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~~ FRIDAY. JULY 12, 1944._
THE USES OF DIPLOMACY
At a time when our thoughts are fixed
on the supreme test of military powder,
it is a relief to perceive that diplomacy
can still win bloodless victories. Amer
ican policy toward Spain has come in
for considerable criticism on the part of
literary belligerents, who urged that the
only way to deal with the Franco Gov
ernment was to fight it, presumably with
the forces left over after we had cleaned
up Italy and invaded western Europe,
for the advocates of drastic action to
curb Spanish aids to .the Nazis werfe
equally impatient at every delay in open
ing the so-called “second” front. Am
bassador Carlton Hayes was the special
target of this firing from the sidelines.
Although he had a long record in New
York as a vigorous exponent of democ
racy and an active worker in the cause
of religious and racial tolerance, it
might have been assumed from some of
the attacks on him that he went to Mad
rid on a self-appointed mission of ap
peasement to the Franco regime.
The fact is, of course, that Ambassa
door Hayes was sent to Spain by Presi
dent Roosevelt to stop the help the
Franco regime was rendering to the
Nazis by its policy of benevolent neu
trality. His dealings with the Spanish
fovernment. and particularly with the
Foreign Minister* Count Jordana, were
under the orders of his own government
in pursuance of a definite policy. This,
policy has succeeded. The combination
of diplomatic and economic pressure has
finally induced the Spaniards to do prac
tically everything the Allies desired. Not
only have they agreed to expel all desig
nated Nazi agents from >d cut
to a dwindling minimum the flow of
tungsten to Germany; they are actual
ly exporting more war materials to the
‘Allies than to the enemy.
It goes without saying that this
achievement is partly the effect of the
change in the war balance. In part, al
so, it is due to the supressed currents
of Spanish opinion, that flow with in
creasing strength against the Falange
and its alliances and in favor of the Al
lies. Nevertheless, it is noteworthy that
Spain, at the beginning of the war bound
to the Axis and ever since leaning open
ly in that direction, has reversed its at
titude more drastically than any of the
other neutrals. The Franco Govern
ment has made more concessions than
Sweden- or Turkey, Portugal or Eire.
This is certainly a real defeat for the
Fascist elements in Spain and a signal
victory for Allied diplomacy. In accom
plishing what he was sent to do the Am
bassador to Madrid has rendered a great
service to his country and to the Allied
cause.—(New York Times).
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MAKING LIFE HARD
News that the Allies had taken Rome
was speedily relayed to Mussolini; and
from somewhere in the depths of his
degradation he piped back a plea to the
Romans. “Do not morally surrender to
the invader,” cheeped the sometime
Sawdust Caesar. “With all means at
your disposal, make life as hard as pos
sible for him.”
Through the years of his unbridled
domination, Mussolini made life as hard
as possible for the Italian people. Since
war began, his own life had been made
as hard as possible by Hitler. Natural
ly, he now wants life made as hard as
possible for everybody.
The people of Rome hailed the incom- ,
ing Allies with shouts and songs of wel
come; with flowers and flags; manifest
ing their joy in the occasion by every
possible means; all of which- no doubt,
will make life still harder for Musso
lini.—(Seattle Times).
LITERARY
- CUIDEPOST
Some fiction for the winter
George Sessions Perry, the
easy-going Texan, has taken a.
large number of his Texas stories
and made a kind of amalgam
which be calls “Hackberry Cava
lier ” he basis of the amalgam is
the long list of stories published
since 1937 by the Saturday Eve
ning Post. These he has furnish
ed with connecting link and other
new material so that the result is
something halfway between a book
of short sketches and a novel.
Mr. Perry’s good humor, his abil
ity to suggest the Texas back*!
woods draw in prose, his honest
sympathy and h s gift for charac-j
terizr.tion are all in the book. It
is good reading in the medium-;
height tale department. (Viking;
$2 50).
“Canape-Vert” has two authors,!
brothers they are. Ore is Pierre
Marcelin, the other Philippe Thor
by-Marcelin. The book itself has
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a sort of double personality, too.'
It begins with a quite sober in
troduction which explains Haiti
from the dialect to the zombi,
and it continues as a novel in
which a very Gallic sensibility
and candor are combined with a
heavy dose of Haitian, folkways
and customs. It has sparkle. (Far
rar & Rinehart; $2.50).
Probably Monica Dickens gets'
very tired of being told that al
though she is the great grand
daughter of Charles Dickens, she
still is not her distinguished an
cestor’s equal as a novelist. But
as long as capital is made of the
relationship, the comparison will
follow. “Enward’s Fancy” is about1
an Englishman with a disagree-,
a - a
able wife whose chief escape is
rabbit-breeding in his backyard.
It has its bright moments, but it
seems to me a good deal is made'
of rather slight material. (Har
per’s; $2.50.)
James Aldridge’s ‘‘The Sea Ea
gle” is a first-rate successor to
his extraordinarily fine first nov
el, which was “Signed With
Their Honor.” The new - book
hangs on the desire of one Angus
Burke to escape from Crete when
the Nazis took over, and its point!
is the growth of Angus when he!
gradually takes to fighting for!
the ideal of freedom instead of
personal survival. It is a fine job.
(Little, Brown; $2.50).
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Split Pea Soup
1 cup split peas
7 cups boiling water
. 4 tablespoons butter or mar
garine
1 pint milk
| 1 large onion, chopped,
j 1 teaspoon thyme
Salt and pepper
Soak peas overnight or at least
for six hours. Fry onion in two
tablespoons butter or margarine
until golden brown. Add to drain
ed peas and cook in the boiling
water until peas are soft, about
' two and one-half hours. Press
through a sieve. Add milk. Thick
en with flour blended in the other
two tablespdons of fat, heat well,
add seasonings and serve with
croutons floating on top.
Savory Squash
3 tablespoons chopped onion
3 tablespoons bacon fat
1 box quick-frozen cooked
squash, thawed
134 teaspoons salt
1-8 teaspoon pepper
1 cup (packed) mashed
potatoes
8 slices crisp bacon
Saute onion gently in bacon fat
until etnder. Add to squash in j
double boiler. Add seasonings and j
mashed potatoes; beat well. Re-1
heat. Serve with crisp bacon'
curls.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT j
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
All unpaid real and personal
property taxes become delinquent
after July 15, 1944. Penalty andj
j interest are added, a delinquent
i tax roll prepared, advertised and
property sold according to law.
NOME COMMON COUNCIL,
By CARRIE M McLAIN.
City Clerk.
July 10, 12. 14.
YOU MUST BE PATIENT
TO PLAY IN THIS BAND
CAMP VAN DORN, Miss.—lAP)
—Patients at the Station Hospital
borrowed musical instruments
from all over the post, enlisted
the aid of a former torch suiger,
and held their own “Ham and
Jam” session.
Miss Rose Ann Stevens, former
singer with Ozzie Nelson’s band,
and daughter of the hospital’s
executive officer, was accompan- ;
ied by the all-patient orchestra.
Tell them you saw it in The
Nugget.
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