Evening star., 1942-11-18

l$8S8t5 LlOnS Will make
a much too gen.
Henry McLemore. tie peace There
is feeling that once the Axis
powers sue for peace they will be
| treated as honest members of the
human race, and accorded all the
niceties of international diplomacy.
The average citizen in this coun-
try doesn't want that to happen. He
wants the Italians, the Germans,
the Japs and all of the other crea-
lures who threw in their lot with
the Axis to get the full and CON-
plete treatment. He wants their
houses knocked in over their heads.
He wants them to get the concen-
tration camps. He wants them to
forage for bite of food. He wants
their enemies to shove them around,
push them in the face and gen-
orally show them that they are not
superior, invincible souls, but just
as helpless under conquerors heel
as were the men and women they
conquered when the tide was rum
ming their way.
Not once, but a dozen times I
have heard Americans express the
wish that the Italians be given all
the Jumps. Can you blame them9
Do you remember Mussolini's high
and mighty declaration of war on
France? The stab in the back"
speech. Hundreds Of thousands of
Italians cheered themselves hoarse
as he sent his Fascists against q
helpless nation. They sang and
laughed and shouted as Benito
spoke of the might of the Italian
fighters.
Now there is the chance that
Italy will try to make peace It's
getting tough. The day when United
Nations bombers will give 1t the
same treatment it gave Ethiopia
is not far off, so Italy is looking for
way out.
There are lots OF Americans who
want Italy to get the works before 1t
is allowed to make peace. I am one
OF them. want to see bombers tear
their towns apart, naval guns knock
hell out of everything in their reach
and the whole country humiliated.
Nuts to this talk of how the Ital-
ian people didn't want this war, and
how they are the victims of few
leaders. That isn't true. If the
Italians had maintained their early
pace. were today riding high, wide
and handsome. they would be hard,
nasty and unyielding. Having dished
it out. let them take it.
Sure, let them come over on our
side if they want to, but before al
lowing them to come over let's beat
little sense into their heads with
fire and flame.
The same is true Of Germany.
You can bet that as Germany starts
slipping you'll read more and more
of how the great majority of the
German people never did like Nazi-
ism. Pooh! Let EN- have it. Give
them what they gave Holland and
Poland and Greece and Norway and
all the rest.
Let bombers come in roof top high
and drop everything but the COM
pass. Bust 'em, burn 'em. starve 'em
and beat 'em down. For every city
they ruined, ruin one of theirs. Let
their mothers and fathers know the
horror of all-out warfare. Drop
pamphlets saying: "Okay, you had
your inning, now We'll have ours"
My suggestion for the man to take
charge when the United Nations
really get the upper hand, when it
1t becomes obvious that the Axis is
on the wane, is Josef Stain. He
is the master of the rough work.
He is the man who knows more
about making it miserable for the
other fellow than any other. Let
him get in his licks before the likes
of Henry Wallace are allowed to
come in spreading sweetness and
light.
This sounds brutal you say. Sure
it's brutal. But, you're dealing with
brutal folk. You don't tame a pan
ther by making him a member of
the Union Club and giving him
spending money. Coventry should
be avenged. So should Lidice. So
should Athens. So should Pearl
Harbor.
We handled the Huns with kid
gloves after World War I. That
didn't work. Let's not let them quit
the day they know they are licked.
Let's lick them until they know that
1t isn't wise to pick on decent people.
In short, let's knock their brains
out this time.
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