Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-05

Detroit Times.)
TIVE thesis of this column has
Abeen. since the beginning of
hestihties in Europe. that this is
a world war. and that the defeat
of the United States is no less
enyisaged than the defeat OF Brit
ain BY "peace" If possible, by war
If necessary.
This viewpoint has now been
completely justified and set forth
in proposed japanese plans Tor a
negotiated peace. Twelve points
are presented by the Japan Times
Advertiser as a peace basis. The
newspaper is an organ OF the
Japanese foreign office, and re-
calls Foreign Minister MatSuoka's
recent proposal that Japan offer
her good offices TO mediate peace.
The proposals appear along with
the suggestion that Mr.. MatSuoka
come to America and induce
President Roosevelt TO Join Japan
in an attempt 10 mediate the war.
The terms proposed as a basis
for negotiation make clear the
minimum demands in case Of an
Axis victory. They also clearly
represent the present war situa-
ton as a condition OF victory,
should an arnistice be sought.
THE terms leave the British
L Empire and commonwealth
merely a name. They utterly de-
stroy il as a power. India and
South Africa are TO be given in
dependence. Under the present
power conditions of the world and
other provisions of the peace. y
this simply means that both would
Immediately be gobbled up. Aus
tralia is TO be opened TO japanese
immigration which means that in
a very few years it would be
colonized by the japanese. and
being incapable of defending itself
under other provisions of the pro-
posed feace. would belong to
Japan.
All western and eastern bases
of the British Empire-Gibraltar,
Malta, Alden. Red Sea. Singapore,
Hongkong are to be demilita-
rized. and therefore rendered open
to capture. The Dutch East Indies
and French Indo-China are TO be
made independent" under Japa-
nese economic control.
The seat of authority of the
British Empire - which. under
these terms will be de facto COM
pletely liquidated-is TO be trans
ferred gradually" to Canada.
TIVE plan of Germany for Eu-
l. rope is almost exactly that
outlined some months ago in this
column.
Germany is to organize the en-
tire continent as one corporate
state, with its capital in Berlin.
Translated into terms of reality,
this means that nationality in Eu-
rope, except for the fact of Ian
guage and local administration. is
to be abolished. The entire COM
pick is to be organized as huge
vertical trust in which the eXecu-
tives and directors, and majority
stockholders will be the German
Nazi Party. To this is TO be at
tached the colonial resources of
the whole of Africa :. for an in
dependent" South America VISA
Wis such complex would be more
helpless than Czecho-Slovakia or
Poland.
If the Americas were COM
pletely ignored in any such
peace" this country would be
isolated, completely surrounded
and helpless. But we are not ig-
nored. Senator Wheeler may think
this is lust another European
war" but Hitler and Matsuoka
happen to disagree with him.
The peace" terms apparently
concede that the British fleet
would escape to Canada, and they
regard the Anglo-American fleet
as one. The one place where the
United States and Britain are su.
perior to the Axis is in nava
power. We are TO agree to cease
building any more naval ships
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