In early March 1935, Arthur had just planned to visit the Douglas Aircraft Company and Boeing to inspect the new generation of transport planes when he received bad news from Europe.
There were two pieces of bad news.
The first was about the situation in the Spanish Civil War. The inaction of the United Kingdom and the withdrawal of France directly led to the gradual decline of the Spanish Republic in the civil war, with even the capital, Madrid, in grave danger.
What's worse, the Spanish battlefield had become a training ground for Germany and Italy. Had it not been for the extensive training exercises by the German and Italian forces, the Spanish Civil War would have probably ended under the aggression of German and Italian troops.
The second piece of bad news was about Germany's once-frantic search for allies.
There weren't many powers in the world, and aside from Spain, Germany had extensively courted the Island Nation.
