The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-27

Stewart the Reich. sui,
1t took the u
oat sinking Of a Brazilian ship to
tir the inhabitants Of the south
ern republics metropolis and capt.
tai up to the point Of sacking Ger
man shops and kicking resident
Germans personally around. And
Herr Hitler provided the U-boat.
He sank a Uruguayan chip and
another bound for Chile from New
York. Riots followed in the capitals
of both countries.
The Caribbean countries haven't
got much shipping of their own, but
they don't like U-boats in their wa
tiers, for the beastly subs imperl
other nations vessels, in which the
Caribbean folk are trying to mar
ket their products. mostly here in
the United States. thus raising
Cain with their export trade.
In short. Adolf is solidifying the
whole Latin American east coast
with US against the Axis leader
ship.
We Understand Better
It will be up to US to keep western
hemispherical good neishborliness
going after the wars over and not
let it lapse, as il did after the last
one, but ! surmise that we realize
its value more fully now than we
did then. and won't repeat our
previous laundering, for it was all
our fault before. The Latins know
We can, II we'll try. make it proft-
able to them to be chummy with
Uncle Sam.
Taking il as total Pan-Ameri-
can proposition. there's one weak
ness IN the Fuehrer's U-boat cam
paign to solidify our entire hemis-
phere.
He obviously cannot get his subs
through the Panama canal or
around Cape Horn. 10 play smash
with west coastal shipping, as he's
doing on the east coast. Conse-
quently he isn't antagonizing re-
publics like Chile. Peru and Ecua-
dor to the same extent that he's ac-
complishing it on the Atlantic and
Caribbean side. They're not antipa-
thetic toward US. but some U-boat
stimulation is needed to start them
outright anti-Nazi rioting.
Properly speaking, the Pacific
coast ought to be attended to by
Japan.
The Jsps probably aren't strong
on submarines, but they could send
over a plane carrier or two and
drop some bombs on such ports as
Buenayentura. Guayaquil, Lima and
Valparaiso, or even a bit inland,
like Quito and Santiago. If that
didn't set them rioting, I'm no
judge.
The trouble with the Japs Is that
they're too busy in the southwest
ern Pacific TO bother with our side
Of the ocean, though I'd think Adolf
Hitler might remind them that, de-
spite his preoccupation in Europe,
he can spare few subs for west
ern Atlantic activities, so why can /
the Mikado assign a flock of
planes to the eastern Pacific edge?
The Japs. though, undoubtedly do
have an exceptionally mean situa-
ton TO deal with in their particular
war era.
heard a story about It. the other
day.
II appears, according to this
yarn, that native cannibals in the
Dutch East Indies, for instance,
Java and Borneo, are making q
practice OF: catching Japs and eat
ing them.
The Japs. Il is stated, are tired
Of It, and propose to establish
system OF rationing.
Benefits to Come
But, returning to the original
theme
It's pest 70 have Nazi U-boats
operating all the way from Nor
folk Va, TO the mouth Of the Rio
de la Plata, yet It's lining up those
republics sentiment alongside
Uncle Samuel In fashion that will
prove positively very beneficial to
him IN years 10 come, If he doesn't
muff his chance again.
think he won't. It's marvellous
how fat-hesded he has been hither-
TO- but maybe experience will ave
taught him something this time.
It's HIS experience. Experience
takes with a guy who's had IT,
though not With anybody who
hasn't. l knew a little verse on the
subject once:
he had a gem of woHdrous light.
It's rays would pierse the deepest
night.
Experience. his jeweN
Before his mortal race was run
He tried 10 Rive II TO bis son.