FOREIGN OPINION

New York Times.

Germany having killed the prey, Russia seizes the pan of the carcass which was unusable to Germany, and plays the noble role of a hyena to the German lion. It is a gross betrayal of the Russian professions that they have defended for a year in a manner that is sickeningly familiar. The only ideological issue is that between democracy, liberty, and peace, and despotism, terror and war.

New York Herald-Tribune.

Faced with possibilities like these, can any sane American simply shrug his shoulders and say that "under no conceiv- able circumstances will days to come bring any threat to our national interests which we ought to meet by force "?

New York Daily Mirror.

Stalin and Russia are symptoms of Europe's plague, and warnings to America to shun Europe's wars as we would shun the contaminating clutch of a leper.

Lavora Fascista, Rome.

It is known that at present Russia's supplies to Germany are mainly carried through the Black Sea, and it is believed that the Turks have assured the Russians that they will not neglect trade relations with Germany. Ankara's attitude has had a notable influence in Bucharest, where economic under- takings with Germany have been scrupulously carried out. Bucharest's declarations of neutrality, too, are more convincing today than yesterday, when a Turkish decision to intervene for Britain was still possible.

Osservatore Romano (Vatican).

The Soviet action was not unexpected. But based on a pretext it constitutes a cowardly gesture.

Petit Parisien.

To the Hitlerian crime has been added the Stalinian crime, the shadow of which has hovered in the background since the signing of the Soviet-German pact. Force and impudence triumph today. It will only be for a time. Such acts always meet their deserts in this world. France and Britain will do everything to bring this about.

Populaire, Paris (M. Blum).

The fiction of neutrality may exist for diplomats, but for the working class in this country the position of the Communists is not tenable for one hour longer.

Yeni Sabah, Istanbul.

Turkey has been successful in reconciling her obligations under the Balkan Pact, her mutual aid agreements with Britain and France and her friendship with Russia.

Die Burger, Capetown.

The extremely strict censorship in Great Britain, which also affects oversea messages to South African newspapers, is in large measure responsible for the fact that German radio stations at present have probably more listeners among Afrikaans speakers than have even South African stations... Investigations by Die Burger reveal that all over the country German stations are listened to, and when a man has no radio set he visits a neighbour, and sits listening until late into the night.

Kokumin Shimbun, Tokyo,

Neither Japan nor the United States wants war, but it is easily imaginable that a war crisis will arise between the two countries if the United States persists in oppressing Japan. who will never swerve from her devotion to the cause of the construction of a new order in East Asia.

Times of India, Bombay.

The war will doubtless bring a change which the British Government will be bound to recognise. Meanwhile the situation can be met by associating the Princes and the leaders of important political parties in British India with the present Central Government.

Berlingske Tidende (Copenhagen).

While official Germany seems satisfied at present develop- ments it is evident that the rank-and-file of the nation are not sharing this satisfaction.