The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-29

UIlUGI OSCICCdAy OA 0eoVC w The State Department had written a statement criticizing Russias seizure of Lithuania, Lat via and Estonia, and sent it to Hyde Park for approval. Here Bill Bullitt, ex-Ambassador to Russia, who now hates everything about it, completely rewrote the statement, putting in some of its most pungent phrases.
 The incident is significant, for two reasons; 1st, it illustrates how the President and his favorite ambassador act as a super-State Department; and 2nd, it indicates that despite the increasing bellig- erency of Japan, the Roosevelt Administration is loath to warm up to its most logical ally in the Pacific, Soviet Russia.
 The closeness of the Bullitt- Roosevelt tie-up has become rath- CT embarrassing to the rest of the State Department. For in- stance, following Bullitt's return from Europe last week he did not even visit the State Department. He went straight to the White House, and after a weekend there, accompanied the President to Hyde Park.
 AS a result, the State Depart ment had no idea what Bulitt's views were on the Petain govern ment. In fact, while he was issu- ing pubic statements approving the Petain regime, his alleged col leagues in the State Department were of the very positive opinion that the Pteain government was a mere puppet for Germany and that 1t would be replaced sooner or later by another puppet government under the ex-Com- munist, now Nazi, Jacques Doriot.
 Bullitt's last days in Paris and
 Vichy comprise one of the most
 important chapters in recent
 world history. But the State
 Department knows no more
 about it than the interviews
 which it's ambassador gives to
 the press.
 JAPAN'S RAMPAGE
 U. s. intelligence reports from the Far East state that Japan will join the Axis officially and actively just as soon as Hitler launches his big blitzkrieg on Britain.
 Meanwhile, the Japanese mili- tary have adopted the policy of causing as many incidents as pos sible to annoy the United States and to fan them up in the Jap anese press. There is no question in the minds of U. s. officials that this strategy is being worked out in cooperation with Hitler and has two ends in view:
 1st, to keep the American public worried about the Far East, SO that the White House cannot be- come too absorbed with the plight of England during Hitler's blitz- krieg.
 2nd, to convince the Japanese public that there is nothing to fear from the United States. The more the Japanese press attacks this country, and the more Amer ican citizens are beaten up in Shanghai, the more the Japanese public will be led to believe that the United States IS powerless to send armed forces across the Pa- cific.
 Then when this conviction is thoroughly embedded, the military will make their long contemplated drive into the Dutch East Indies.
 N0te-Lo0king further ahead, U. S. observers in the Orient also are convinced that when Hitler gets ready for his drive into South America, Japan will strike toward the Pacific coast of South America simultaneous ly.
 RUSsIA-U. S. ALLIES??
 All of this demonstrates the fact that the United States, if 1t is not to be left entirely alone in the Pacific. must move quickly and must secure friends. To date. there are only two potential friends worth worrying about.
 1, Is Great Britain, which in fact Is Americas first line of dee fense. and which might be saved if the United States gave major aid.
 2 Is Russia. the natural enemy Of Japan. whom Japan fears more than she fears the United states. A hook-up between Russia and tho United states could hamstring