INTERNATIONAL: Cross Into Crusade?

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> In Rome, where any kind of diversion in the Baltic is a welcome respite from Russian pressure on the Balkans, the game was played for all it was worth. Students marched to cheer the Finnish Minister, yelled "Abbasso il Comunismo!" and signed up for service in Finland "if transportation could be found." In other words, one of Germany's allies was now fighting its other ally, just as one of Finland's friends (Germany) was fighting other friends (Great Britain and France) on the Western Front—a situation not too abnormal for 1939 world diplomacy.

> Apprehensive lest they be made the victims of the fanciest sort of diplomatic feint, in London and Paris Lord Halifax and Premier Daladier sat tight, kept their guns trained on one enemy at a time—the Nazis. There would be plenty of time to see if an amazing double cross was the beginning of an entirely different crusade, a fantastically crooked diplomatic square dance with everybody suddenly changing partners.