ITALY AND JAPAN
Germany has just demonstrated that her military machine is still able to win victories. It is possible that Italy may be overrun as Belgium was. It would be strange indeed if Germany were not able to crush these weaker nations after her half century of preparation. She may win other military victories before America and her allies are in position to strike in way that even Prussian butchers can understand. But while Germany may seem to be winning in Italy, it is most highly gratifying to note that she is still failing miserably in the field of diplomacy. Her dirty, dishonest, underhanded intrigues are laid bare day after day in all parts of the world and in such a way as to crystallize the sentiment of the whole civilized world against her.
One of the greatest of diplomatic victories won by the United States in recent years was announced yesterday in the complete agreement between the United States and Japan. By this agreement, all causes of friction between the nations were removed; German plotters in Japan, China, and the United States were completely whipped and the three nations are now brought into complete working harmony for the war. 