The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-09-06
In Memoriam
Philadelphia Record)


 The joyful reunion of Germany and Russia bring reminder that there are some vacant chairs at th celebration.
 We refer to the thousands that Stalin has killed or imprisoned on the charge that they were pro German
 And to the thousands that Hitler has killed or i'm orisoned on the charge that they were pro-Soviet.
 Hitler built his movement largely on hatred of Boshevism He has used the Red to justify his seizures of property for national defense against the Red Terror" has justified his restrictive measures against Catholic and Protestant churches on the specous ground that Germany must present an abso- lutely solid front to the Russian menace. He has justified his persecution of the helpless Jewish minor y the false assertion that the Jews were in league with the Bosheviks and dominated the Communist party throughout the world
 Q"otations to this effect can be found in almost any Nazi speech Here is a sample taken from a major address by Hitler in September, 1935 We are not going to let workers labor be destroyed by any international group of Boshevist Jews"
 To some educated Germans who shrank from both the persecution of Jews and the moronic racial theories this Identification of the antiJewish campaign with the nt-Bolshevist campaign undoubtedly had cer- tain appeal Many Germans feared Communism above all things and their fear parayzed reason which would have shown them the baselessness of the Jew ish Boshevsm' charge.
 So millions of Germans acquiesced in the destruc- tion of free speech in the destruction of their Repub
 
 gation of property rghtsa because Hitler told them There can be no compromise with Boshevism'
 Now Hitler himself not only compromises with Boshevism He embraces opportunity for coopera- ton with it.
 And in Russia
 During the treason" trials, which staged to consolidate Russian opinion behind Stalin Germany was held up the chief menace to the Soviet Union The worst charge that could be leveled against the traitors" was that they had German contacts, or were in German pay, or favored measure of coopera tion with Germany.
 In particular, the purge of Red Army officers was based the accusation that they friendly toward the notion of cooperation with Hitlers Germany
 The newspaper Izvestia, which this week is glow ing with the prospects of friendly relations with Hit Ter, cried out two years ago:
 We know who, in fits of bloodthirsty desire has dreamed of the rich fields giant factories and natural resources of the Ukraine The Germany hirelings of the pen shedding crocodile tears for the fate spies and traitors recruited by their intelligence service"
 Now Hitler is in the same position as those he shot Bolshevist sympathizers Now Stan is in the position of those he shot as Fascist sympathizers
 Thee glaring inconsistencies may be of more im- portanee for thefutufe hanhe governmental threats and warnings that are flying about Europe.
 The lies in which Hitler and Stan have exposed themselves are not mere personal untruths they arc the myths upon which the regimes of their respective countries are based
 Neither Russia nor Germany is strictly police State large proportion of the people in each nation is held to the regime by propaganda rather than by force
 Now the key pillars in the propaganda structure of both nations are smashed by the Russo German rapprochement.
 dispatch from Berlin says Government en- poyees yesterday greeted each other facetiousy with "Hen Hitler-Red Front" Dispatches from Moscow say that high Soviet diplomatic officials are non plused by what has happened. What must the Rus sian people think of this help to the enemy?
 Foreign affairs never be considered apart from domestic affairs not even in Relationships Stan and Hitler may make pact-and lose millions of ad- herents
 Stalin and Hitler each has gained friend" who IS doubtful friend at best and in doing each has lost his most powerful argument for swaying the sions of his people,
 There will be many Germans who remember the victims of the crusade against "Bolshevism" There will be millions in Russia who remember the crusade against "Hiter's agents" From the grave may come forces more effective than living armies.