INTERNATIONAL: R. S. V. P. Unanswered

Germany, Italy and Japan . . . further undertake to assist one another with all political, economic and military means if one of the three Contracting Powers is attacked by a Power at present not involved in the European War or in the Chinese-Japanese conflict. These words (part of Article 3 of the Three-Power Pact signed in Berlin just over a year ago) last week had Japan worried.

Hitler's open invitations for his Axis partner to get busy were all too plain:

> Hooting Franklin Roosevelt's charge that German naval forces attacked...

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