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1T UST I..",..gifllJ---i: u Notice earerully .Jj you can....-a time what is contained in when Christia.ns will V'lUi The: this Seal. What John be MARTYRED within MARX OF THE B~AST be used to sees, in vi~ion, 1. the United States-"illi"ict-::;v~KILL many those martyrs who WERE and within the very Christians.. here in America? slain. 1'hey are now next few years lone; sinoe dead, They ~re is an ama~ing revImma~ne-.... ~f ware killed tor the elation, from Bible propheyO\\ eu..- ..la.ws being nWard of God. and tor cy, of event I certain to ocpaesed in £hi! counthe testimony which cur in the immedia~e tuture~ try, perha.ps before they held." Put to another presidential death tor no gre.tar t~r~ is completed, crime, thAn believlnc prOftouncing the death THE BIBLE, anQ holdi~C se~enoe upon good fast to THE TESTIMONY and upri,ht and e LnOF JESUS CHRIST, writoere people for no ten and recor4ed !D grea~.r crime than holdin, to the plain !:.h!. llil! (Rev. 19:10; 12:17; 1:2; II Tim. Word ot God~--b.lieving, and livin, by, 1: 8, etc.). the plain, simple commands of the Bible This actually did ooour. History which ex})ress God's way 01' true righttells us that during the middle al8s. be8ousn8u~ ~ween fifty and a hundred millions of In this fair land where citizens so Christians were thus put to death within prize the prinoiples or freedom ot speech the Roman Empire: The paganized great and ~reedom to worship God accordin~ t~ church whicn called herself "Chrilt1an" the dictates of free conseienoe, such an declared them "anathema trom Chrilt"--eventuality seems absurd-M.impos~ible~ hereties--~which w~s a death .entenoe,--And yet---is it? Might it happen1 a.fter whioh the STA1E actua.lly killed Is suoh a terrible thing prophesied in them. The ch~rch merely CAUSED them to be the Bible1 killed. The government did the actual
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Let us search tha Scriptures and see. Nottee, first, the events of the 5th seaI in the Revelation. "And when he had opened the titth leal. I saw under the altar the souls of them that were ~lain for the word of God. and for the testimony whioh they held: and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How lone, 0 Lord. holy and trY', dOlt thou not judge and av.nge o~r blood on them that dwell on the earth? And white robe5 WSy. given unto everyone o£ them; and it was said unto them. tha~ they should rest yet for a little season, until their rel1ow~seyvants al~o and their brethren. ehat should be killed a5 they -----W!l:L shoulq.Q.!. :ru \ hUed. jj
Will sueh martyrdom a,ain ooeur? In John's vision, he sees theae martyred saints crying ou~ for jud~nt upon the power who eaused them ~o be killed IlHow long. 0 Lord." they c'r'y, "dOlt thou not JUDGE and aven,e our blood upon thell?" They knew the Word. of God, and gave their lives for it~ They knew its prophecies, and that God's JUDGMENT ult!mately will fallon that great persecutinr power! These JUDGMENTS are the SEVIN LASX P~AGU£S! They are to fall upo~ the R~an Chureh---the p~er who caused them to be killed-M-and upon hor latteTMday harlot dau~ht.r churches, the Whole of Which is oal18Q BAB~LON (Rev. 17:5). This gyeal mother church is pictured as drunken with the blood of th·/se ver":! marty r s . (Rev. 1'1: 5). end the seven last plaKUes of the
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DAY OF THE LORD are God's JUDGMENTS upon Babylon: See Rev. 1~:7j 15:1 with 16:1-7 18:6; 10, 19:1-3. As this last plagu& tal1s, Christ will return to earth to reign~ But
notice what is aaid, in thh vision. to tho~e dead martyrs cryin, out tor God'. judgments to rall~ They must re.t in their graves Q little longer, until other Christians---NOW liv1ng---SHALL BE
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Plainly this text says the JUDGMENTS of Ood upon Rome---the seven last plagues ot the DAY OF THE LORO---cannot tall until there has been another latter-day martyrdom~ And these latter-day Christians are to be killed---how? "AS THEY WERE~ " Who will CAUSE this end-time martyrdom? The s~e power---Rome---with her daughter churches---those who came out of her in protest! The MARK OF THE BEAST Enforced~
But who i~ the REAL AUTHOR of this martyrdom? Satan the devil ~ In the 13th chapter of Revelation is pictur~d a hideous symbolic BEAST. A "bcast ll i.s merely a. symbol ropresenting a kingdom, which is a. government, or the king who rules it (Dan. 7:17, 23, etc.) This partic\\lar lIbeast is the Roman Empire, revived after its original fall in 476, into the "Holy Roman Empire ll which continued thru this middle-age period of martyrdom. Beginning with the 11th verse of this 13th chapter of Revelation is pictured another symbolio IIbeast l l - - - a n o t h e r kingdom, or govor~nt which appeare4 as a lamb, but actually spoke as a dragon. It appeared as. pretended to be, Christ's kingdom upon earth---a CHURCH government. But aotually it was the DEVIL'S tool. This CHURCH government excercised ALL the power of the first beast, the Holy Roman Empire, verse 12. The popes ruled the state as well as the church tor over lZOO years ~ And who gave his seat and power and authority to this whole abominable system? The DRAGON (verse 2) which is Satan the Devil (Rev. 12:9 and 20:2). And so it is merely the Devil's tool~ As Satan deceives, so this CHURCH government has been a deceiving power, (Rev. 13:14). And what else? Notice verse 16: "And he ca.useth all, • • • to receive a MARK in their right hand. aT in their roreheads: and that M !!!!.!l might buy ~ sell, .!!!! he ~ h!.d. 1:.he MARX, or the ne.me of the beast. or the number of his name." And this same powe~ that forces the MARK OF THE BEAST upon men is the identical power that causes the MARTY~DOM or the saints! Notice the verse just before: "And he had power to •••• ~ that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 1I This RQ~8n chureh deni$$ she Aver killed the martyrs~ Notice how accurately God's Word condemns her: She did not aetually kill them.---she merely CAUSED
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them to be killed! And 60 it will be again! There has already been much alitation to brin, about a re-union between Catholio and Protestant church o~gani~a tion~. Combined, they could wield onough influence during the turbulent, chaotio, revolution-endangered days just sh.ad, after the WORLD WAR is re$umed, to placi laws upon the statute books of our ~overn ment demanding the very LIFE ot all true Bible Christians who will not accept their perversions of the Holy Scripture~ The truth is, the Word o~ God has been turned upside down~ In the popular churches ot the day we hear just the OPPOSITE of the true plain words or the Bible bein~ preached. And the marvel is that thoy all CLAIM these pa~an t.achi~s came out or the Bible~ These are the daya the propheoies WARN of---days when they will not endure sound doctrine, but have been turned unto
FABLES---(II Tim. 4:1-4)---days When they will not HEAR the law ot the Lord, but demand that their preaohers speak dec.1ts, and the soft and the smooth thin,s~ (laa. 30:8-10). These are the day$ Jesus warned of---when MANY false prophets are deceiving the MANY. not just the few: The Devil comes as an ANGEL OF LIGHT (II Cor.ll:14), and he has many ministers, posing as the ministers of Jesus Christ, appearin, AS the ministers of ri,hteousness. (Verses 13. IS)!: Yes, in the popular churcheat GREAT TRIBULATION TIME OF THIS MARTYROOM~
The SEALS of Revelation are interpreted by Je~u6' propheoy in Matthew 2~. The Revelation is that of Jesus Christ, showinc to us thing. that must shortly come to pass. But in the Revelation, most of the prophesied events are shown in symbol•• We must find the BIBLE explaination of its symbols. It is Jesus' revelation of these end-time events of the DAY OF THE LORD, leading up to, and climaxin~ in, the Second Coming of Christ. In Matthew 24 we find these same identioal end-time events foretold in plain simple langua,e. Here Jesus .aid there would be 1st. false Christs, then 2nd. war climaxint in the world-war, 3rd, famines, 4th, pestilences, 51:.h. Ir.at Tribulation. 6th, the sun and moon dark, and the stars fallin~ from heaven. ~he seals picture the same identical events, in the same oTder~ In Matthew 24, during the world war, which Jesus SQid would be the BEGINNING or sorrows, He .said "Then shall they deliver YOU up to be afflicted. and shall kill you. II (verse 9). A Tribulation is an affliction. See the dictionary. "They" refers to those of the world, even tho they pose IS Christians. "YOU Il reters to the t.rue Christians. Notice these are to be DELIVEREO UP 1:.0 be &£flic~ed and killed. This signifies arrest, being bco~~t before the courts, condemned to die. At this tiMe MANY FALSE PROPHETS
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Also he must stand up AGAINS1 some body or power, and naturally it must be over conscience, or denominations.l docthe person or power who is the adverlsry trinn t of God's people. And so this little remnant, hated, Notic~ whom he battles againstt despised, persecuted, are of paramoun~ I~ is deeribed in ~he 12th of Revelation: "And there was we-r in heaven: Michael importe.nce to Sa.tan t He is WROTH with them. He is determined to WIPE THEM OUT- and hia angels fought ACAINST the dragon; ~o completely STAMP OUT the truth of what and the dragon fo~ght, and his angels, and prevailed no~. • .and the S~.&t draton const! tutes SIN t was cast out. that old serpent, called And HOW will Satan make war against the devil and Satan, which deceivetn the these remnant Commandment-keeping Chri.tians? H. will use as his tool the large whole world: he was cast out into the ~nd popular religious denominations--earth, and his ange15 were cast ou~ with professing Christians whom he has deceived him." (Rev. 12:7-0). When Michael the arohan&el .tand. up ---those who Are SO RELIGIOUS they have no use for God'6 Law-Which points out the sin FOR God's people, he stands up, with hi. in their livest --- h~t or angels AGAINST S4tan the devil, a150 a tormer arch-angel, and Satan's Just as it was BABYLON---Rome---whom Satan used to martyr the saints thru the demons. The devil and his demons are middle-ages, so it will be BABYLON--Rome cast out of heaven, down to the earth. and her protestant daughter organisation. This is not his original casting down to earth. prior to Ad~, when Satan first ---who will be uled once more to enforce sinned. Since that time, he has still the Mark of ~he Beast, and to CAUSE those who keep the COlMlandments of' God ~o be had access to the to the heavenly courts killedt (Job 1:6-1), tho his actual dominion was the earth. He is the accuser or the brethren (Rev. 12:10), and In the Book at THE TRIBUUTION IS THE Job we find him presenting himself in tha DEVIL'S WRATH heavenly courts before the Lord to BOCUle There is one prime distinction we Job. This heavenly war between michael want our readers to unders'band , The Great TRIBULkTION and the DA¥ and Satan is AFTER the middle-ar. martyrdom when, for 1260 years, those who esOF THE LORD &re two different, separate caped martyrdom fled to and were preserved things. The Great Tribulation is ~he in the wild.erness (Rev. 12:6). The !IME time of SATAN'S WRATH. The Day of the of this heavenly battle between those Lord is ~he time of GOD'S WRATH. angelic and satanic hosts is this very In the latter p~rt·Cir the 11th chapter of Daniel is the prophecy of the LATTER DAYt And then, when Satan losed this batRoman ruler--.Mus~olini---entering with tle and is cast down from accusing God's his a.rmies into Pa,leatinQ and Egypt in true born-again children Detore God's his campaign to rebuild the Roman Empire. (See February-MaTch number. The PLAIN throne (verse 10), a woe i ' pronounced on TRUTH). Thia is the time of Mat. 2~:15 those of ea.rth. "for the devil is come down ---the time of the ~reat Tribulation. uni:o ;you, ha.vAn g grea't wrath. because h. knoweth that e h'ii'tfi"b~:r;:-;-hQrt time. II Then notice the 12th chapter of Dan(verse 12). iel, a continua.tion of the 11th chapter: The time is near the very end or his "And at that time Bhall Mich&el (the 6,000 year reignt His time is now SHOR't arch-angel) stand up, the great prince He knows it. He is FURIOUS. And he is which standeth for the children of thy wroth with the remnant people of God who people: and there shall be a time o£ HAVE THE COMMANDMENTS QO' GOD AND Tire 7E5trouble, such as never was sinc;-th;re TIMONY OF JESUS1 was a nation even"tOthat ~ii:iii6ti~ He persecutes themt He tries every 'U)an:- 12:1). This time of trouble is at way to DECEIVE them. It he can't deceive the very end-time---just before. ~nd leading up to. the coming of Christ, and them as to the truth, he will try to cause them to become di~couraged and give up. the resurrection (verse 2). Failing in that he will throw them clear Also this I1time of trouble II is The over the renee into fanaticism reaultinr OREAT TRIBULATION. Notice, the lame defrom too Much mis-guided teal. Or he will a~ription as in Matthew 24. tangle ~hem up into church org&ni~.~ion, Dan. 12: 1-- 110. time of trouble such gettin& them into politics, striving as never was since there wa.s 8. nation. II against one another, losing LOVE from Mat. 24:21-- IIGrea.t Tribula.tion, such their hearts and letting in envy, jealas wa~ not since the beginninE of the worlG to ~hil time, no, nor ever shall 'oe." ousY. resentmen~. bitterneaat But even so he will not b. able to The two are the aame. overthrow all. even with these pitt~llst Now observe, "At that time sha.ll Some will stand fast J continue to overcom. Michael stand up." It is WHEN Michael din. to GRCW in ,~ace and in knowledge, stand' up, or immedia.tely after, that and to ENDURE uhto the end l Ah t THEY are this time or trouble, the Great Tribulathe ones agains~ whom Satan is FURIOUS! tion, occur8. Michael's standing up has How he natea theml And ~o now he s~arts somethin6 to do with this Tribula~ion. out on his last final 4eath bat. Observe that Michael stands up FOR tle again3t THEM. He influences his resomebody. It is FCR God I s people--lirsligious organi~ations---modernBABtLOH--. eleetl ~, not of man's ideas or hie ee~
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the ROman church and her protestant daugn. ters--to persecute them~ It 15 reported to the writer that only in the last few weeks the pastor of a l~rge and popular ohurch pUblicly said that those who believe in keeping the Ten Commandments oUght to be killed t And so these reli~1ous or~anitations will use their influence to put laws on the statute books to prevent people from keeping all of the Ten Commandments! The MARK OF THE BEAST will again come to light, and be ENrORCEO. It i$ this BAB~LON religious system which enforces itt It is Satan's last stroke a~ainst those who KEep TffE COMMANDMENTS OF GOO! nAnd they overcame him by the blood or the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto death!" (Rev. 127IT).-THIS is ~ eii'Ci=time MART\'~DOM of saints \ Once again it must occur BEFORE the jud~ents of God, the last plagues, fall upon BABYLONt" This is the GREAT TRIBULATION--at a time when the whole world is a eeethin, or chaos, despair, world wart SOME of Qod's people---perhaps the majority, will in some way be protected and preserved. SOME of them will have to suffer death tor their precious and life-giving FAITHt But even in DEATH, these God··fea.ring martyrs will, thru the blood of the Lamb, administer to Satan his last. final stin,ing defeatt He can kill their bodies, but he cannot take from them the ETERNAL LIFE that is God's gift thnl Christ Jesusl
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You will find the DAY OF THE LORD described in Ieph. lt14-l8 as the d~ of HIS WRATH against the sinl of eartht You will also find it deocribed in Isa.l3:6-11; Joel 1:15; 2:1-2; Amos 5,1820; 1 Thes. 5, and el~ewhere. It, too. ie described as a time of world war--the war oontinuin, on th~u itt It consists of 13 terrible PLAGUES sent by the supernatural power of 000--the vials or HIS WRATH, poured out without Mixture ..--undiluted--FULL STREHGTHI The seven LAST plagues are God's judemente upon BABYLON1 They FOLLOW this endtime martyrdom of the ~ribulation. The rIME of these events 1. virtually now, upon us. You beyond question, will live thru them.--rhey may begin within the year. The world war may break out again in Europe within the next thirty days. ~uickly, then, thele other events will followt YOU will be faced with a ,rave and serious decisiont Either you will be forced to take th. MARK OF THE BEAST, or e Lse you will not be able to "bUy or sell" --that is, to hold a job, conduct a business, earn a livingl And you I'IIA.Y ra.ce martyrdom, if you remain firm, faithful to God, and REFUSE the Mark of the Beaatt Two classes ar. pietured---one w~th the MARK OF THE BEAST. the other with WHAT FOLLOWS THE TRIBULATION? THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE FAITH OF JESUS (Rev. 14;9-12). aut God will shorten those terrible But if you decide to accept the Mark days of Tribulation. And THEN WHArf of the Beast, in order to hold your job "Immediately AFTER the tribulation of or your businesl and e~cape this wrath those days shall the sun be darkened, and of Satan and his powerful organizations the moon shall not give her light, and ~he stars sha.ll fall from heaven. 1I (Mat. 24:29) on earth---perhaps to escapt death---THEN you 5hal1 be forced to SUFFER THE HORRIBLE The fifth seal, in Revelation six, UNSPEAKABLE, SUPERNATURAL PLAGUES A1' THE also pictures this end-time martyrdomHANDS OF AN ALMIGHTY GOD! Tribulation. And under the sixth seal, God will permit us to be TRIED. (Rev. 6:12-17) the sun and the ~oon are to be dark, and the stars to fall. And "Many shall be purified, and made white, then men will run to the mountains screamand tried," at this time (Dan. 12:10). ing in frantic terror, crying for the But if we turn to Him with ALL of our rocks to fallon them, and hide them from hearts, even with fasting and prayer, and the face of the Lord and from his WRATH, w ith weepin~, in real earnest, He promise. us PROTECTION. Perhaps the big Majority "FOR THE GREAT DAY OF HIS WRATH IS will e:scape martyrdom, and, further than COME; and who shall be able to :stand?" the test of faith to see whe~her they ~ll (Rev. 6:17). be firm and STANO for God's Truth, be oomNotice al.o Joel 2:31. The signs in pletely protected from Satan's fury. the sun, moon, and stars. are to occur And NO PLAGUE will come nigh our BEFORE the great Qnd terrible DAY OF THE dwalling (P~alm 91:10). LORD oomes. So notice caretully this order: Yes, God will permit us to be TRIED, even persecuted--.for ALL who will live l5t, the TRIBULATION, the time of Godly in Christ Jesus MUST suffer perseSATAN'S wrath against God's saints. cu~ion! (II Tim. 3:12). It is through 2nd, the heavenly si~ns. 3rd, ~HE DAY OF THE LORD, the time of MUCH TRIBULATION that we mus~ enter into the Kingdom of God (Acts 1~:22), GOD'S WRATH! Remember, too, that the last world Today ALL NATIONS are deceivedl fo. wa~ beginnin6 PRIOR ~o ~hose events as day ou~ people are IN aAe~LON\ In a con. the BEGINNING or sorrows, continues on fusion of tongues, a tangle of sects, thru them all to Armageddon and the comin~ creeds, denominations, religlous-poJitieal of Christ~ But the Tribulation does no~ org'Atli%ations ~ 'It f S all a part of BA8YLONI continue on. God ~horten~ those d~ys FOR And GOdl~ last warning-call to us is THE ELECT'S SAK~t 'hen, ArTER the Tribula- to COM~ OUT OP BABYLONI The PLAGUES will tion 6hall come the heavenly 31,ns. These soon fa'lIli'pon her ~ "Come OUT of her I mv II ~ also follow the endin~ or the TIMES Of THE peop 1 el Cod c~ies ~c you and to ma,
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(Continued trom pate 7) order tor the sudden anexation of Danzig. British-French preparedness and warnings they would fight caused him to back down. We learn from reliable sources tha~ Hitler is p1annin, the ~econd round over Danzig for about Au~ust 20th. All plans are bein~ laid to climax around that date. Mussolini has ordered General Franco or Spain to advance by a month hi~ visit to Rome, so a mil itary accord Ofrlcially lining up Spain with Italy and Germany can be signed at the psychological moment ot ~h1s coming crisi~. This, about which you will soon be reading on the f~ont pages or the newspapers, ill.l ~.2.!!!. ~ of ih!. tan prophssied kingdoms ~ a.re ~ give t'hei r Pftw(r and strength (of' arms) to the lIkm. Reve.lation 17:12-13). On July 15th Hitler's 8mb~S5Qdor to To~o secured the approval or the Mikado
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to plans allyihg the Japanese high oommand 100.% with the Rome-Berlin axis. A defln1te military treaty is soon to be 61gned between Japan and the axis. The German Fue~ er plans to make the si,natures public at the precise Moment the demOCf&cies start Mobiliting to aid Poland. We have information that Nussol1ni, at the ~ame psyehological moment, will denounce the Angle-Italian accord of April, 1938. 'He will then make dramatic dama.nd for Malta, the British naval base in the Mediterranean, and also press hi. demands thUnderously for Suez, Djibou~i, Tunisca, and that Gibraltar be turned over to his Spanish ally. Hitler then will p~obahl~ attempt to do one or two things: 1), strike with a lightning move at this p~ycholo~ical hour to annex Danzig and ~ake over the Polish Corridor; or, it he feels Britain and France, and possibly a British-Rus.ian alliance, blocks his chances there, he may postpone again his move toward DanZig, and, instead, 2), make a sudden, ~nexpeted thrust. to conquer and quick1y annex Rumania, striking thru Hungary and Clecho-Slovakia. Neither En,land, France. nor Russia, oould save Rumania from auoh a quick, unexpected milita~ attaok. Rumania now is lined up with the democracios. If Hitler t&kes it, atill another .2! .£b.!. :!:.!.!l lei np;d omswill !?!. ~ 12 "the !.Q!?.!1-~-~-~ Roman Empire ~ SHORT, or a. LONG WAR?
Many are asking, will this coming world war '0. a quick, short war soon ended, or will it be another long dr~n out strut~le, lasting several years? Mus&olini and Hitler, and their ~11 tary chiefs, plan to strike so quick, suddenly and unexpectedly, when they do strike, with the full force ot their mighiy and superior air fleets, that the democracies will be forced to an immediate terrified surrender within a iew days. To win, they must win quickly, before the tremendau potential power of the United Statea can be developed and brQught to British aid. Many suppose the terrible new modern instruments ot war make it impossible for the war to be prolonged over a period of years. But we must remember that tor every new offensive weapon, equally effective DEFENSIVE weapons are being invented and produced. They tend to make war more horrible, not necessarily to shorten its duration. But the answer is in the Bible prophecies. Once wo~ld war is resumed, it must continue on thru the treat Tribulation, the heavenly signs, the pla~ues of the Day of the Lord, and to the Second Coming of Christ, at the last battle, at ARMAGEDDON~ The war might last three year$. 1~ might last seven. We cannot know haw long But this you Mal ~~ This war will be ended by CHRIST'S RETURN~ And war MAY start within :si.x weeks~
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S). It appears, therefore, that Hitler I s only cha nee to save his own personal dictatorship is to keep on winning bloodles$ conque5~B of more and more territorry by BLUFFING, yet averting aetual ~r. Thul he can keep the Gennan people whipped into line, keepin~ national patriotism at a hiCb pitoh of fervor, and keeping the hope before their eyes that soon ~hese NEW aquisitions will furnish Germans with the ~aw materials, the resources, and the trade to alleviate their economic surrering. 4). This, then, brings us to the question, IICan Britain and France be bluffed any longer?" Will they PERMIT Hitler to make another move of aggr.~sion without WAR? And the answer is about 99 to 1 that they wi 11 not ~ La.st September at Munich Hitler pos5es~ed such a superior air fleet HITLER IN TIGHT SPOT he could have bombed London and Paris, which would then have beQn helpless before his Many different opinions and specula" tions are emanating fram the world's capi- attack, throwing their populationa into such frantic consternation they would have de. tols. Same state~men And cor~e5pondents feel oertain there will be war in less than manded that their governments surrender to Hitler within a tew days. But since then six weeks. others are equally certain the British and French have been building there will be no war at all this Fall. Porhaps
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So it is almost oertain that any ac~ of conquest on Hitler's part would lead to instant WAR! He probably has made his lest bloodless aquisitian. These facts make war inevitable, and at least a 50-50 pos8ibility far this Fall. Hitler probably will not dare wait till Spring to act. He must do SOM"ETHING, now~ What will he do? --CRISIS WITHIN FOUR WEEKS
Without doubt Europe will come to another tense crisis within the next two to four weeks. Once again the whole world will be thrown into a state of nervous jitters. Will it be WAR, or another delay? 1n Hitler's plan his next step has been to annex Dan~ig and the Polish corridor. But the las~ c~isis, his first move ror D~n%ig was won by the democracies, on Sunday July Z, when Hitler canceled his