The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-01-04
: COMMENT ON WORLD
) EVENTS

They tell US that Joseph Stain lived
for a while in exile in Siberia, but his
home was in the far south of Russia,
in Russian Georgia. Which may ac-
count for his failure to understand
what might happen in the zero tenn
peratures around Helsinki and Muir
mansk, when it comes to military mat
ters.
Curious it is, that snow and cold,
historically the great allies of Russia
in warfare, should now be helping her
diminutive opponent, the Finnish peo-
pie. Still more difficult for the Rus
sian mujiks to understand, must be
the failure attending the Soviet at
tacks on Finland.
One of the benefits of standardized
measurements appears in the use of
German ammunitions, taken from So
Wet armies by the Firms, and turned
against their foes. The Films use the
German cartridges in guns of their
own make. Mighty handy!
X X X
Peace is gaining over the world, in
the language of the warning peoples
anyway. Japan has been establishing
"peace" in China, by "suppressing
bandits" Mussolini sent thousands of
nice young men to Abyssinia, to "de-
velope" the country. Hitler gave half
of Europe all the thrills of warfare
without firing a shot. The Poles were
not psychological enough: Hitler had
to shoot his ideas into them.
And now comes Stain and his lit
tie picnic jaunts into Finland, "to de-
fend the Finnish government in
vented by him, but now put in jail be-
cause they gave him Incorrect state
ments about what kind of fighters the
Finn could be.
Much as Tommy Atkins and the
doughboys make fun of the brass hats
Soviet experiences in the North seem
to indicate that good generals are nice
to have around, after all. That may
have been the biggest mistake Die
tator Stain made, when he weeded
out all the old generals of the Rus
sian armies. At any rate, the Finnish
general Mannerheim seems to know a
lot of stuff, and passes it successfully
on to his soldiers.
Then, while it is reported that no
union Christmas services were held
on the Western Wall front, the peace
| full war on the German-French border
begins to assume significance, be-
cause of the lack of Songs of Hate
All the nasty words come from the
Beobachters and Pravda, with a few
thrown in for good measure by Win
ston Churchill. 1t is exceedingly Off
cial, while England tightens her grip
on the German gizzard. 1t used to be
the custom, to besiege cities within
their walls, and starve out the de-
tenders. Now it is done with walls OF
ships, stretched around the. world
cutting off supplies for enemy nations
After all, there is nothing essential
ly new about war, except the speec
of it's mechanisms. Armorers made
swords and shields in the olden days
Today, labor unions pass resolutions
supporting their own national militar!
interests, and put the heat on the
boys in the gun and ammunition shops
Radical trade unionists in France fine
that they cannot use their organiza
tions against Frances military inter
ests, and the "front behind the lines
is held firm by men who are operating
lathes and presses.
We don't see much, openly, of wha
happens in Germany. But significan
whispers do reach the outside, telling
of undefeated remnants of old demo
cratic thought and action, now driver
underground but still alive.