Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1942-03-05
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NO SOVIET-NAZI PEACE

Washington, D. C.
NO SOVIET-NAZI PEACE
Those who are on the inside re-
garding the report which Ambas-
sador William C. Bullitt gave Presl-
dent Roosevelt regarding the Near
East say there is only one slight ray
of sunshine in it. Bullitt told his
chief that there was absolutely no
chance of Russia making peace with
Germany.
Coming from Bullitt, who served
as ambassador to Russia and who
spent considerable time there in the
early days of the revolution in 1917,
this means a lot. Bullitt has been
vigorously critical of the Soviet re-
gime in recent years and probably
would lean over backwards against
any overly optimistic appraisal.
However, after his special tour OF
the Near and Middle East on spe-
cial assignment from the President,
he reported that the Russians were
| so irate against the Nazis that there
would be no surrender or compro-
mise
Bullitt is not so optimistic about
the Russian army, which he thinks
may fail badly when the Germans
are able to get their airplanes In
the air again, which they cannot
do in sub-zero weather and with
snow on the air fields. Politically,
however, Bullitt is convinced that
Russia will stand with the United
Nations to the last ditch.
Against this, Bullitt goes further
than anyone else around the Presl-
dent regarding Allied losses. Not
only does he believe that Japan will
take India, but he feels that Austria
liza will be lost to the British Empire.
If he is right, this will be the
worst blow which the United Nations
can suffer, especially inasmuch as
American troops are now stationed
in Australia and New Zealand.
Not all war observers agree with
Bullitt on this latter point. They
point out that Australia is chiefly a
desert country, and it would take
weeks and months for a conquering
army to envelop these vast areas.
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PATRIOTIC INDIANS
AS in the last war, thousands of
American Indians again are demon
strating their patriotism.
The desk of John Collier, able
chief of the Office of Indian Affairs,
is stacked with letters from every
tribe in the country, pledging aid
and offering to make fresh sacrifices
for the war effort. Here are few
examples:
Immediately after the declaration
of war, the Crow Indians of Mon
tana voted $4,000 of tribal funds
to President Roosevelt to ''use as
you see fit" They also voted to place
in the Presidents hands the entire
resources of their 1000, 000-acre res
ervation, including mineral, oil and
coal deposits, plus all available man.
power for combat service.
The Creeks of Oklahoma have set
aside 100000 of tribal funds for the
purchase of defense bonds. Other
tribes voting large sums for the same
purpose include the Jicarilla Apa-
ches and Pueblos of New Mexico,
the Euchee and Seminole Indians of
Oklahoma, and the Navajos.
Not to be outdone, the Colvilles of
Washington state, the Cheyennes
and Arapahos of the Plains and the
Nez Perez Indians have announced
| they will not press for settlement Of
tribal claims against the government
while the war lasts.
Following the Jap attack there
was a big rush among Indian youth
at every reservation to enlist, espe-
cially at the Sioux reservation in
South Dakota. Only three of the 46
North Carolina Cherokees in the
army were drafted. The rest vol
unteered.
The patriotic response of Indians
may surprise the average American,
but not Collier. He says: "The In
dams know more than any of us
what freedom means. They knew it
in other years when they fought
against overwhelming odds to save
their lands from the white man."
WE WILL WIN
Due to initial Axis advantage of
having great organized military ma
chimes, the war will be long, diff
cult and costly. But if the Allied
peoples will stick it out they can't
lose. All the major basic economic
advantages are on our side. Here are
few:
The Axis powers plus their occu-
pied territories have % per cent of
the worlds coal, 18 per cent of the
iron ore, 3 per cent of the oil, 81
per cent of the wheat, % per cent
of the sugar. Total population I'M
der their flags, 474, 900, 900; of which
1853, 100000 are conquered peoples Sc
cretly trying to throw off their ter
roristic yokes.
On the Allied side of the ledger
is 81 per cent of the worlds coal,
63 per cent of the iron, 70 per cent
of the oil, "a per cent of the wheat,
and 81 per cent of the sugar.