Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-04

I
has yet seen the light-an account
of criminal atrocities. The Nazi
war against Russia reveals itself
to the Vatican for exactly what il
is: another in a series of wanton
aggressions that have nothing 10
do with theology. that are justified
solely by the Nazi will to power.
NEVERTHELESS, the war has
~ theological consequences, the
first being that the Red army
chooses TO rally the people around
the battle cries OF homeland and
Russian soil, rather than world
communism. and Immediately wins
odd allies--the exiled White Rus
slams of Hardin, for instance. and
the metropolitan of the Orthodox
Church.
The Nazis have been keeping OF:
ice the old Hetman of the Ukraine,
lSkoropadsky no doubt with view
to installing him as the Quisling
of liberated Ukraine. should
they succeed in occupying that
great granary. But Skoropadsky
was their Quisling in the last war
he was driven out by another
Ukrainian nationalist. Petlura, and
Petlura in turn fell before the Red
army. Now, by one of those his
toric ironies, the communicating
chief of all the Russian forces is a
Ukrainian, Timoschenko.
What the "ideology' of the Red
army may be. time will tell. We
suspect that il is nationalist and
Russian and that its power will
increase above that Of the party
In fact. we suspect that three
"ideologies" will be liquidated by
this war, communism, nazlism and
toryism.
A MEXICAN policy toward the
"A Soviet Union will obviously be
determined by self-interest. We
desire 10 see the Nazi plan for
world domination smashed; we
desire TO see the future peace
order in the hands of those peoples
who still have civilized institu-
tions intact and who alone are
capable of bringing some order out
of chaos-namely ourselves and
the British; we have serious in
terests in the northern Pacific.
We know fully the Importance
of Alaska. which the late Gen.
William Mitchell called the key
point TO the whole Pacific Ocean, "
and we do not wish 10 see the
Axis in control Of the Siberian
maritime provinces.
We know, furthermore, that
Hitler in Moscow, and SueZ, and
in control OF the European con-
tinent, he would be master Of
Europe, Africa and Asia.
And the result OF that is seer
more clearly by Mussolinis
Popolo dItalia than by Mr..
Hoover.
That mouthpiece of the Duce
SAYS:
"a defeat of Russia would
produce a definite defeat OF the
United States as well as Great
Britain"
1t would, indeed. And it is for
this reason. and not because OF
any new tenderness for Mr.. Brow
der and communism that we do
not wish 20 see Hitler in Moscow.
That Hitler is trying 10 get there
is a political defeat for Mr.. Brow
der, the Comintern and Stain,
and a political justification of the
view of Churchill and Roosevelt.
WHATEVER aid we give TO the
w Soviet Union will be predi-
Gated on our own interests. But
il is 10 be hoped that it will be
accompanied by a vigorous diplo-
matte offensive. This country Is
still for the freedom and indie
pendence Of Finland. Poland and
the Balkan states. II will never,
we trust, support gains won by
Russia in cahoots with the Nazis.
Hitler has no business in Russia
and Russia has no business beyond
the bounds OF her own territory.
Whatever comes out OF this
war. the nations of Europe must
be free: the nations of Europe
must, in some way. federate; and
there must be some permanent
for peace and collabora-
ton between continental Europe,
Russia, the British Commonwealth
Empire, and the Americas.
Only this way can there be
even 10 years of peace. and the
foundations laid for international
prosperity.
WHY the United States does not
w take an offensive in the realm
OF ideas is beyond me. The cost
of one battleship would finance a
gargantGan propaganda campaign
for the conduct OF which this coun-
try has more brains, prestige and
facilities than any other. The
German-RuSsian war has created a
political vacuum, into which the
President of the United States
should spring.
Such a campaign should not be
"ideological''-it should be ad-
dressed 10 the reason. realism,