The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-02-27
Russia, War Breeder
Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Russia, even with the resurrection of its old policy of imperialism remains enigma. From nation which six months ago solicitousy cultivated the worlds good opinion, it has become smash and grab aggressor in the best Nazi manner
 If any stable peace is to be restored to central Europe and the Balkans the position of Russia must be made clear. But today Russia will not talk Its plans can only be surmised Only when the Soviet Union acts does the world get an inking of it's pro- gram, as in the case of the enlarged trade treaty with Germany.
 This can be put down more to petuance than to an intention to increase trade with the Third Reich. Treaties cheap to dictators Another Russo German scrap of paper will not automatically bring supplies for Htlers machine. These can be obtained only after years of development and what would amount to a miraculous improvement in Soviet transport Whatever the treaty says its effects be discounted as far the present war is concerned
 The agreements impotency is assured from another angle. AS long Russia continues its policy of aggression it will itself need increasing amounts of materials and will have little to spare fer its ally The campaign in Finland is con- suming material. The Russo Turkish frontier is being fortified under the direction of the builder of the Segfried Line, Dr. Fritz Todt to protect the aAu ol lleds from the 5O0000 Allied troops in the Near East. The army the Bessarabian frontier must be maintained. Clearly these forces for the kind of defense" which Russia has conducted against Finland.
 
 is bringing about the very conditions which al- Iagedy she seeks most to avoid-an attack from the west Hitler has shown there can be no negotiating with aggreSsor. That axiom applies, too, to Rus sia under Ssalin's drive to the west.
 There is probably than a love for the Films behind the failure of Undersecretary Welles to include Moscow on his agenda. That he is not calling at the Kremln is broad indication that the Kremlin will not talk Certainly the visit of protest to the State Department made by Soviet Ambassador Oumansky played part in it. Rus sias continued violation of her treaty with the United States in the matter of propaganda about which Secretary Hull informed the Senate last week and the shabby treatment accorded Ambassador Steinhart at the time of the Flint incident have gwen. proof that the Sovets are out for all they can get come what may.
 Moscow itself is preparing to enlarge the war While collaboration with Germany may not amount to much in practical way it makes increasingly clear the fact that the Brown and Red dictator ships equal menaces to the west.
 Indians claim the land on which Seattle stands belongs to them, but they willing to sell for $3,OOO0Oo. Municipal sites appear to have advanced ia price since another group of Indians sold Man hattan for SPA
 California professor finds shrimps can live through BIO degrees below zero, which leads one to suspect that they must have heard of the Films
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 The object of the game among presidential as- pirants be to see how many state primaries they keep out of
 Confucus say who for public office usually tire out friends before self.
 The Anzacs are back in the Near East again. Hope they fare better than in 1914.
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