanee- means little. Japan stands to gain nothing from an Axis story, while, being essentially a trading nation. she los much to gain from the success of the Democracies, In the United States there has grown up a reasonable suspicion of Japanese Intentions on the continent of Asine-the result a difference of opinion over the meaning of phrase status quo. If the Japanese believe reservation spreading it existed only indirectly before, they ore alling into the error which the other part nen workable Axis fell into long ago, to their treat cost, And there ig mo friend peace in the Far East who docs not wish them wake up to the fact that they are being deceived by the loud speakers of Europe—by Hitler nit Mussolini—into doing their dirty work, withe wut imtich prospect of reward.
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