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than the fact that Hitler can't get
anything more in the Balkans by
shenanigans. They spit in Hitler's
eye in politically critical moment
Just when the Fuehrer was showing
Matsuoka around Berlin and trying
to persuade him that he had all
Europe with him: that 1t was the
British warmongers who were trying
to stir up trouble; otherwise all
Europe was Just pining to enter his
new order.
How anxious the Yugoslavs were
to enter it was first indicated by the
fact that not a workman would help
move the train that was to carry the
delegation to Berlin to sign the pact;
Hitler had to send a train for the
delegation.
AS for the British "warmongers'-
I was in YugoSlavia less than a year
ago, and distressed to see that the
British influence was practically
non-existent, while German agents
we're as thick as maggots in an over
ripe cheese.
The Yugoslav rising is of ma
tional revolutionary nature. Ger
tainly the influence of Russia is
strong there, but it is not strong by
virtue of Communism. The Yugo-
slavs are practically immune from
Communism, being land-owning
peasants. But they remember that
Russia sprang TO them in the last
war and Russia is the mother of
the Slavs."
Europe Rejoices at Yugoslav Gesture.
There is not a nation in Europe
whose people are not rejoicing over
the Yugoslav gesture.
The new order of the continent
has been formed by terror and
blackmail The Yugoslav rising will
have joyful reactions even in the
countries that once oppressed the
South Slave-in Austria and Hun
gary-who no more want to live
under Hitler's yoke than do the
South Slavs. How the Poles and
CZechs must feel needs little imag-
lnation to picture. The psyche
logical and political reactions are
perhaps more important than the
military.
For Hitler has again made the
mistake that will eventually and
certainly cost him this war. He be-
lieves that all peoples are. including
his own, cowardly and corrupt. In
every country there are cliques that
are both. But peoples are neither
Lincoln was right, and Hitler is
wrong. You can fool some of the
people all the time, and all of the
people some of the time, but not all
the people all of the time"
AS for President Roosevelt: In
him, Hitler is encountering a politi-
cal leader who all over Europe has
a magical name. and who has proved
in the last few days that two can
play the great game of politics and
two can play the war of nerves.
And another person should come
in for an orchid: The Yugoslav
Minister in Washington, who never
for an instant believed that given
a shred of support his people would
allow their nation to be sold down
the Danube
One last word: Italian Americansi
You, whose labor and love have
sent so much back to your home
land; you who have so beautiful
and civilized country; you whose
Garibaldi and Cavour. and above
all Mazzini, fought for the freedom
of Italy because they believed in
a free Europe-telegraph, cable,
write to Italy. and tell your rela-
tives and friends to get out of this
war: To get out before it is too late!
Too late for the birthplace of west
ern civilization.
There was once a Greco Roman
world. There can never be a Nazi-
Italian world. The country, built
stone on stone and terrace on ter
race by lovers of land and sunshine
and form is in peril. You, Italian
Americans, can help save it. If you
do the civilized world will not forget
the Italian people and the Italian
country.
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