Evening star., 1939-10-28
Doubts That StuIin
Will Help Hitler
Says Logic Suggests Thot
Russiu Must Aid
Democrucies
To the Editor Of The Star:

DemocrucleS
To the Editor Of The Star:
Apparently unforeseeable, the Hitler
Stain non-aggression pact fell upon the
diplomatic world like a bad omen with
all its Implications
Current double dealing paved the way
to an agreement between Stain and the
highest bidder, thus permitting Hitler,
1t appears on the surface, to fortify his
exposed eastern front after the iquida-
ton of Poland, and concentrate his
united resources in men and equipment
in the west against France and Britain.
The Reich-Soviet pact may become a
secret and successful master stroke de-
signed by Stain with Franco British
connivance to circumvent the effective
ness Of Hitlers alleged trump card and
thus, figuratively speaking, lead him into
ambush by encouraging him to become
overconf1dent in carrying out his reckless
venture.
To the world Britain appeared to have
failed in her effort to negotiate mutual
assistance pact with Stain, but method
is not as important as accomplishment.
Englands purpose to arrange with the
Soviets to guarantee jointly the terri
torial integrity of Poland and Rumania
resulted in placing insurmountable geo.
graphical difficulties in the path of nego-
tiation. Poland and Rumania were un-
willing to allow Soviet troops to enter
their territory and fight at the side of
their troops. Modification of this posi-
ton caused protracted delays.
The geographical position of Lithu-
ania, Latvia. Estonia and perhaps Fin
land caused these Baltic states to loom
large in Stains strategy. But they, too,
desired to remain neutral and were un-
willing to accept a guarantee against
invasion.
For the British to have agreed with
Russia to compel these states to accept
territorial guarantee against their will
would have been untenable in view of
England's avowed purpose Of simply act
ing as protector.
The questions were: How could the
Soviets implement the proposed mutual
assistance pact without the invitation of
the prospective victim of attack? How
could Stain himself be compensated
sufficiently to make the venture at
tractive?
The objective of Britain and France
transcribed the altruistlc motive of
simply defending Poland against inva-
sion, as every one knows. Their purpose
was self-preservation which necessitated
calling a halt to the vicious diplomatic
and military cycle leading to crisis fol-
lowed by crisis.
Hitler without doubt is Stains most
formidable future antagonist in the west.
To the contrary, both Britain and France
which have no common boundary line
with the Soviet Union and are separated
by Germany from Russia offer no pres
ent or future menace to Soviet security.
Non-aggressive, but strong England and
France maintain balance of power in
Europe to Stains advantage. The
prospect of support from both of these
powers, in case of attack, it is reasonable
to believe, is the key to Stains calcula-
tions. Therefore nothing could be more
fatal to Stalin's ambitions than to sit in
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Britain and France become fait ac-
compN
In the midst of Hitler's invasion Of
Poland, predicated on the Hitler-Stalin
aggression pact, the latter mobilized
his army on the Russo-Polish border.
Approximately half of Polish territory
was occupied by Soviet troops and the
- y;et,,
was established separating the German
Russian zones.
Newspaper accounts convey the i'm
preston that Stain has placed his troops
athwart the Polish-Rumanian line OF
communications thus erecting repelling
obstacle which is tantamount to COM
manding Hitler to stop his further drive
to the east"
Thus Soviet Russia has prevented Hit
Ter from occupying all of Poland the
lesser of two evils from the British
French standpoint, by the instrument
tality of bloodless war, which in the
final analysis resulted in eXacting high
price, in exchange for withholding his
active support from the western democ-
racies.
Germany might hesitate to use Soviet
troops on the western front and expose
the entire country to the threat of revo-
luton due to the spread of Communistic
doctrines, even were Stain willing to
furnish full military support. Stain ap-
pears to be more interested in exacting
strategic Baltic islands and ports from
defenseless Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia
and Finland, while Hitler is powerless to
intervene, than he is in assisting the
Reich in war fought under conditions
providing no possible gain for Russia.
The defeat of the Third Reich would
result in removing a constant threat
against the Soviet Union in the west and
pave the way for concentrating her en-
tire strength against her natural enemy
in the east.
If logic Is a criterion, Stain will not