Evening star., 1942-01-23
Civil Wars, Lacking Only Leaders, Brewing
All Over Europe Among Hitler Hoters

! equivalent Of the S. s. whose in
fluence was somewhat diluted when
France opened It's ranks to every
eSpaniard. probably would not op-
pose the return Of the King, for its
members feel it would be followed
by a new collapse and would hoist
the Nazi nucleus more firmly In the
saddle.
Uneasy Throne for Boris
Bulgaria's King Boris has sat on
an uneasy throne from the begin
ming of his governments dealings
with the Germans. Bulgaria's peo-
Pile, by race and language. are
closely akin to the Russians. They
are naturally distrustful of the Ger
mans, but they learned about Nazi
plans through correspondents who
were paid agents in many cases,
through a press which carefully
concealed the truth. and . govern
ment which gave them no inkling
Of its program.
Shortly before Bulgaria's adher-
ence to the three-power pact, one
Of these "newspapermen" in Berlin
spoke savagely about the stupidity"
of his countrymen who would not
recognize the benefits of the new
order but continued to look to Rus
Sia.
A few days later we were in Leip-
zig for the opening of the famous
fair. The program of an official din
ner was interrupted for the an
nouncement that Nazi troops that
morning-actually it was days ear
ler-had crossed the Balkan border.
The Bulgarian correspondents led
the cheering for their countrys
downfall Boris, sensitive to his
peoples feelings, was reported sew
eral times prepared to abdicate be-
fore he agreed. So delicate has the
situation remained ever since that
Bulgarians, alone of the three-power
adherents. never have participated
in the Russian fighting.
These are but examples Of a pat
tern that exists in all of Europe. The
Danes, who believed they could
lidhC hIdl Will IldNC
found 1t wouldn't work and wish
paSsionately now that they had
gone down fighting. no matter how
briefly. Their resentment is GER
tain to flare back against the gov
ernment which made the tragic
bargain.
Uneasiness In Balkans.
Yugoslavs already have over
thrown one government that made
bargain. 1t cost them their coun-
try temporarily, but they are fight
ing today what in any other kind
of world would be a major war
for It's reconquest. Rumania, Slo-
yak and Hungarian troops had to
be sent home from the Russian
front because they were sick OF the
war and the Germans who led
them into 1t. No amount Of CEN
sorShip has been able to disguise
the uneasiness in the Balkans.
The Czechs staged an economic
revolt last fall which pushed Frei-
herr Won Neurath, one of the Nazis'
last conservatives" into limbo. Be-
fore it could be checked it required
the services of Himmler's No. 2
expert in terror, Reinhard Hey
drich.
To date the Gestapo technique
Establishment of a central police
force, trained and controlled by
them, elimination Of all but the
government party as in France and
Holland, and the most ruthless sup
preston of any criticism or oppo-
sition-has succeeded In keeping
most Of these movements UNDER
ground. They need leaders and they
need arms. So far they have
neither.
Gen. Charles de Gaulle has per-
formed an invaluable service for the
French, but he has failed to strike
a spark to the tinder that waits
only some modern Joan of Arc,
some Goth century Garibaldi some
new Patrick Henry and some wedge
in the Nazi front to flash into
violent fire over all Europe.
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