IV
Dynamite Under Mexico
PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES
feel secure
from European
or
MOST Asiatic aggression since wide oceans apparently separate
us from the conquering ambitions of a Fuhrer or a Son of the
Sun. However, despite our desire to be left in peace, the RomeBerlin axis, which Japan joined, has cast longing eyes upon the
Western Hemisphere. The Monroe Doctrine
is
of value only so
long as aggressor nations feel we are too strong for them to
violate it; recent history has shown what pieces of paper are
worth.
In the process of trying to get a foothold in the Americas, the
Nazis have sent agents into all of the countries, but because most
of the Central and South American republics are still resentful
of past acts by the "Colossus of the North," they offer the most
fertile fields.
The two
United
spots on the Western Hemisphere
States are the Panama Canal Zone and
most vital to the
Mexico the Zone
between the oceans
because it is our trade and naval life line
and Mexico because potential enemies could find in it perfect
military and naval bases.
Let us see what the totalitarian powers are doing in Mexico:
On
June
30,
1937, the S.S.
"Panuco"
Cuba Mail Steamship Co. steamed
43
of the
New York and
into Tampico, Mexico,
from