The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-22

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together, guess
ers on a conflict continuing up to
IS or 20 years may be right Conf
deatially however, quite a few Of
them venture the opinion that, with
a satisfactory run OF totalitarian
~reverses, the dictators' alliance
will be likely to crack up pretty
fast.
The Nazis are recognized as very
hard boiled. The Italians, though.
are believed 70 be heartily sick Of
their partnership with their neigh
bors TO the northward and more
than prepared 10 lie down at the
first good excuse. The Japs are ef-
fervescent when the lucks their
way. but are not. assessed as good
stayers in the event Of its turn
against them.
Dictator Frances considered In
clined TO annex Spain to the Axis
II he dared, but it's questioned that
he'll feel reasonably safe in taking
the risk Of precipitating an upris-
ing at home by his republican
countrymen who, although he
licked EN- and overthrow their gov
eminent, must still be numerous
and spelling for a chance, il his at
tention is distracted in some other
direction, to plunge the nation into
a second civil war.
Spain. then, is counted out fairly
confidently.
II isn't g loss 10 Herr Hitler,
since the latter has had only Cen
eral Frances sympathy; no out
right help.
II Italy Quits
1taly's detection, though, would
be extremely serious for Adolf. The
Fasclsts, to be sure, haven't given
him much fighting assistance, but
the effect Of their secession. from
the Axis couldn't but be highly
damaging to the Nazis' morale.
That Signor MussoliniLl quit him
isn't ~foreseen. It's accepted as
a practical certainty that the
Fuehrer has him, personally, COM
pletely under his thumb.
What's deemed a reasonable pos
sibility Is that the Italians them
selves, already fed up, will. II they
re sed still some more. Ncu.
date Benito and terminate cooper
alton with the Nazis on their own
account. The Germans might retail
ate by invading the Mediterranean
peninsula, but It wouldn't be a bit
beneficial TO them to have had their
adjoining ally transformed into an
additional enemy. Contrariwise, it
would just stick them with a fresh
front to attend TO, and maybe the
Italians would scrap better against
the Nazis than they have in the
latters' behalf, becoming really
useful to the anti-Axis alignment.
The Japs launched their blitz-
krieg as uglier customers than the
Fascists have proved TO be, but
their weakness is that they haven't
the resources to last long against
Uncle Sam, while taking care of
The Chinese, tOo-and perhaps the
Russians in a short time.
Yes, agree Yankee st~rategists, II
the Axis stays put, the war is apt
to string along for years, but sup
pose italy cuts loose, Spain doesn't
join up and Japan ~frazzles out from
exhaustion
How long al Herr Hitler keep
the Nazis going alone?
The surmise Is that. with their
totalitarian alliance disi1tegrating,
the Germans themselves will be
strongly tempted TO unload him. as
they did the kaiser. particularly II
they're offered fairly reasonable
terms.
Leaks from Italy are quite con-
Vncingiy 10 the effect that Benito's
crowd is sore enough at his man
agement 70 end il almost n dav.
Atolfs clamp on news from Ger
many is much tighter than Benito's
has been able 10 maintain on
Italy's, so 1t isn't az easy 10 de-
termine the proportion Of posi-
bic Ieutonic. discomfort with the
Fuehrers regime, but it appears
that there's some Of it.
Japan's Status
Japan's no very complicated
problem.
It's militarists introduced II into
the war, but it's people generally
aren't enthusiastic for X, manifest
ly, as testified to by one Of It's
foremost journalists, c. II. Kawa-
kani, Washington correspondent Of
Domei, its leading news gency
who IS volunteering into the United
States army for ervice against the