The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-27

theless, it's raising as much Cain
at present as Herr Hitlers or Sig
nor Mussolinis relationships are.
Russia will be a regular headache
It needs Notwithstanding quite
on q par with the Berlin and Rome
outfits. Yet it'll be difficult for the
democracies to be hard boiled with
the Soviets after the creditable
fight they're putting up, on the
democratic side, Just now.
Right in our own Pan American
midst Falangism, led by FL Claudil-
10 Franco Of SPAN. is becoming
more Of a nuisance than either the
Nazis or the Fascists. a Spanish
totalitarian agent naturally is more
at home in our neighboring Latin
republics than 8 German or even
an Italian. Such agents, in fact, are
busy enough there to have forced
the proclamation Of a state of siege
in Cuba, and their activities are to
be the subject of serious considera-
ton at the January meeting Of new
worlds foreign ministers in Rio de
Janeiro.
When the Tide Turns
What's hoped is that, as the tide
Of conflict turns against the Axis,
the Germans and Italians them
selves win extinguish Fuehrer Hit
Ter and Duce Mussolini, but there's
no certainty that democracies will
be substituted for EN-. The Ger
mans, anyway, never have had
much practice at popular govern
ment, may not care for il, and it's
pretty hard to impose it on a peo-
pie who don't want to govern en-
selves. It's like saying, in effect,
"Gosh-ding you Heinies! You've
GOT to be free Perhaps the Ital-
ians will be bit easier to reorgan-
ize. Their parliament, in the pre-
Mussolini era, was considerably
more Of an independent body than
ever the reichstag was.
Spanisrds are likelier to termi-
nate Falangism on their peninsula
than are Germans to overthrow
Nazism or the Italians to demolish
Fascism.
Adolf and Benito slid into their
relationships by quite general con-
sent in Germany and Italy, but
General Franco had to fight fierce
civil war to gain his, and the So
called Republicans, whose govern
ment ne finally kicked out, I'M
doubleday still are numerous and
frantic TO re-establish themselves.
This would be economically per-
fectly o. k.-if the Republicans
were honest-to-g goodness Republ.-
cans. The trouble is that they're
predomiuantly Communists A rev.
olution that overthrow Falangism
in Communism favor wouldn't
very satisfactorily fill the demo-
cratic bill.
That Germany's democratic edu-
cation has been pretty skinny has
been previously remarked, but Rus
sia hasn't had any. From a czarist
sbsolutism it passed to Commu-
mist, with q few months Socialist
recess. Now, # democracy were to
be handed to those Muscoyltes,
would they know what 10 do
with it,
There's one thing 10 be said,
though. as to Germany, Italy Spain
and Russia--theyve only one man
apiece TO be chucked into the dis
card. respectively Fuehrer Hitler,
Duce Mussolini, Caudillo Franco
and Comrade Stain.
There1l be no compunctions as 10
Adolf, Benito and Franco. There
may be come as to Josef, but he's
in the singular number, at worst
With that quartet out Of the way,
~ il can be managed, their four
countries will be available for dem
ocratic missionary work, and it's
conceivable that they'll be open to
conversion If the missionaries are
not too rough with them
Japan a Problem
But japan? That isn't a one