The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-05

rerenCeS at MS embassy, ana pre-
sumably with exchanges Of ques-
tons and answers between himself
and the Kremlin.
Though polite to newspapermen,
and quite well liked by EN-, he
doesn't say much for publication.
The impression Is, though, that he
hasn't yet great deal to tell. If
Russia Unexpectedly had hoped
on Germany, in all probability he'd
have been posted concerning the
plan in advance and in a position
to hand out some statements in
short order. The surprise, how
ever, having been the other way
about, Constantine doubtless was
taken as completed unawares as
anyone, and still is uncertain rela-
tive to the facts he's so furiously
quizZed upon. It's understood he's
as communicative to the state de-
partment as he knows how to be.
He wants, of course, a good Amer
lean press and all the help Russia
can get from Uncle Sam.
luis ldllllilb Itdlly IL AdAll ~
competent diplomat. He has had
hard row TO hoe in Washington,
due to Ya5kee hostility to Com
munism, but he obviously aims to
make the most Of our expressions
of qualified sympathy with the
Soviet regime in todays situation
not that we indorse it any more
than we did before, but that We
hope II will make the best possible
stand against the Nazis, indirectly
to the democracies' advantage.
Constantine understands all that.
Journalists Help Out
Some of the overseas embassies,
by the way. get some pretty eff
cient press cooperation from their
various newspapers and news
agencies correspondents in Wash
ngton.
In this classification l don't
mean to include Germany.s Trans
ocean News Service, previously
headed by Manfred Zapp. That
outfit overdid the matter of propa-
gandizing and neglected the item
of registering with the state de- |
partment as a foreignly-supported
agency, with the result that 1t
eventually got itself and zapp in
dicted.
However, Russia's official news
outfit, Tas5, has a first rate Wash
ington representative in Laurence
Todd, an American. Laurence SIM
ply sends news to Russia He does
not officially disseminate stuff
here, but he does circulate among
members Of the Washington cor
respondents corps, personally is
greatly liked by the boys, even II
looked on by 'em slightly askance
on account Of his Russian connec-
ton, and unquestionably is valu-
able booster for : AMBASSADOR
Oumansky.
1 wouldn't imply that British
Ambassador Lord Halifax ctually
lie overshadowed by Ambassador
Oumansky-only that Oumansky
Is q rather hotter interviewer at
the moment. Well, Sir Willmott
Lewis, the London Times Wash
ington correspondent, is as big an
asset as Lord Halifax has in this
country. He's one Of the best
known and best-liked scribes In
our capital. His principal business
Is sending news to his home paper,
but he also does British missionary
work and makes radio broadcasts.
Believe me, he hasn't neglected to :
register himself at the state de-
partment, as Manfred Zapp did.
And Japan's Envoy
Jap Ambassador Nomura is an
object of q lot of curiosity in
Washington, for everybodys des-
perately anxious to learn what
Tokioll do, as between Moscow
anu Berlin, seeing that ii has
treaties with both Of EN- and now
they're at loggerheads.
The trouble with Nomura Is that
he's very recent arrival here, as
successor TO Ambassador Horinou-