The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-15


be distracted from aiding Britain
and embattled democracy gener-
ally.
In parenthesis and rather humor-
ously. Comrade Stains press is in
GLIDING Russia in the democratic
class at present. Until Germany at
tackled the Soviets, their Washing
ton embassy made no particular
effort for favorable American pub
licity, realizing that it couldn't
succeed. Now. though. it's giving
out news releases by the ream.
Running all through them is the
note Of emphasis upon the demo-
cratic nature claimed by them as
characteristic Of the Kremlin re-
gime. They get considerably into
print, too. The wastebaskets all
they'd have gone into a few weeks
ago.
The state department hopes it's
right in its guess that Adolfs
agents activities south OF the Rio
Grande have been so obvious that
they've reacted against him.
Anyway. almost every day
brings some fresh account OF their
suppression in one southern capt.
tai or another.
Backfire
II also is surmised that the help
the Axis has enlisted from Caudillo
Franco Of Spain has backhred
against Adolf in the southern part
of the new world. Frances a total
itarian, like Adolf and Benito Mus
solini They evidently coniectured
that, as a Spaniard, he'd speak
pretty convincingly to Spanish
western hemisphericals. His story
Is that Uncle Samue's chief ad-
wiser relative to his Latin-Ameri-
can relationships is General Jose
Miaja, and ne doesn't believe that
Latin Americans will like that.
MOI The state department isn't
so sure. In reality, the depart
ment probably hasn't had much ad-
vice from the general. but, If it has.
why should Latin Americans re-
sent it,
General Miaja's as much Span
lard as Caudillo Franco is.
For several years, until two or
three years ago, Spain was a re-
public. Francisco Franco led a re-
bellion against the republicans,
seeking to set up totalitarian rule,
similar to Herr Hitler's and Sig
nor Mussolinis. General Miaja led
the republican forces.
Now, the Latin Americas are re-
publics. Why wouldn't they have
sympathized with General Miaja's
side rather than with the Franco
ties?
Backed by Germanys Nazis and
1taly's Fascists, Franco won. In ,
came his Falangist regime in
Spain Enthusiastically there are to-
tantarian agents in Latin America,
or the governments there wouldn't
be kept so besy suppressing 'em.
But they can't be predominant, or
they couldn't BE suppressed.
The state department draws the
conclusion that General Miaja
probably is as good a republican
Cor democratic) missionary south
OF the Rio Grande as Caudillo
Franco Is for totalitarianism, and
a lot better, most likely.
Uncle Sans hustling up his
Pan-American coordination pro-
gram by urgent invitations to
army and navy officers from our
southern neighbors countries 10
visit US as guests, to study our
western hemispherical defensive
systems, ashore and afoat. And
they're coming, in increasing num-
bers.
German-Tralned Armies
We need to send more down
there. That's a game at which the
Germans beat US to It long ago.
Those southern armies have been
largely German-trained for a cou-
pie Of generations or more. It
doesn't necessarily make 'em pro-
German, but perhaps 1t has had a
certain effect on their psychology
They goose-step and all that.
Our naval officers, though, made
'emselves pretty solid in Brazil in
Cal Coolidge's day. That's some