The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-24

Nharies L. pre- u m a D y
Stewart would be of Ger
man inspiration
They would hardly classify as in
vasions. though. but rather as raids.
Just as raids they'd be bad
enough for New York or Detroit.
but one Of them would be much
worse on the Panama Canal New
York ard Detroit would repair
damages pretty fast. out the canal
could be put entirely out of com
mission Tor a long tine to come
and il wouldn't take much OF a
hostile force 20 do Il. If IT sue
ceedeG IN getting close Inshore. un-
detected until TOO late. or directly
overhead Naturally. the activity Of
U-boats. a few days ago. around
the Dutch West Indies. which are
only about a biscuit toss from Pan
anna. directed acute attention to
this danger and the Caribbean
islands are being searched with
fne-toothed comb for a hypotheti-
cal Nazi base on one OF them.
But Japan Why can't the Japs
get to the canal almost as con-
veniently from the eastward as the
Germans. from the opposite point
Of the compass
From Nippon to'the isthmus is
longer trip than the one across
the Atlantic. but it's less obstruct-
ed by intermediate defenses. and
it'll be materially shortened for the
Japs, If they win some Pacific foot.
holds as they look like dong
An Alaskan Invasion?
And as to Alaska That. as
President Roosevelt remarked az
his press conference. is definitely
open 10 a Jap attack But attack
is rather too mud a word There's
an area which might be subject to
out-and- out invasion. not a mere
raid. and its conceivable that. once.
landed. the invaders would be pref
t. hard TO chuck out
Farther to the southwark. along
our Washington. Oregon and Calf
fcrnia coast. I'd guess that an Orr
entail invasion couldn't be made 10
stick. however annoying mere raid
ing should prove to be Alaska
though. couldn't but be more vui-
aerabie.
II also is open To question how
rapidly Japan viii peter out If and
when the rest OF the AXIS collapses.
NAVY Secretary Knox. when the
Japs took the warpath. expressed
the opinion that IN spite OF them.
Hitler Is the essential bird for us
10 lick. Implying that Nippon won't
last long. left to itself He consid-
erably modified his remark. as oui
nWn Pacific coastal folk. the
Hawauans. ths Chinese. the Ftli-
pinos. the Dutch East Indians and
the Australians raised the howl
that they dIln want T. be left out
on a LIMB. alone or somewhat neg
lected
Nevertheless. the questions still
at issue
VIII the laps quit when Hitler
does
At the present rate they should
not have TO They have done de-
eidedly better for themselves. thus
far into World War No ,. than he
has He net some substantial re-
verses They haven't. 10 speak Of.
I've a letter At hand from : read
sr IN the southwestern United
States who knows the Jap char
scter from the INSIDE outwardly--
ITS religion, its philosophy. all its
pecularities once had occasion,
having lived IN Nippon for a while
myself. 70 observe that there are
some nice Japs." He agrees
feu.
But their national motto. he as
serts. Is. We hate all whites.
Maybe They Hate Germans
He says that this includes the
Germans.
A little later than the date Of my
correspondent letter. Adolf broad
cast his announcement that the
japanese arc ~ ans ttt9lttli5
racial relatives Of all the rest Of
the AXIS powers peoples-that Is.
that the European AXIS folk are
Mongohans or that the Monaghan
laps are Axis Caucasians or some
such thing
Well. my correspondent gives the
horse laugh 10 the theory that the
Japs indorse any such doctrine His
forecast is that. when the time
comes. II they think they can get
away with II. they'll fight the Nazis
as readily as anybody else - be-
cause they're white
It's a diagnosis I've made on my
own account - that the jars be.
came pro- AXIS Just when they did.
not because they cared a boot for
Herr Hitler or Signor Mussolini,
but because the Jun bled-up situa-
ton was exactly o K. for them 10
avail themselves Of
Concluding his letter to me its