Difficulty of Waging War

In Zagreb, capital of "independent" Croatia, curfew rings at 11. A fortnight ago, intrigued by the announcement that curfew would not ring that night until 12, the good folk of Zagreb gathered inquisitively in the main square. Shortly after 11, Foreign Minister Mladen Lorkovich appeared, thundered that the puppet government of Ante Pavelich had decided to declare war on the U.S.

The good people of Zagreb retired to cafes to examine the situation over another glass of red wine. Having failed to discover any possible front on which their terrifying Ustachi could meet the wicked foe, the good people of Zagreb went quietly home and forgot it.

The League in Spring

The League of Nations still carries on in Geneva with a skeleton staff. Reported the New York Times last week: "Some 700 periodicals are classified and read on reception. . . . The health services supply 'friend or foe' a weekly report on impending bacillus invasion threats."

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