The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-07-31


OF 'em. The organization he be-
longs to and is chairman Of, is the
German National Congress for De-
mocracy, and he's appealed to
friends Of his in Uncle Sans gov
eminent for an immediate Yankee
entrance into the war against
Hitler.
War against Hitler, he says,
wouldn't be war against the Ger
mans-not against a majority Of
'em, anyway. While Adolf I'M
doubtedly does have certain num-
Der OF genuine followers, the doc
insists that majority Of the Fa-
therlanders violently hate him.
Their difficulty is, he explains, that
the minute one Of 'em shows it, the
Gestapo promptly "liquidates" him.
However, 1t we'd physically pitch
In, on the side OF the democracies,
the docs convinced that the Ger
man majority he mentions would
be so stimulated that they'd rise
up en- masss against the Fuehrer;
that they'd be our outright allies.
AS for the Italians, the doc
doubts that ANY of them are still
faithful to the Axis; they simply
are conquered, but the docs sure
they'd grab at the first good chance
to tear loose from Berlin's domi-
nation.
Germany Tells Italy
Announcement Of the recall Of a
number of our American news
agencies correspondents from It.
ally, because the censorship's be-
come so tight that there's no use
in keeping EN- there any longer,
gives considerable FEASIBILITY to
this assertion. The point is that
It wasn't the Italian government
which did he Tightening. It was
the German government, which has
taken charge of Signor Mussolini's
censorship. 1t wouldn't seem as If
Benito himself would fancy having
Adolf conhscating his own pe,Gonal
censorship. TO say the least, IL
must be humiliating to him. The
Fuehrer also probably bosses him
around in other respects.
It's q trife humorous TO have
Senator Burton K Wheeler de-
nouncing the Washington admins
tration's alleged maneuverings in
the direction of out-and-out war
fare against the Axis, and then to
have a German-American, like DR..
Bohn. clamoring for US 10 get into
it against the same totalitarian
aggregation
The docs scheme includes en-
couragement Of German and Ital-
ian democrats to organize govern
ments In exile" here.
It isn't altogether clear why they
can't do It without any particular
encouragement, If they choose to.
Most Of the small Nazi-occupied
democracies have such exiled gov
ernments, and there's no especial
objection made to 'em by the vari-
Gus countries that they're eSiled in.
Asking US to 90 to war is differ
ent matter, but an exiled govern
ment appears TO be harmless.
DR.. Bohn's as much opposed to
any American listening to expect
ed peace suggestions from Axis
sources as President Roosevelt and
Mayor LaGuardia are.
Hitler and Peace
Why Herr Hitler may be anxious
for spell Of peace at the present
tuncture Of course is quite Under
standable. II peace Is made on the
status quo, he'll have won. II war
continues, he may lose in the end,
which unquestionably would be his
personal finish. Furthermore, it's
perfectly conceivable that he wants
time to rest while consolidating his
conquests to date, after which, get
ting up fresh head of steam, he
can take the warpath again, when
ready. And, finally, II DR.. Bohn is
right about the volume Of discon-
tent he has on his hands at home,
it's quite likely that Adolf knows
II, and fears il will break out on
him unless he's careful.