Milford chronicle., 1940-11-29
How Can We Keep
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Away from America

ference Of opinion. However, wher
people &e united on an object to b,
reached, Il Is possible to discuss
without feeling, the various points ol
q pr0sram to be adopted Ia order tc
obtain that objective.
Hitlers schedule Is behind time
His conquest Of the British isles is
almost two months overdue. Does
that mean that be Is going to lose
the war? Or will the delay force him
70 make other plans to secure the
mastery Of Europe and eventually
the whole worId2
II he conquers the Eastern HON.
isphere, are we safe in the Western
Hemisphere Would his ambition be
satisfied with half the world, or
would he, by the force OF circum-
stances, be impelled to keep going
until the world was 99,449o Hitler
izedg II he started to take us over,
would we be better on, In order to
avoid war, to make our peace with
him under the best terms possible,
or should we resist him2 II we did
resist him, what would be our chance
OF success?
40 IA CNGAI ULnEE LuEEG
is an unknown number who would
be opposed to war under any cir
cumstances; but this number is so
MUCK in the minority, that there
would be resistance to Hitler, and
there would be war of some kind
anyway, IL Hitler came over. Then
We would have war in our own coun-
try; so the only hope Of keeping war
away from this country, IL Hitler
intends TO take us over, is by Keep
ing him away from our shores.
The next question is: Does Hit
Ter really intend TO absorb the uni
ted States? If he does, can he be
pursuaded TO change his mind and
agree to leave us alone? If so. what
assurances can he give that we can
accept with safety?
Hitler's own record Of words and
deeds, rule out the possibility of
placing any faith in his assurances.
Furthermore, all the evidence to date
shows coRcIusiyely that the conquest
of america is part Of his ambition
TenpOrizing with Hitler has only
brought tragedy to all who tried it.
'Appeasement" and Munich are
two words in the English language.
with different meaning from what
they had a few years ago. The great
defense program all over the United
States, indicates that the vast ma
jOrity is afraid of Hitler and is de-
termined to keep him out by force
il necessary. The only difference of
opinion is how to accomplish OuI
purpose at the least cost TO oursel-
yes.
Because we fear that Great Brit
ain cannot defeat Hitler without our
assistance, we are embarking on
defense policy that will cost bill
lions and billions Of dollars and low
er our standard of living for geRer-
ations to come. The great hope OF |
the vast majority of Americans is |
British victory quickly The sooner
it is accomplished, the more billions /
we can save on defense appropria-
tions. For very selfish reasons, we ],
want Britain to win. For equally /
selfish reasons, we would like to sec
her do so with no assistance from
US. But If she cannot win without
our assistance, we are perfectly will
ing to help her at a financial Profit
to ourselves. That, we are already
doing.
It looks as If big majority of
the country are willing to go a step
farther. It is not difficult to believ
that the majority in this country are
willing to subsidize Great Britain
to the extent of a few billion dollars
of materials during the next two
years in order to avoid many times
that amount spent ON our own de-
up indefinitely. Also, there is a
strong feeling that we can give
Great Britain enough material help
TO enable her TO defeat Hitler before
We could put any mon in action.
even IL we felt it was necessary to
do so.
There are very few of US who
are experts in world matters. So
we are Interested in the opinion of ]
sO-called experts even though we
may not be prepared TO agree with l
Them 10Oes.
According to some experts. both
Great Britain and Hitler are in dan
ger of being defeated next year I
While both are in danger. naturally q
t does not mean that both of them 4
ihall fall; the first to go out. would '
cave the other as victor. Our job 4
rot the one to go out.
The British Isles are in danger of Y
)eing isolated by U-Boat warfare e
md bombing attacks. The loss of a
Gibraltar. Suez, and Singapore /
would paralyze Great Britain. Most q
writer's agree that the AM b
'rican feet based on Singapore. in 4
tead OF Pearl Harbor. coupled by n
IN embargo on all Japanese trade "
With this country, would cause Ja- .
l6n TO give up without fight. Even Il
she did fight, she would be prompt- r
y defeated now, although the story p
night be different a few years LATER s
strengthened China would leave Il
apan impotent and Russian would V
( free to move all her forces TO cl
Europe. One newspaper said CLOSE
our eyes and hold your noses for Il
ie are referring to Soviet Russia (as y
potential ally)." dl
Russian IN full force in Europe p'
lould probably be able to keep Bull W
ara and Yugoslavia from Joining o.
he Axis. Turkey would back up kl
reece. Italy would be quickly de- =
sated. Suez would be saved and il, ~
y that time, Franco had not joined :
e Axis, he would be afraid to do so 81
nd Gibraltar would be safe. Then u
eTInany would soon play out. sh
On the other hand. If we do moth 81
*, Japan win take Singapore and ed
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