The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-13

to tell him that Britain is all in,
and to submit peace proposition
from John Bull, as plain NaA
propaganda, ordered by Berlin"
Not, the president added, that he
had any objection to stuff like the
Cudahy interview, provided 1t APP
pears in print to the accompani-
ment of an editorial similar to the
one the New York Times did run
in connection with the Cudahy
spiel, pointing out that Adolf isn't
to be believed under oath.
Nevertheless the adverse critics
generally appear to imply that
John was giving currency to Na1
propaganda
This doesn't seem to me to be
quite fair to the eX-ambassador.
He undoubtedly had the interview
he says he had and presumably he
reported 1t correctly. He didn't
undertake to guarantee that Adolf
was telling him the truth. All he
did was to record what was said
to him, leaving his readers to take
1t for whatever they consider 1t
worth.
It was interesting, too, though
regarded wholly as a sample OF
the quality of plain and fancy
lying Adolfs capable Of.
It's true that John Cudahy
didn't specifically state, "Of course
the Fuehrer was lying to me-" but
I suppose he assumed that his
readers would be enlightened
enough to draw their own con-
illusions.
Some FEASIBILITY
There's certain plausibillty
about Adolfs contention that it
would be a manifest impossibility
for him to ship an enormous army
to this side Of the Atlantic to con-
auer the entire collection Of the
Americas, and run 'em permanent
~, directly from overseas.
The presumption Is. however,
that his plan will be to saturate
'em Germany on their own insides,
first economically and then poll
tically, by getting a lot Of their
native but pro-German Quislings
and Lavals into control Of their
various governments. 1t hardly
seems as II he ever could accom-
plish this in the United States or
Canada, but the New World re-
publics south Of us might be more
susceptible.
Right now these countries don't
want to be Germanized. They have
some dictators in their various
midsts, and few OF 'em are de-
cidedly totalitarian, but they pre-
fer to do their own debating, not
to have 1t done for 'em from
Berlin.
There was a strong hint at this
frame Of mind the other day, when
Argentina issued invitations to
military men from six Of Its near
est neighbors, Uruguay, Paraguay.
Brazil. Bolivia, Chile and Peru, to
visit the Argentine in July to unite
on preparations for mutual de-
Tense. Mexico, Venezuela, Column
bia, Ecuador and the Central and
tnsular American republics weren't
Included, probably because they're
too distant. But, and this is sig
nihcant, the United States was in
GUIDED. Now, Of all the Pan
American countries Argentina has
been clammiest heretofore toward
western hemispherical collabora-
ton with Uncle Sam. II THAT
republics coming cordially into
line, 1t means lot.
German Agents Busy
One thing it evidently means is
that German agents must be busy
enough In the land for the Argen-
tine government to have noticed II
and TO have taken alarm.
Not long ago President Vargas
Of Brazil suppressed an uprising in
the big German colony in his
southern state Of Rio Grande do
Sui Chiles had trouble with Nazi
hfth columnists IN SANTIAGO, UUs-