The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-08
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE
wide World War Analyst)

| LONDON, Oct. 8.-Efforts 70
forecast the needs of wholly
shattered and disorganized post
war Europe are intensifying in
London among refugee govern
ments of small nations enslaved
by Adolf Hitler.
Here we have the symbolic
governments of Be lgiu m,
Czecho- Slovakia, the Neither
lands, Norway, Poland, Greece
and Yugoslavia. These orphans
of the Hun bloodbath represent
an odd mixture of countries
whose prewar interests, both
political and economic, made
them highly individualistic.
CAN'T SEE SHORES
Now, however, as they drift
about on an ocean so vast they
cannot see its shores, one thing
clear to them is that postwar
Europe must be one for all and
all for one. There must be un-
selfish coordination of effort.
Beyond that l don't believe
there is one of the governments
whose dreams are based on any
thing more than wishes. They
don't know whether the coun-
tries they are trying to repre-
sent here will survive in their
present form. They have small
notion whether, if they do sur
vive, they will restore the same
kind of governments they had
before the war.
The best these representatives
can do is to act as trustees who
will serve until the enemy is
evicted. Then they will turn
their affairs over to the pc ople
at home, having kept the world
conscious of their countries dur
ing the long blackout of war.
One of the outstanding figures
associated with this effort at CO.
ordination naturally is Ambas-
sador Anthony Biddle, Amer
ica's envoy to all these govern
ments in exile. ! was glad to
encounter him here because !
have a high regard for his wide
knowledge of Europe.
GUEST AT WARSAW
The last time ! saw Mr.. Bid
die was in the fall of 1898, just
after Munich, when was a
guest in his ambassadorial home
in Warsaw. At that time we
talked of many things relating
to the volcanic condition of Eu-
rope and it was interesting to
note when we resumed our con-
versation here that some of the
threads ran continuously through
the four years.
Ambassador Tony, as his many
friends call him, is one OF the
ost delightful personalities
among the London diplomatic
corps. He is a striking example
of their man-at least he is
reputed to have great wealth
who has preferred to devote his
energies to world problems rath-
err than spend his time at play.
/ should say he's about As years
old and he certainly has packed
away a lot of information in his
lifetime.
But to get back to our NUT
tons-the refugee governments
here in London, having no idea
what they may find at home
after the wa, must be prepared
for a political turn which may
be either to the right or left.
The people of Europe are likely
to be grasping at straws to save
themselves and will seize any
ism that looks good to them or
seems to be the least of evils.
NOTE SWING
In this connection the govern
ments are taking full note of
the great swing the social pen
dulum is making. They figure
the democratic worlds trials
have made it more social mind
ed, more people conscious"
more anxious to serve and Gre
ate greater opportunity for
everybody.
Or you can put 1t this way:
Wealth isn't durable If other
people are hungry.