Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-26

here to fight
the war FOR
MR. PICKERING US, but WITH
US.
The majority who say they
dislike the Yanks are people
who have never spoken to them.
or who judge the whole Ameri-
can race by the one or two
they've seen drunk and untidy.
They don't seem TO realize that
our boys who 20 to America for
training are probably just as
untidy."
The censor chopped out sew
eral of Joans comments on
Americans, but enough remains
10 give an idea. The Syretts, it
seems, have thrown their house
open, to Americans and Cana
dams. and shocked the village
saunsters by a d hitting two
Indians who were black,
Shpletely black" But:
"Of all the Americans i have
met. and I've met about $50 TO
know well, I've disliked only
one. He was one of those cocky,
b u m tious little men who
thought he was running the
war
There the censor has chopped
out a quarter of a page. down to
the middle OF sentence that
says and / love them all.
They're so easy and friendly, so
unconventional.
II any Detroit girls. who can't
find boy friends because of the
war, decide 10 be jealous Of Joan
and her 149 beloved Americans,
let them read on:
"Another of my best friends.
an observer, has just been re-
ported killed over the Ruhr {.
"But I had a letter from Allan
last week"
ALLAN is her fiance. He is in
a German prison camp
ALLAN looks extremely well
and TIT, and much smarter than
he ever did whilst home. He's
studying for his degree. The
Germans provide full facilities
for any studying. He's been a
prisoner almost three years now,
and IL looks rs II he will be
there for quite a time yet"
Speaking of prisoners OF war
are the Germans and Japs try
ing 10 suck us into some kind OF
trap? Or rather. are the
Germans
We're more interested in that
question 49, that is. this general
area which includes Windsor and
Essex County 49, than any other
part OF North America is. There
more prisoners from tn is
kity.
So It's natural TO wonder what
Hitler II trying to do, with his
talk Of shackling prisoners. Does
he mean what he says, or IL he
trying TO engineer an excuse to
start more brutal measures:
Up to the Stacking incidents,
Germany appears 10 have
treated British and American
prisoners with adequate civility.
The Red Cross says so, and IL
has observers who are in po-
sition TO know.
Now come rumors that Ger
many is thinking of renouncing
the Geneva agreement concern
ing prisoners. Why?
Already Detroiters are being
quoted as urging executions Of
Axis prisoners In retaliation for
brutality toward Allied prison.
ers. Could that be what the
Axis is trying 70 provoke:
II behooves us to look twice
and think twice. Is il possible
that Germany. so obviously
lacking in manpower. would like
an excuse TO eliminate the work
entailed in living up to the
Geneve convention
This embraces notification Of
the names of prisoners, trans
portation of food TO them from
home and a certain amount of
care.
Caring for prisoners II no
great burden on us; perhaps IL
Is a burden on the Germans and
they want to manufacture an
excuse TO get rid Of that work.
Our own government. and the
British, too, have been relatively
especially our own. May
Bhe government wants to
wait and see what Hitler really
means. If that is the case, we
civilians might best try not 10
become too bloodthirsty until we
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