The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-08

France, Holland, Belgium, Den
mark, Norway and most Of the
Balkans. besides extinguishing Po-
land, but they haven't assimilated
their inhabitants. The beaten peo-
pies are as anti-AXis now as ever
they were; or probably more so,
from rage at having been beaten.
At least that's the state depart
ments opinion, based on reports it
receives from over the Atlantic.
If they'd converted, to their side,
the jewellers on the soil they've
occupied, Of course these folk
would be an ANS asset. But II
they haze to be vigorously policed
all the time, to keep EN- under
subsection, naturally they're La
bility and a worry This latter is
the case. according to accounts
from the war-torn continent
It's realized that the lands the
Axis partners have seized posses
sion of undoubtedly provide them
with excellent bases for operations
in the direction Of John Bulls
island. They also are sources of
supplies, available for the Axis
confiscation. However, it takes
force, or the threat Of it, to do the
confiscating, and that's a dstrac-
ton from the AXIS other efforts.
Wide Discomfort
In short. Adolf and Benito are
assessed as having certain
amout Of disaffection in their own
respective countries and close to
100 per cent Of il in the democ-
racies they've vanquished-tempo-
rarily, anyway Such an underly-
ing mass OF violent discomfort, if
it exists, as competent observers
believe it does. is seen from Wash
ington as an insecure foundation
for the dictators to build on.
The Vichy government of France,
to be sure. seems to be fairly eff
fectively dominated by I've Axis
but Official Washington judgment
is that the French generally don't
acouiesce in it-that they'll 20
anti-AXis again the minute they
think there's a ghost of show for
them. It's assumed that the
Fuehrer and the Duce know this
as well as anybody.
Spain isn't regarded as a de-
pendable pro-AXis bet, either. Cen
eral Franco. indeed. is under deep
obligations to Adolf and Benito for
helping him to demolish the Span
ish republic, but if he gets into an
other war, to help them in return,
the republicans are more than like
ly to grab the chance to break out
once more. Should they DO so,
they still are strong enough to &C.
cupy all his attention.
Japans Of no use to the Euro
pean Axis except indirectly. If the
Japs We're to get into a muss with
the United States. it would keep
US busy in the Pacific, doubtless to
the Axis advantage. They like
wise must have a tendency to pre-
vent Russia from turning anti
Axis and creating trouble for the
Nazis ard Fascists in the Balkans.
Russias a deal Of a problem.
Nobody can have a bit Of conf
dence in any deal the Soviets may
frame up with anybody. They
have their reasons for prefering
Britain to the Axis. because their
interests conflict with the Axis in
the Balkans. They have their rea-
sons for liking US, because they're
traditional enemies Of the Japs,
and were on strained relations
with the Mikado.
Russia's Hopes
Comrade Stain has a loose COM
pact with Fuehrer Hitler and Duce
Mussolini, but it's agreed that he'd
scrap it readily for a good tie-up
with Britain There's talk of
deal between himself and Toxic.
but there's no question that he'd
unload It in favor Of a U. S. dicker
TO keep the Japs from bothering
him And some say it might pay
US, little as we like the Commu-
nists
Southeastern Europe is 50 mixed
W that it's hard to evaluate. 1t