The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-20


s. ] don't suppose anybody doubts
that the Japs took the warpath
when they dihf for the sake OF what
they calculated they could win for
themselves in the midst Of the gen
eral confusion and not on account
OF the slightest inclination TO help
the rest OF the Axis or that they'd
hesitate to dump Herr Hitler in
minute II they considered II bit
advantageous to do so. II equally
is a foregone conclusion that Adolf
doesn't care boot for the Japs eN-
cept as he can use them for his per-
sonal benefit.
Now. there begin TO be signs that
Nazi and Jap interests are starting
10 diverge.
The Fuehrer obviously deems 1t
urgently necessary for his forces
to get the Russians off their hands
this spring. They distract him like
sixty from attending to his other
fronts and it stands to reason that
he's desperately anxious 10 make
quick work OF them. Spring wealth
er probably will be somewhat help
full TO him, but it will be a heap
more helpful if the Japs will jump
them from their point Of the COM
pass at the same time.
Nice Promises
Hence the huge promises it's re-
vealed that he has been making to
them. II they'll wade in-Siheria,
Alaska, all the Pacific Oceanica,
India and its environs and the bulk
Of Africa, and later a crack, in
partnership with himself, at the
whole Of the western hemisphere.
It's imaginable, though, that the
Japs may question that he can de-
liver the goods.
Furthermore, supposing that,
with their assistance, which ey-
IDENTIFY he imperatively needs, or he
wouldn't be prepared TO pay so
much for it, he. finally is in a po-
sition to make delivery-will he
keep his word? Or will he elect to
hang onto the entire loot, forcing
the Japs to fight him, in turn, to
get their split, if they can lick him?
And that would be problematic,
too. They don't trust him, Of course,
any farther than a man could
throw bull by the tail-any more
than he trusts them.
That Nippon would be glad TO
grab Siberia isn't disputed or that
it'll be disposed TO fight Russia for
It, but at its individual convenience
not Herr Hitler's.
II has been doing unpleasantly
from the United Nations stand
point well for itself thus far in
Burma, Thailand, the Philippines,
the Dutch East Indies and down
toward Australasia What's the
matter" asks Jap ex-War Minister
Seishiro Itagaki "a general and a
big mani. with consolidating our
conquests where we've made EN-,
regardless OF taking on lot OF
fresh contracts in Fuehrer Adolfs
behalf"
Adolfs argument Is that, In case
he's licked, the democracies will
take the Jsps gains away from
them again, but the Japs' angle is
that the present is the immediate
item
Mutual Suspicion
Besides, they are as suspicious OF
Adolf as Of anybody else, in the in
definite future.
And he's correspondingly suspi-
cious Of them.
These mutual Axis suspicious arc
a nice thing for the democracies.
Italy doesn't enter materially
into the equation. It's the consen-
sus that the Fascist regime viii
blow up as soon as the Nazis fat
ten out. So, for that matter. to a
certainty, will Japan, but the Jap
militarists are cuckoo and. Just
now. they are inflated with pride.
The Japs need to be understood
They are Of two kinds. There is
civilian craftsmanship, which is
sensible and fairly decent. The
Samurai. or militarists. are nutty
suicidal, II they consider il nee.
essary. Pooh-pooing that element
Is q mistake. II honestly exists
And IT'S entirely Independent Of the
rational civil government. Yet IT