Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-01-01
u. S. Stand
Clarified
By Roosevelt
Never Any Doubt but
Now It's on the Record
(The opinions expressed o.
Mr.. Pegier are not necessarily
those of The Detroit Times.
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

sNCN~e'@~
i speech recognizing the enc
mics of the United States might
have been made with equal truth
a year ago. but the election de-
layed things, and, anyway, II IS
good to have it in the record
now.
Now the Nazis and the Jap
anese understand us, but, more
important, the people OF this
country know where they stand
From the very beginning there
has never been an hour when
there was any doubt as 10 the
right or wrong of the conflict or
the guilt of the criminal nation.
The Nazis under Hitler have
repeatedly proclaimed themselves
the chosen people. with a mis-
sion to conquer the world and
reduce their racial interiors
everywhere TO the status OF
slaves, and their press. in an I'M
guarded moment of wrath, once
threatened 10 take an interest
in the internal affairs of this
country which would not be
pleasant 10 Americans.
They are now well advanced
on their mission of world domi-
nation. and their interest IN
| American affairs has been felt IN
many ways, particularly through
| the anti-American Bund, which
has had the effrontery to hold
military exercises in this country
after the fashion which was 50
successful in Austria and
! CZecho-Slovakia.
This bund. of course. is an
agency of the Nazi- government
and an informal army OF IN
| VaSlon
THIS is not a fireside chat
L on war: IL IL talk on
/ national security" the President
J said. but within a few minutes
he had taken from Adolf Hitlers
own speech, delivered only three
weeks ago. the words in which
the fuehrer rejected any posi-
billty of peaceful relations be-
tween the American philosophy
of government and naziism.
So. although Mr.. Roosevelt
sugar-coated the bitter issue Of
war with more palatablc
phrase. the fact remains that he
recognized the inevitability Of a
showdown between the United
States and Germany should
Britain lose in Europe
Those who attempt 10 deny or
obscure this truth offer nothing
but a bury hope that a victo-
rious Axis would then be con-
tent with its gains and would
discover. after all. some means
by which Hitler could be in
duced to live In peace with that
world with which he lately said
Germany never could be recon
ciled.
| SENATOR BURT WHEELER
~ has merely insisted that the
United States has no quarrel
with Hitler when il is plain that
/ Hitler makes the quarrel.
No prominent opponent Of AID
for the British has offered the
slightest basis for security YER,
peace should Britain fall. except,
of course, acceptance Of Hitlers
way. which would revoke every
thing that AmericaniSm is.
Meanwhile what do these men
think the Nazis would he doing
in the United States the Nazis
who sent hordes of civilian
tourists" into. Rumania and
Norway who suddenly put on
brassards and were soldiers?
How many such German
guests would be needed to seize
the armorieS, power plants and
broadcasting stations in the KEY
cities of a trusting. unframed.
alarmed and generally flabby
United States?
And which course is wiser-to
fight war later on two sides
alone against triumphant Axis
or, by a strong, rational effort
now, provide that help which
may enable the British and
Greece and, perhaps. revived
France TO beat Hitler in Thu.
one?
THIS IS the first time that the
Il whole United States has
examined the German actions
in this war and frankly looked
at the declared belief of the
Germans that they are actually
the chosen people. with mis-
sion to rule their interiors, in
Guiding that mongrel breed, the
Americans.
II herto all expressions
though sometimes sharp, have
been eouehed in general terms.
and a pretense at least of in
ternational amenity has been
maintained.
Nothing that the President
said has impaired good rcla-
@tions with any friendly power
The speech dispels all doubt
Germany, Italy and Japan have
combined against the United
4 States for action following the
defeat of Britain, as everyone
knew before but public opinion