The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-20

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tors and others should not be
disturbed II more important events
are in the making than even an
attempted invasion Of the British
Isles. Great Britain's Empire Is
being menaced in the Middle East,
Africa. and the Far East Count
Won Der Schulenberg. working
with Russia's Molotov. and Wilhelm
Kepplers manipulations, through
Tokyo's Naotako Sato, may now be
forming for a simultaneous blow
against the British Colonies.
Britain VIII Not Fall
II Great Britain is attacked by
the combined forces OF Germany,
Italy, and Japan. Frances Spain
and Stains Russia may assist in
striking her most vulnerable parts.
This. however. need not cause
worry. The spreading out of these
enemy nations may relieve the
pressure on England and be a
blessing in disguise. Remember
the story OF the dog by a brook
with a bone in his mouth. Seeing
his reflection in the water. and
thinking 1t another dog with an
other bone. he opened his mouth
to grab it and lost all. Hitler
may be such a dog
Mussolini wants Egypt and his
African Empire; Stain wants Iran
and other oil fields in the Near
East; Japan wants China. French
lndo-Chipa and the Dutch East
lndies,-not forgetting India Fran
co hopes to get Gibraltar, French
Morocco. Portugal. and its Latin
American possessions. Hitler has
no immediate objections to these
wants, provided he controls what
they all get. Because men want
things is, however. no reason that
they will get them.
Watch Russia
Actually, Stain does not want
the fall Of the British Empire I'M
less Germany and Italy fall with it.
What he wants is a Europe so
weakened that Russia can Com
munize it all without fighting. He
fears Germany's rise to power and
may take all of Finland as further
protection in the Baltic This pro-
gram was fully outlined to me when
| was last in Europe.
Meantime, Roosevelt's America
draws closer to war. Without
United States aid to England. 1t
will be very difficult for the Brit
fsh Empire to survive the attacks
to come. believe we will give
that aid-whoever is elected on
Nov. 5. We certainly will if Mr.
Roosevelt isare-elected.
Let's be Frank
OF course, America is arming for
defense OF her soil her way Of
life, her island possessions, and
for the employment of her people
al home and abroad. In this con-
nection. she must support Eng.
land with all that she can spare
from her own armament program.
The theory of the United States
government that the maintenance
OF British fighting power is Amer
ica's first line of defense is sound
from every viewpoint.
1t must be known that America
would not be arming il the threat
from the have not" nations
against the "haves", which are
Britain and America. was not in
deed extremely serious. Further
than this, America is most de-
sirous OF maintaining British power
In the world to the extent at least
where a balance will be arrived at
and maintained Then. no single
alton, or group OF atoms, can take
advantage of their less powerful
brother states
Importance Of the Status Quo"
The upholding of the status quo
Is the only possible insurance
against the attempt OF any one
man to rule the entire world. This
matter of the status quo is so
vital to the right Of people to live
their lives in their own way, that,
in itself, It becomes sufficient as
a reason for the arming Of Amer
ica-and il need be, to die in it's
defense. But the question of time
in which to arm weighs heavily
upon us. That is why the Presi-
dent took power into his own
hands and sent fifty destroyers to
England. II England falls. Amer
Tea must stand alone against the
world, which has no respect for
our American right to live as we
please.
But let us remember that the
might OF Hitler hand his Allies may
not as yet have been set in motion.
Thousands OF German naval Of
fioers are being sent TO Brest. Nan
ties and Toulon in France to man
all available French fighting ships
Points along the Norwegian
Dutch, Belgian. and French coasts
are occupied with German barges.
motor boats. and all sorts Of small
l'craft intended to transport Ger
man troops to England No Hit
Ter has not abandoned his inten-
tons OF invading England. and.
when the blow falls, 1t may fall at
the same time against the British
Empire in all parts OF the world.
So. let us not slacken our work
toward defense OF the status quo
and the shores OF our beloved
United States and our Canadian
cousin.
Airplsnes Not Enough
Aiming however with only
guns, tanks. and airplanes is not
enough. Selecting recruits only by
their physical fitcssr, without
gard to their faith or behavior.
will not do. ! 90 further and say
that for our defense program to
succeed. the entire country must
experience a spiritual re.birth. Too