The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
' Fair Enouuh
BY

III l01S o,4.,
are those of the author s'o aas
may not always HARMONIC sna
NEW YORK, Feb. PIT Certain.
ly would be a great favor to n,l'
OF us If someone would exn1.''
patiently in plain, little wor rvl'Ia
what extent We are beng ides1,r'
and moral in this war and to vb,:
extent practical or, if not rr, 4a'
CAL then selfish. Because, il ~.
are strictly idealistic and m,.,
how do we distinguish between ~
lerism and ~stalinism, which. ~
many have observed, are eon,N,
offensive to American ideals ,s
morals and both guilty of WAN, @'
aggression, although in the lst.,'
respect there has been a differo,.'
OF degree? That is to say, HIM.,
is no worse aggressor than s,,n,
but is, in fact, from the ~st,ndnois-
of efficiency, a better one. p.s
are extremely unkind to elemer,'
OF their home folk, but Stain h.
vastly %outsco1ed Hitler in sIa,r.
ter within the national fami,
circle. But, however the criec >.
the victims pain us, we havs ~,
right to interfere by force-.rr
way, on that ground.
II we were to take that attitr.,
we should be forever rushing NV:
other peoples houses and yeI inv
"unhand that woman" II tbs,
were our position we should hars
taken firm steps against Turkey
long time ago for the terrible thin,,
the Turks did to the Armeniar'
and we never should have recos,
nized Soviet Russia.
Settled
However, I think we can taxi !,
as settled that it is not our jrar.
ton to reprove by force of arms
the rulers of other nations WIN
hold massacres or otherwise pr.
secute elements of their peops
much as we deplore this conduct
Now, if Russia today were ia
throw in on the Allied side-meaD.
ing our side-we would give I'M.
merous rousing cheers and cr
best people would start inviting
the Soviet ambassador, Consta.
tine Oumansky, to parties at then
homes. We are prepared to ADMIRE
and root for the once unspeakaue
Turk as well, although Turkey, d
V course, is a dictatorship, too. 50
t it comes around that we are will.
r ing to help n of the worst az
gressors and one of the mos.
!, fiendish tyrants in all history 10
lick the other, after which The
tyrant of the first part-meanl.
Stalin-would be stronger and
e meaner than ever.
l That wouldn't be spreading
. freedom in the world.
Then-about England. For the
. first time in the adult life Of tj
! country we are beginning TO rea
/, lie what tough, game people th
: English are-and l mean the Eng
: fish, specifically, and not the Scots
:, Irish and Welsh along with them
although their courage is not ques
e toned.
c Standing Up
1t just happens that in this figh
e the blow has fallen On the EnslBt
S almost exclusively and thai the.
have stood up under their punish
ment as no other people ever dit
Or had to in the history OF til
world. Even the Germans must ao
e mire them for their sustalne
S bravery, and, win or lose this wal
S the English are going to te II
It spected afterWard and nave som
e say in the running of it.
:: But even admiring the English
e and all the British, for that mai
It ter-Americans can't tell them
it selves that we must help Brlta.
only because we think Britain
It defending freedom as such. If Gel
many didn't threaten u posll9
l. as a big nation we wouldn't o
l. taking all these exercises to o.
u velop our chest measurements all
II making all these speeches to o@
S selves.
: Our government and most Of o.
people are convinced now thai u
Germans are this country's en-
mics, too, or, at least, that Tx
l. are very tricky, unreliable ls's
bors who really have set inc.
selves the task of bosslns u
y whole world. But there our oS
freedom and our existence as
d big nation are threatened. AS
Is the freedom, l think we Will l"'
j. some in the struggle and, even
h victorious, never will get " a.
,e back. And even if the slave S'aN
should wiggle loose if Hitler "" "
n demolished that is no promise I'LL
=. they would be free. ,a,
J.. So it appears that in nsna1
for their own safety the bfls III,
i incidentally, are defending s gu
too, but 1 don't think they ss'
; would fight for ours unless ~
q own safety and freedom Nets .
T volved or that we would mahs ~ !
this effort unless we felt uld' w.
were threatened. IN.
If it is freedom, as an wv
everywhere that we 49, u
i wrought up about, why dlol o,o n
u tie into the Russians a year "