In an editorial, the same paper declares: "The Allies are hitting back and hitting hard. The Nazi Navy is not what the Kaiser's was, although air power now adds an unpredictable factor. Whatever the outcome of yesterday's furious combats at sea, it is plain that the fighting spirit of Nelson and Beatty has not deserted the British Navy."
The "New York Herald-Tribune" writes: "Allied reaction has been both swift and violent, directed with an accuracy that leads one to ask whether the surprise was really as complete as it seemed on Tuesday, The German plan appeared to be succeeding at all points In. the course of the day, however, the British struck what seems to have been a heavy blow at the weakest point in the whole German scheme, the water communications over the Skager Rak. The German plan has not succeeded yet. The Allies have flung themselves at its weakest points with a vigour which seems to show that this is fighting for their lives."
The "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" says: "A neutral nation, no matter what its sympathies or how cautious its attitude, cannot be safe in Europe while the Nazi retain a "vestige of power. It may be argued that the British mining of Norwegian territorial waters was equally a violation of neutral rights. There is a vast difference, however, between this actioó, accompanied by warnings to safeguard non-belligerents, and the deliberate occupation of a nation by undeclared warfare. England is admittedly guilty of a breach of technical rights under international law. But she acted defending herself against the Nazis who have broken every known law governing relations between nations, seizing territory, bombing civilians, sinking numberless ships without allowing crews and passengers to escape, and destroying by torpedoes and mines many neutral vessels with the loss of men and women. If England has not lived up to the letter of law, how many will blame her for what she finds it ne-
, cessary to do in a war against the most barbaric regime the modern world has seen?"
Alles' Purpose Fixed I
The "Baltimore Sun" writes on the British mining operations "Neither governmental reactions nor German interpretations will affect the belief of those who see the Allies as a bulwark against the spread of totalitarianism and its own consistent and deliberate flouting of law and ethics. Whatever their judgment on British and French methods of war, they will continue to hold that the Allies' purpose remains what it has been proclaimed to be: the ultimate establishment of principles which the smaller states of Europe would themselves wish to see prevail.
"We, unlike Norway, are a remote and powerful nation, but a serious violation of the rights of one neutral always threatens to lead on to others. We must be strong enough in the diplomatic field and in arms to prevent any flagrant invasion of our own neutral rights. We must also be prepared, when /peade cons, to put forward a decisive effort to recreate a world in which rule will be restored, and in which economic and political conditions will assure that it wil hold henceforth.
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