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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, OCTOBERR 1, 1940
Chubb Discusses Pact Of Japs With Axis
An attempt to bluff the United States and Russia is the way Prof. H. B. Chubb of the political science department views the military pact between Japan and the axis powers of Germany and Italy.
Professor Chubb described the alliance as "a marriage of convenience," in his speech to the Lawrence Rotary club Monday noon, and went on to evaluate the interests of the United States in the affair and discuss the contradictory aspects of the Nipponese alignment with the $ ^{ \textcircled{1}} $
Nazi and Facisti powers.
"If the United States is going to be brought into this world holocaust," Chubb asserted, "we are more likely to be pulled in in the Pacific area rather than in the Atlantic. But so long as we keep our one-ocean navy in the Pacific, Japan will move cautiously."
Were things to reach the showdown stage in the Far East between Japan and the United States, Chubb said he could not see what help Germany could give to the Japs at this time.
Trade Protection
The important aspect of the Far Eastern situation as far as the United States is concerned, he continued, is the protection of U.S. trade.
"Isolationists, who think we are a self sufficient nation, must realize that we rely heavily upon the East Indies for tungsten, tin and rubber."
"In regard to the Indies, Chubb observed that Germany would' not be pleased if Japan took them over. This they would do if given a free rein, he said.
Sixty per cent of all U.S. tin comes from the islands.
"I have the idea," Chubb added "that this new pact between Japan and the axis power, is a confession of weakness. The brittkirie, striking at the heart of Britain, has not knocked the nation out and Germany and Italy are now seeking to strike at the periphery of the empire, especially in the Mediterranean where English sea power is concentrated."
Russia Is Problem
"Russia is the big question mark in Asia and wants peace probably more than any nation because it is not consolidated internally.
It will stand betwixt and between,
he declared. Japan, he pointed out,
that.
fears the Soviets because of the concentration of air force on the mainland, a short distance northwest of the island kingdom. Chubb declared Russian planes loaded with incendiary bombs could possibly wreck Japan in short order.
"The United States," he said, "has to play a careful game of diplomacy in the Orient. There is no use foimenting trouble with Japan. But if Britain is subdued thea the United States will have to do something in the Far East for the situation will be very grave."
The United States would be in a "much better position" to protect its trade interests in the Pacific, Chubb explained, if negotiations go through for use of the great British naval bases at Singapore and in Australia. This, he said, would offset Nipponese sea power.
Aspect of Necessity
Chubb's reason for the belief that the pact is a "marriage of convenience" are partly based on the contradictory aspects of various earlier agreements and alliances.
Germany and Japan signed an anti-comintern pact in 1936. A month later came the Rome-Berlin axis agreement which soon became a war machine. The anti-comintern pact was aimed at Russia. In direct contradiction of that Hitler signed a 10-year non-aggression pact with the Soviets.
"Japan went off and sulked after that," the professor said, "but what Germany was doing was buying off
Russia in order to go at France and England without being attacked from the rear."
Hitler Changes Tone
In Hitler's first edition of "Mein Kampf," Chubb stated, he spoke derisively of the Japanese but after the anti-comintern pact the book was revised and no reference made of the Nipponese.
Chubb pointed to a danger if Japan should get further control of French Indi-China because of the possibility of consolidating positions and establishing new bases which might threaten the Singapore naval base.
The meeting was thrown open for questions with these observations coming from the speaker:
Give Britain economic aid and keep an eye on the Far East.
The U.S. has changed its Eastern policy from negotiation to economic sanctions, and these sanctions together with diplomacy "may keep us out of war" in that region. Germany, if it got all the Rumanian oil, would only have 12 per cent of what it needs to prosecute the war. The Nazis are relying on their stores.
Smoker Tonight in Union For A. E. E. E Members
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers will entertain all chemical engineers at a smoker at 7:30 o'clock tonight, in the Men's lounge of the Memorial Union building.
Basketball Drill On Fundamentals
Fundamentals, primary and simple but all important, is the whole story of varsity basketball practice in these early sessions. Last night, Coach "Phog" Allen worked his charges in groups of three and four as he had them criss-crossing down the court in an effort to improve their foot-work and short snap passes. Long and short hook passes, pivoting, and position of the feet in shooting were stressed.
Bill Hogben led the seconds as they batted vainly in a 15-minute scrimmage against the regulars. Bob Allen, Bob Johnson, and Howard Engleman were hitting the bucket equally for the victors and Vance Hall was Hogben's main aid.
Pralle To Play With Phillips
In Madison Square Garden
Fred Pralle, former All-American with the Healeys and present member of the chap Phillips "66" basketball team, called in Lawrence yesterday as he and his wife were returning to their home in Bartlesville from a Phillips Petroleum convention in Chicago. In a chat with "Phog" Allen, Pralle said that the Phillips team will appear in Madison Square Garden in New York in November.
O.K. Mister-here's the Smoker's Cigarette