The Washington times., 1938-03-29
Is This a Revolution?

know what it all and don't think anybody else
does But have theory.
1 49, r.. One news item which got
little play in yesterdays
FFu"CO AOOW ~ ~" papers was the important
news that Japan has gone totalitaran The seventy
third Diet day before yesterday voted that the
ment of Japan hitherto capitalism withn-imperialism
setup will now assume control of the lives and property
of all its people. Along with this decision went
law under which the Japanese government assumes
pete control of the electrical industry Japan in short
has gone Fascist
Spain appears to be about to fall to Fascism
FRANCOIS Italians, Germans and Moors move on into
Catalonia and toward the Mediterranean coast Whether
Franco will be boss of Spain after his probable victory
remains to be seen. We don't know; but we have never
regarded Mussolin the type of man who would use
$4,000 soldiers for two years to win war in another
country and demand reward when the war was won
Franco looks to like the coming Italian proconsul for
Span-meaning colonial governor
What these things to us is that Fascism is on
the upgrade in the world. And that development looks
to US like the equal and opposite reaction to the Com
=. ...oJ munst upsurge that began with the
heuCt'O" Country after country where the Reds
were strong and full of beans has gone Fascist
thing like Fascst-Itay, Germany, Hungary Austria,
Poland Rumania Greece, Cuba. Next in line, appar-
emily is Spain and on Sunday Hitler had long and
earnest conversation with Gen. H. Oestermann, Fin
lands commander-in-chef That this was officially an
nounced is significant
Mexicos radicals are staging down-with- Gringo
parades following President Cardenas seizure of the
American British and Dutch oil properties in Mexico
Well take this occasion to predict that Cardenas yields
much more the Reds and the Mexicans go getting
hungrer while unmarkeabe oil piles up in storage, the
same thing will happen there happened in the coun-
tries above listed Some strong character will collect
some guns and some hard-boiled followers will charge
through few mobs and will clamp some sort of Fascism
on Mexico.
About Russia-the time has long gone by there when
crowds of workmen could vote what they would and
would not do Freedom of speech and thought sup
pressed in Russia as rigidy in Germany or Italy
Russian worker suggesting a strike for any
T"Sc'S' cause would simply be shot A small, strongly
huSSId organized minority heading up in dictator
rules Russia That is not Communism Marx thought
authoritaranism.
Democracy not doing we'll or feeling so optimistic
as is Fascsm Democracy survives in the United States
parts of the British Empire Scandinavia and CATER
tashion) France.
Here we have 100000 or 10000, 900 or 100000
workers out of work. General Electric
DPeI'o' dealing in industry which has saved
9TH
earned S63 900, 900 in 1887 compared with $4,000
900 in 936 Yet General Electric stock fell steadily last
week and is jtterng around the years low of 313
The only thing ascrbe this paradox to is gen.
eral uneasy feeling in the air We don't mean uneasy
feeling bred by the New Deal, either. The New Deal
with in 193437 too, and its threats to
business; yet business generally optimistic.
Nor do want to be misunderstood favoring imi-
tation in abolition of labor-savng machinery That
would be attempt 10 turn back the clock The great
problem of democracy appears be to spread the
benefits of labOr-saving machinery out among more
people. If we can't solve that problem, may go
Fascist too after less violent Red interlude