The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-24

ever IN tNelT circle the TALK 10
the effect that he promises 10 have
the value OF a good sized army as
a danger to Herr Hitler through
his activities at the Russian cap
ital
To estimate Sir Staffords po-
tentialities understandirely it's
necessary to have some familiarity
with his background
Originally he was elected 10 par
lament in London by the English
Labor party. He wasn't manual
worker He was a lawyer but he
was identified with the party any
way He won his title as prom
inent member of il. while sitting
in the house OF commons
A Laborite is supposed TO be
liberal and Sir Stafford was de-
cidedly so In fact. he was re-
ferred 10 as a radical Finally 1t
began to be asserted that he was
a Communist l don't know
whether he really is communistic
or not. but the labor party became
so convinced Of 1t that 1t read him
out of membership in its ranks. for
the English Laborites don't 90 so
far as TO believe in communism
Pretty Middling Ultra
Sir Stafford then. may fairly be
regarded as pretty ultra
Expelled by the Labor party for
quite awhile he was an unadulter-
ated political orphan The conser-
vative British government preced-
ing Winston Churchilrs accession
TO power wouldn't touch him with
a 10-foot pole
But when Winston took charge
IT occurred 10 him that Just surh
a chap as Sir Stafford might be
useful in Moscow
Accordingly he inquired OF Com
rlissar Josef Stain. Would Sill
Stafford be persona grata to Rus.
STA as some sort Of an attache al
John Bulls embassy there ?" TIC
this query Joe replied we Sow
lets think very highly Of Sir Stat
ford and well be glad to receive
him as your ambassador but there
wouldn't be much point in sending
him to US in a subordinate dip
lomatic capacity"
Thereupon Sir Stafford was
named to run Brltain's whole en-
bassy in Moscow. as supreme boss
of IT.
100 Per Cent British
Now. whatever Sir Stafford may
or may not think as to the merits
Of communism. he obviously is 100
per cent British relative to the
scrap between his home country
and the German-Italian alliance.
He's, the very man TO do it. il
he can satisfy Joe Stain that
now's the ideal time for him to
break. his loose tie-up with the
Axis and jump on the Nazis and
the Fascists by way Of the Balk-
ans. And he seems to be having
tolerably. good luck at It. To say
the least. Soviet versus Axis rela-
tons are strained in Rumania, II
would be extremely gratifying to
Britain TO have Soviet-Axis war
start at the present Juncture.
Even the threat Of IL must be a
serious worry to Berlin and Rome.
distracting their attention from
elsewhere
II may not bs so difficult to SOW
the seeds Of discord. either
Stain. Hitler and Mussolini
alike are totalitarians Hitler and
Mussolini are not such inharmon-
ious totalitarians. but neither of
them harnonizes with Stain. nor
he With them
And there are conflicts Of in
terests between the two elements.
as well as conflicts Of PHILOSOPHERS.
Oh, Such whisperings.
Well. Joe Stain has Sir Stafford
Constantly whispering IN his ear
And they're a sympathetic pair
philosophically
/ don't suppose Sir Stafford par
ticularly whispers British propa-
ganda- I'd guess that presumably.
he simply reminds Joe of the
choice grabs the latter can effect
in the Balkans. With Germany and
Italy too busy IN another direction
70 interfere with his grabbing