Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-18
Allies in War
But Not So
In Principles
Common Military Goal
Mustn't Be Confused
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

RllleS Oi huSSld are llSntlnR 1Or
the four freedoms and the prin-
ciples expressed i'm our Ameri-
can Bill of Rights and | think it
is mistake to ask them TO.
because you thereby insult their
intelligence and trouble them in
their minds.
There is no reason for any
such pretenSe, either, because
HES W a sH-etfff-4ftvt- COM
mon military purpose and fight
well together even though the
political systems in their reSpec-
tive hOmelands differ widely.
Britain. for example, is a
monarchy under a king-emperor
and II any country on earth has
been off monarchy longer and
more contemptuously than the
United States my geography
and history have let me down.
We were brought up sneering
at kings and lordships and we
have Knocked royalty uncon-
sclouSly in many of our silly lit
tie native feteS such as the
Mardi GraS Of New Orleans. the
Yelled Prophet Festival of ST.
Louis and the Atlantic City
Beauty Pageant, in which we
clamp gilded tin crown. jeweled
with colored glass. on the head
OF some sportive attorney or
cotton broker or some shapely
llttIci waitress or movie usher
and call that one the king and
queen, as the case may be, of
the event in hand
4 MERICANS in London have
"a laughed themselves silly
over the spectacle of royalty on
some Of lis solemn ceremonial
occasions and wondered mis-
chlevouSly how the poor king
managed 10 hold out for hours
on public view IN his ermine and
plush. he being human like the
rest.
he very Titles ef the king
emperor are absurd TO US and
all native, Small-tOwn Americans
at least bear in their hearts n
memory Of the fact that this
country had 10 fight mis- for
bears twice.
Yet ihiS * tho second time in
less than quarter OF a century
that tho United States has
fought on the same side with
the British king and that other
time me scenario intended that
the hated little tyrant. Nicky,
car of all the RuSsiaS. should
be one Of our allies. too.
lie then was liquidated and
we even made some military
passes against the political par
entS OF the present Bolshevik
government Of Joseph Stain for
reasons which need not be ex-
ahmed az the moment.
\ a war YOU take your allies
as YOU find them and in this
one, by our great good luck and
AuoH HltlerS unbelievable stu
pidity and vanity we find on our
Side me Union Of Soviet Social.
ISL republics which. 10 our own
surprise. no les, than Hitler's
turns out 10 be he mightiest
Idnd lighter OF all except nos
sIbiy NaZt Germany. and nor
maps with no exception what.
ever
me >hrewi>h little paper. Z
idnSef whose patience is al
ways getting exhausted was
gong 10 be IN Moscow and he-
yond IN six or eight weeks and
now after SIN months orr nals
are running hlm bowlegged. for
which fact we should be CRATE
ilu without telling lies about
thelr principles and their form
OF government.
Maybe they don't want 10 be
regarded as democracy any
more than we want 10 be called
totalltarian dictatorship and il
We RIAnLthet-h ~ been SfnCprr
about their principles. as / think
we Should, We are more likely
10 annoy than please them bv
incorporating 4 heir known
ana proclaimed opinions OF the
freedoms that We prize so dearly.
Dong thinsS their own way.
which Is nothing like our wav
they become the only nation on
earth that could give HitleI first
punch, and sneak punch al
that. and then back away using
nm up IN terrible slaughter OF
ms laceleSS men as he SUM
bled on