The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-08-22
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Happenings That Affect the Dinner
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of Every Individual. National and
international Problems Inseparable
from Local Welfare.


more clear. 1t is apparent to anyone
that this is not war in the traditional
sense, in which Germany, if she wins,
will be satisfied with reparations and
colonies and economic power. What the
Nazis obviously intend-despite their
occasional protestations to the con-
|trary-is the complete and final de-
struction of the British Empire, which
!. for hundreds of years has held the
balance of power in Europe and a
J, large part of the rest of the world.
And following that, if the Fuhrer's as
Itoundingly frank Mein Kampf is to be
believed, the rest Of the democracies
Twill receive similar treatment. Now
adays, the only democracies left, save
England, are the American Republics.
And of the American Republics, only
the United States possesses sufficient
wealth, resources and potential armed
strength to be serious obstacle to
the aims of National Socialism.
Men who were once close to Hit
Ter have been describing what he
plans if and when England falls, and
the glittering Empire on which the
sun never sets crumbles away. They
say that Hitler has no intention of
launching an immediate military at
tack on the United States and the
New World. If he did that, he would
be courting disaster-the tactical OBJ
stacles in the way are gigantic, no
matter how great his military and
naval power. And Hitler and his
Ihigh-ranking advisers seem to feel
i that the U. S. can be conquered simply
and easily. First planned step, ac-
cording to the reports, is to court u.
S. good will, by offering US favorable
economic agreements. This is design
ed to lessen our suspicious, and to
create public opposition to spending
more billions for national defense. At
the same time, the Nazis, as quietly
as possible, will carry on their econ
omic penetration into Latin America.
Next technique will be undercover
work to create dissension within this
country-to set group against group,
race against race, class against class,
and thus to make genuine national
unity impossible Nazi propaganda
: chief Goebbels and Nazi philosopher
J Rosenberg, judging by their speeches
and writings, seem to believe that this
can be done with little trouble They
have said time and again that the U.
IS. is ripe for revolution, and only a
competent directing hand is needed
to bring it about when the time comes.
Finally, if it becomes necessary,
:. Hitler's great armed forces will at
: tack. us-depending largely upon in
ternal unrest and disunity to make the
= job of his soldiers and sailors and air.
|, men comparatively easy.
\, This may sound fantastic, but it
seems to be the Nazi plan, and Hitler
realizes that if he is to. achieve a
world revolution unprecedented in his
tory, he must have allies. 1t must
be admitted that he has so far been
: Extremely successful in getting them.
1t was said for years that National
Socialism would come cropper when
it ran into its old arch foe, communism.
But today German Russian relations
are apparently Of the best, and Soviet
! eIspokesmen have been denouncing the
: u. S. and England and praising the
j, Reich Italy was a world war ally
to-day she is Hitler's partner, and Fas-
Icist authorities have been extremely
outspoken concerning Axis plans for
dismembering England and giving the
; u. S. a dose Of harsh economic medi-
i, cine. Last, Japan-also a world war
| ally-seems to have gone Axis-ward
whole hog. The new government is
| pro-Fascist, and 100 per cent anti
+ Democratic. English rights in the
Far East are being ruthlessly abro-
gated, and Britain had to swallow a
humiliating pill recently when she
agreed to japanese demands to close
the Burma Road, principal source of
) supplies for beleaguered China. And
| Japanese-U. S. relations have rarely
5 been in worse state.
} According to Nipponese authorities,
!, Japan will pursue her "Asia for Asia
, tics" policy-a policy which is about
as cruel and impcrialStic as any in
: INSTRUMENTATION we like it or not. L.
S. protests will not be seriously con-
sidercd. And say the Japanese sword
I, IWaVers, the Land of the Rising Sun
=, will go to war with us if necessary.
- SO far as Europe is concerned, Japan
is Solldly in favor Of German Italian
: plans and actions.
: American naval authorities have
lately said that our navy could destroy
: the Japanese fleet in few weeks in
1Iopcn warfare. But, if she went to war
III the Pacific, the Atlantic would be
= wide open to the Axis, and we would
he in no position to adequately
: fight Nazi-Fascist economic aggression
south of the Rio Grandc That ex-
Ipams why most authorities believe we
60 will do little even if Japan does seize
. China, property of totalitarian-
ruled France, and the Dutch Indies
Moral pressure is about all we can
Iatiord to use right noW-and moral
2 nIprcsSure gets few results in the world
r of today.
Ii Britain is able to survive Hitler's
attacks, the pictures will be drastcally
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