Evening star., 1942-12-27
German Setbacks May Bring
Shrewd Diplomatic Campaign
Elements Opposed to Hitler May Turn to Russia
to Whom Millions Still Look for
Ultimate Salvation
Bv Constantine Br0pn.

Adolf Hitler and his associates are like
a wounded wild boar They are being
cornered by the hunters and are fight
Ing with their backs to the wall. Like a
wild animal, they have the strength of
despair. They may launch a desperate
attack and may be capable OF dealing
a serious blow to some of their adver-
saries. but the end is inevitable.
This change in the aspect of the war
was considered an unbelievable and fam
tastlc dream only few months ago.
Yet 1t is true and even the most cautious
military men agree that it is only a
question of time before the resistance of
the Axis in both Europe and Africa
comes to an end
But while in the Pacific We will have
to destroy the Japanese before we are
observation-disclosures they will fight to the
last man and the last shelI-some
shrewd diplomatic move may be expected
from the Germans on our other main
battle front
The change in the wars outlook is due
entirely to our entrance in the conflict
And while year ago the Axis appeared
to be we'll on the road to victory. the
leaders Of Germany. Italy and Japan
have begun to experience grave doubts
about the final outcome. For the time
being their armies and the civilian popu-
lation-Which are forbidden to read or
hear anything but official propaganda
have not realized the abyss which is con-
fronting them. In Japan it makes little
difference whether the people know what
is going on, they are so fanatlcized that
there is no likelihood of an attempt to
come to terms with their opponents.
Situation Is Different
But the situation is different In Ger
many, where there still is strong ee-
ment which opposes Hitler. This element
fundamentally it is AS opposed to Hit
lerlSm as it was to Kaiserism
German Communists are believed to
have disappeared altogether after Hitler
came to power. Such Communist news
papers as Rothe Fame the Red Flag
have ceased publication. Prominent and
avoWed members of the Communist
in concentration camps where they have
died, or have managed to escape abroad.
But besides these open representatives of
Communism there are millions of Ger
mans fully in sympathy with the doc
trlne who became Hitlerites either by
conviction or by directive from Moscow
in the early days of National Socialism
hnf
ernment
One of the fundamental reasons why
so many Germans leaned toward Com
munism was the treaty OF Versailles
which was as much disliked and officially
diSavoWed in Moscow as it was in Berlin
The German people thought the Rus
slams would be of great assistance in
shaking off the shackles of the treaty.
When Hitler first appeared in German
politics his ideas were not far removed
from those of Lenin. The Russians in
Moscow however, never trusted this Aus
trian upstart but believed that he would
become so drunk with power that he
would defeat his own ends and when he
failed conclusively the German people
manently toward Russia.
Reds Cast Big Vote.
Observers who have kept close watch
on German politics point out that in the
runoff election of 1923. Hitler obtained
a large vote because the Communists,
following specific orders, voted for him.
In the next Reichstag election the Com
munists again topped 100000 votes.
Their main game was to destroy the
power of the poorly led German So
cialists and in this they succeeded fully.
The Comintern-that branch of the
Communist Party which deals with the
spreading of the doctrine in foreign
countries-was never worried about Hit
Ter. It's leaders realized that Hitler could
DO untold harm to humanity but that it
would be the old talist-imperialist
order which ultimately would suffer
while the Communists throughout the
world would reap the harvest OF his de-
struction.
Old houses. they say, should never be
patched up and repaired because they
are never satisfactory. A new one built
on the ruins of the old one is the only
answer to the problem And Hitler was
to be the wrecker of the old system on
which the new order as conceived by the
Communist thinkers in Russia and other
parts of the world would erect the new
edifice
Political men and diplomats who look
back to 1899 are convinced that the
Russo German alliance was not the re-
suit Of an impulsive move on the part Of
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