The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-18

mendouSIy IN
terested. There's nothing yet tangi-
bic enough 10 speak Of it as news,
but the world Importance Of such a
development would be hard TO eN-
aggtrate, supposing it to be
sound surmiSe.
An overwhelming majority Of his
people, II generally Is agreed. viii
acquiesce in whatever Joe suggests,
assuming that his administration
scores a victory for EN- in the pres
ent conflict. and he's available to
advise 'en concerning their subse-
quent peacetime future.
Comrade Stain apparently
proves, upon cultivation Of acquain-
tanceship with him, to be an alto
gether different type OF individual
from the ogre he was supposed to
be when the Soviet regime was
young.
Up TO the date OF the Nszis'
thrust into Muscovite territory he
was represented here, and doubtless
in Britain also, as a perfect mon
ster Of the most malignant pattern.
Even on the theory that that dag
nosis Of him was correct. however.
as soon as it became evident that
he was going to put up a formid-
able fight, 1t became essential for
the democracies to put themselves
in touch with him as speedily as
they could.
Many Go 10 Moscow
Accordingly. Yankee and British
representatives began landing in
Moscow as fast as planes could de-
post EN- there, and punching the
Kremlins doorbell Immediately on
arrival.
And 10 and beholdO the reports
they promptly started wirelessing
TO headquarters all were to the
same effect-Joe Stain was far
from being the cannibal he'd been
pictured; in addition TO being
friendly and co-operative-ne was
a good guy personally-pless-
ant, downright jovial, and a thor
oughly capable chap, too.
Well, for one item, Communism
being an entirely new thing, posi-
bly,, at the outset, the democrscies
were more skeery Of il than its
facts fully justified. Furthermore, 1t
wasn't Joe who gave 1t its send-off,
but birds like Lenin and Trotsky,
and perhaps they genuinely were
meaner than Joe is; they unques-
tionably were mighty rough with
the car and his bunch, whether or
not Joe'd have been the same way,
If he'd been on the Job then. Final
ly, Joe obviously recognizes that he
needs plenty Of help against the
AXIS. which is calculated to make
him Economically affable.
But has he. really and truly, an
inclination to make an actual de-
mocracy. rather than a Dictator
ship. out Of his home land? The
postwar era will have to tell.
Maybe necessity yanked him into
q dictatorial role. Maybe he's a
democrat al heart Or will he re-
vert into autocracy as soon as he
can. The czarist regime was calcu-
lated to make a moderate democrat
temporarily middling radical, in the
interest Of change from that sort
OF rule. But can its radicalism be
recovered from now
It's postwar problem, and
serious.
Russia Foremost
This warl end, upon the Axis
defeat, with Russia as the strongest
power in Europe. That's conceded.
granted the Axis extinction; the
strongest power in western Asia
likewise. with Japan licked.
There's been considerable worry
on that subject.
Hence cordially o. the hope
that Joe Stain viii stay put.
II he does. the situation should be
fairly lovely for quite a while. II
not, it'll remain precarious indef-
niteiy.
The theory is TIA. the Russian
masses must fall IN line with his
recommendation