TURKEY: Bidding Closed

The British Government found good use last week for the remains of Heinkel bombers shot down by the R.A.F. They were dismantled and sent as spare parts to Turkey, which has tried in vain to get parts from Germany for its German-built bombers. The British also sent two shipments of fighter planes. This was news with a double meaning. All summer long Germany and Britain have been bidding for Turkey’s economic, and, by extension, political, favors. Britain evidently thought the bidding was closed, that she had won.