The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-29

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as. perhaps. a
pretty promising method Of tack
ling the whole situation.
An offensive against the Nazis,
on their own ground would be, it's
recognized, exceedingly dangerous
at the present stage Of the game.
They seem. as yet. fairly solidly be-
hind their Fuehrer, and presum-
ably would fight for him for all
they're worth Just now. Among
the Italians, however, there's
deal of discomfort, from all ac-
counts. with the pickle that II Duce
has involved 'em In, as allies Of
the Germans, whom. it's said. they
hate like poison. It isn't q frame
Of mind calculated to make them
stand their ground very well. Ac-
cordingly their forces, away over
In Africa, where they can't even
get adequate supplies. due to Brit
ish strength In the Mediterranean,
ought to be comparatively easy to
lick.
Licking 'em In that particular
field won't have q direct effect on
the main struggle, but 1t may have
an indirect one that'll count like
everything.
TIN tend to make Italians at
home sorer than ever at Benito
for leading them into a CONFLICT
that they didn't want to pa-tici-
pate In, any Of the time. with the
resultant loss Of their colonies and
q lot Of their sons lives.
What May Happen
Benito doubtless Is too thorough
ly tangled in his bargain with
Adolf to get out of 1t, but his
home folk certainly can overthrow
him, maybe bump him on, and
whoever succeeds him win be very
apt to chuck the Fascist tie-up
with the Nazis into the discard.
In turn, It can't but be bad for
the Nazis' morale to have their
Fascist partners quit on 'em.
Herr Hitler, of course. II trying
to bolster up the Italians African
resistance. He's tolerably busy
elsewhere, though. Furthermore,
Africa's q most inconvenient To-
cality for him TO get much aid
into. His flyers can do some dam
age, but the Italians evidently need
more than that.
Comrade Stain intimates that
he'd rather have Britain smash
Germany than center attention on
the Fascists In Africa. It's under
standable why he feels thus about
It. The Italians aren't bother'ng
Russia and the Nazis are. Still
JOEL feel the benefit Of It later,
II Italy cuts loose from the AXIS
and Germany turns ant-Hitler
from disbursement over the coll
lapse Of the Nazi-Fascist alliance.
It's a situation In which Japan,
as an Axis power. hardly ngures'
It's too far from the eastern Medi-
terranean scene.
France, to be sure, has to be
reckoned with. So does Spain.
In case vichy France hooks up
definitely with Adolf, especially to
the extent OF lending its feet to
him, it'll be a mean Jolt for Britain
and the rest Of the democracies,
including ours.
As for Spain. where Caudillo
Frances openly friendly to the
Fuehrer, the Iberian peninsula
manifestly would be grand taxi
ing-off- place, for the Nazis. into
northwestern Africa-just a plane
hop Of a minute or two across the
western Mediterranean strait and
from there on down to much
,talked-about Dakar.
Spain Not Too "Safe"
In Spain, however. II isn't alto
gether safe betting that Frances
any more solid than Duce Musso-
linl Is in Italy. He did, indeed,
win his fight with the republicans
and established his Falangist die
tatorship and there actually Is a
Spanish Falangist cohort cam
paigning with the Nazis against
Russia. All the same, a lot OF
republicans remain In Spain, ready