The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-01-16
By LOWNDEs MAURY

In surgery when an operation is
needed, the quicker it is done the
better chance OF recovery. Strategy
has been defined as the power to
quickly adapt the means possessed to
the constantly shifting phase OF the
enemy's forces
For 20 years, as hobby, / have
studied the growth Of and compare
tive strength of, the military arms
OF Germany and Russia. These
studies, without any claim to expert
knowledge or prophetic vision but
claiming just common sense, COM
PEELED me to assert boldly last July
to our non-believing military experts
in Washington, to our Berlin CORE
spondents" on two of our largest New
York daily papers and of the majestic
Chicago Tribune and of its satellite
the Detroit Free Press, that in spite
OF Germany's first successes, the ma
terial resources of Russia were SO
great, the preparation of the Soviets
was so long and intense, the workers
and farmers there were SO deter
mined, so loyal to their farmer-labor
government, and SO brave, that the
victory Of the U. S. S. R. was newt
able and would be complete.
I was laughted at good naturally
as a quixotic dreamer from the back
woods. Previously, even to last sum-
mer, had besought Senator Murray
to do everything in his power to pro-
mote an alliance of Britain, Russia
and ourselves as the only means of
ever driving fascism out Of it's world
wide influence for evil and despair.
A study of the history of Japan
convinced me that Japan did not copy
fascism from Europe. For thou
sand years the Samurai class in Japan
outmoded the Princelings of Prussia,
the Junkers of Bismarck, and the
Nazis of our present nightmare. Hit
ler's idea of "the supermen, Aryan
race" comes whole from Jap ancestor
worship. The far-flung industrial
banking, hereditary houses of Japan
such as the Mitsuis were older coun-
terparts of the Krupps, the Thyssens,
the German Rothschilds. The tutored |
contempt for individual lives, suicide |
of fanatics in war, denial of the rights |
of farmers or workers to organize |
sale Of women for prostitution, re-
garding of women as social factors |
useful only to increase the number of
soldiers for the irresponsible state
run for an oligarchy, duplicity, treaty |
lies being essential to state
craft-all these existed in Japan a |
thousand years before Mussolini,
Franco, and Hitler announced them
as new religion that would produce |
q new order in the entire world.
Knowing that while the trans
planted Upas Tree in Europe seemed
bigger, the roots were deeper in JAP
an, I wrote against selling scrap or
oil to the Japs ever since the war In
Europe began in 1889; | explained
that buying Japanese bonds here was
our financing the war against China.
It did little direct good. The Presi-
dent, of course, knew our lack of
He commenced to pre-
pare as If he were expecting war with
Japan-and like Russia, he postponed
It for the purpose of preparation. But
80 loud was German money speaking
to our people that even our highest
army and navy officers went to sleep
II German propaganda were already
silenced amongst us, 1t
would be idle to tell Montana folks
some details that are public knowl-
edge outside of our daily newspaper
ield My purpose is to disarm fas-
list propaganda coming over our
adios, and otherwise, that will grow
ouder and weaken our effort as our