Evening star., 1941-07-05
Trap for u. S. and Britain Seen
In Possible Hitler Peace Bid
Germon Drive to Control Secs Predicted
If Allies Accept Nozi Overtures

poor old continent which today Is
his slave.
Therefore I consider, and in this
am not without responsible or in
formed advice, that the gravest
danger in this war would be any
kind of conversation or negotiations
with Hitler in two or three months.
In America there is whole
phalanx of blind and befuddled peo-
pie who will accept Hitler's assur-
ances because they wish to do So
because the truth is not pleasant
and they 90 not wish to face it
These people have filled their minds
with lot of 18th century nonsense
about geography. They will not ac-
cept plain facts, that even today
bombers can traverse the Atlantic
in eight hours, that the Western
Hemisphere is by no means our firm
friend, that ships can be built and
that in two or three years there is
no telling what advances may be
made in aviation, radio controls
and the like.
Hitler's grand gamble is that these
confused and wiShful Americans NAV
be In sufficient strength TO accept
his assurances three months from
now and allow him that indispensable
breathing spell in which he can
prepare conquest of the world.
Hitler Shrewd Player.
am absolutely certain the present
British government never would
consider any such proposal. But if
a wedge could be driven between the
English and the Americans it is
difficult to Surmise what might hap
pen. Hitler plays shrewdly and we'll.
He is man without knowledge of
the outside world, particularly An
glo-Saxons. and he has made many
mistakes for that reason.
But his main line is not stupid.
He has voluminous reports from the
United States and is we'll aware there
are many people in our country who
would deal with him willingly if he
were the unquestioned master of
Europe His present strategy is to
become the master of that continent
and then to bamboozle ours until he
can take it over
He may not have such an easy
time in Russia as German and
American experts had estimated.
The last authoritative German re-
port I heard, last winter in New
York, was that they could get to
Moscow in two weeks. This may
indeed happen, but it does not look
likely at present.
Supposing the Germans in fact
have destroyed about 5000 tanks,
which I do not believe, there still are
another 10000 or more to destroy,
according to the last estimate I've
had. Supposing every German claim
is true, and Leningrad, Moscow,
Kiev and Odessa are occupied with
in a month, there still is immense
territory to which the Russians can
retire and from which they can
harass the Germans without ceasing.
Moreover, what can the Germans
do in Russia? In the 10Th century
they got nothing out of it although
they had won a complete military
victory in the Ukraine. They got no
grain, no oil, nothing but anarchy,
civil war, sabotage and bullet
through the window. Russia is not
France.
Premier Joseph Stains speech has
had tremendous reception in this
country and there is not the slight
est doubt that the British people
feel more strongly for the Russians
than they have felt for any other
people since the war.
Know What War Is.
Last year there was deep anguish