The Washington times., 1938-09-10
Who Wants This War With
Germany, Anyway?

WE have been interested to observe the reverbera
w tiors from the London Times editorial last Tues
day. in which it was suggested that the Sudeten Ger
mans make clear (by plebiscte
1he SOLUtLOn: or otherwse) what they wished
a D1L::I0 for; and if they wished to be part
a '0"'"'o' of the German fatherland, then
Britain shouldn't attempt to keep them in Czechoso-
vaka by the use of force 1t seemed like common
sense to
Czechoslovakia, when you come to analyze it, is
composed of 9,750O0O Czechs; 100000 Germans;
100000 Magyars, and about million other minority
peoples These put there by the Treaties of YER
sales St. German and Trianon for the deliberate pur
pose of setting up buffer state to prevent German
expansion to the southwark along the lines of the
Mitte-Europa proposed by the Kaiser and now spon-
sored by Hitler.
What interests us most intensely is the British re-
action to the Times editorial pointing out this TACT and
urging that the Sudeten Germans be allowed to secede
If they want to- The government denied that it had
inspired the editorial Though it often does sponsor
editorials in the Times) The Liberal, Quaker-owned,
usually pacifist News Chronicle out with stern
denunciaton of the whole idea Various liberal and
radical organizations screamed with rage.
In this crisis there has been reversal of the ira
ditiona roles of the classes 1t is usually supposed
and in the past has been true that the arstocrats and
the wealthy-who formed the
The OLd Lineup officer class, got all the good
y, u., out of war in the form of glory,
nus |"'''0''o" promotion titles, loot, ETC., and
who were brought up to be offcers and gentlemen -
liked war. The working people detested war. Ihey
were dragged in drugged into SUBMISSION. IneV
were turned into beasts of burden stooges and chups
The Kings and the Kasers had all the glory, and the
working classes had all the funerals.
In the current Czech crisis the lineup the other way
around The Tories don't want to have war, but the
trade unions and the liberal press pushing England
into taking stern stand against Germany They want
the government to say positively that, if Germany
moves into Czechoslovakia, England and France will
move into Germany.
On this side the most interesting evidence Of such
shift is in the point of view of the Communists and their
"feow-traveers" We quote from the Communist Daily
Worker of Friday, September 9:
The U. S. should issue an immediate declaration
procamng country would consider 1t as an ac'
enacing peace should Hitler invade Czecno
slovakia and set off a general contlagratlon
Union citadel OF world peace Wouo S1ano
Soidly with the u S. in such a step.'
We suppose that most people who think that Soviet
Russia is the greatest experiment ever made IN human
happiness wouldn't deny that their first loyalty ana love
is to this spiritual father
ne OHUcIOCuIGUS DUG land, IN contrast 10 cap
n,x cIL: italist America. We
O - understand therefore, why
these people suggesting that to help Russia, the
United States ought to stick itself into fight that's
of its business.
But we know in bones that, whatever the intel
lectuas politicians and statesmen say, vast majority Of
Americans, than 80 per cent of them, unalter
ably opposed to going Europe to make again for
any purpose whatsoever They opposed to taking any
steps which might lead to later.
To be blunt about it, the American people haven't for
gotten the doublecross they got from Woodrow Wilson,
who elected to keep out of but put into
five months later
What people thought about that double-cross is evil
denced by the fact that took fourteen years and the
greatest depression in history to bring the Democrats
back into power in 1882.
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