The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-14

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the words Of praise bestowed upon
'em for the valor Of the fight they
have been putting up against Herr
Hitler's forces, plus a little pro-
German aid from Signor Mussolini.
Nevertheless, the democratic
chorus did sound rather odd, con-
sidering its authors tone Of voice
tJwl-- tie N.c-..E at tie begin
ming Of the current conflict.
True, IT, when Adolf first took
the warpath, Moscow Immediately
had proclaimed its democracy and
aligned itself against him, the real
democracies' appreciation. Of ii
would be pretty natural.
Russia. however, at that stage
Of the game, had more or less Of
an actual alliance with the Reich.
We'd disliked the Stain regime on
general principles and its then
existing hook-up with Berlin made
US all the sorer. Furthermore the
Moscow aggregation showed all
signs Of remaining pro-Axis-not
vehemently and belligerently so,
but at least passively.
In Self Defense
II wasn't until the Communist
bunch was attacked by the Nazis
that they began to resist-because
they HAD TO, on their own ac-
count; not from any good will
toward the democracieS. Indeed,
they had no reason TO feel any
such good will, remembering all
the democratic mean things that
had been said about 'em.
The fact Is that. In so far as
Comrade Stain and his associates
are concerned. they've accepted be-
lated democratic tributes rather
graciously. They COULD have re-
marked, We'll, you boys have
changed your tone pretty notice
ably, but we understand perfectly
WHY you've done so" Instead
they've been very polite about it
Personalities have figured in the
matter.
Originally Premier Stain was
represented as a regular ogre.
Today he's advertised as a fine,
friendly chap. An anarchist can
BE that, personally, but 1 never
heard It democratically admitted
until very recently-for Joe Sta
Inns benefit.
This is an emergency situation,
though. For the time being, all
rules 60 into the discard. What
about the postwar period?
Won't it be extremely difficult
for democracy to acquiesce In the
present Russian politico-economic
system as a permanency and to
associate with it on that basis?
And yet won't the democracies be
stumped to tell the Bolshevik -
you helped us tremendously and
we've said you're all o. k.?-but
now you're a crew Of criminals
again? 20
Or will the Russians flop over
democracyward?
Or can the two PHILOSOPHERS
parallel one another?
Or, can they merge little bit,
along their edges, and get along
together?
If anybody's going TO change, I'd
think that the Russians would
have TO.
There's this to-oe said about EN-:
Happy Medium:
They had a heck Of a punk gov
eminent before their revolution.
They switched violently to the op-
posite extreme. Possibly they can
be persuaded TO modify it a bit.
Its first manifestations Of modihca-
ton probably were excessive.
TIN depend. in all likelihood.
upon the democracies' sense Of re-
adjustmental prophecies. They'll
be able to get along with the Rus
SLAMS II they're nice to EN-. They
are almost needless to say, more
civilized than the Russians are.
Here, and there, they'll find. civ
ilized Russian but not 50 many Of
EN-. Paranthetically. what civiH-