Evening star., 1943-06-23

say they ever stuff ballot boxes in
Ipswich, If were living in Ipswich
I would demand a recount while
the state militia patrolled the
ground and saw that everything was
in order.
This is why I do not like Mr..
Stokes: Mr.. Stokes, to my way of
thinking, represents the most dan
gerous postwar problem the Allied
nations face. Mr.. Stokes Is cut on
the bias from that sort of human
cloth who thinks that rascals.
murderers, varmints, cutthroats and
thugs should be treated with utmost
courtesy by those whom they tried
to kill.
In recent discussion, Mr.. Stokes
Of Ipswich stood up on his utility
shoes, put his thumbs in his utility
waLstcoat and said that when the
war is over Germany must not be
given harsh peace terms; that the
victorious Allies must dif1erentiate
between the German people and the
Nazi leaders.
Mr.. Stokes Not Alone.
! Mr.. Stokes is not alone in this
mad belief. In our country there
are ballot box statesmen who still
work under the misconception that
what happened to Poland, Czecho-
slovakia. Holland, Norway, Greece.
France and Denmark was done by
select, small group of wild-eyed
| swastika wearers.
I don't think much better than
Robins Thinker land he has
strictly a stone head but I can
| think well enough that a handful
Of men are not capable Of coming
close to putting the entire world in
slavery. Are all the millions Of
men on the Russian front Nazi
leaders? Are the Messerschmidts.
Focke-W -Wulfs and Ju 88s piloted by
high officials Of this Antichrist
| party?
When Flying Fortress goes over
Germany, is it a party leader who
shoots it down with fax and who
puts the downed crew behind barbed
wire as prisoners? Did the men
who put the torch TO Lidice all bear
a high rank in the Nazi party?
Certainly not There are millions
of Germans fighting this war and
each year sees new crop of German
soldiers come to the colors.
Why doesn't Mr. Stokes and his
kind remember this? Just as mill
lions Of Americans, Englishmen,
Cinnamon and Russians are offering
and giving up their lives in the hope
Of maintaining decency in this
world, there are millions of Ger
mans. Italians and Japanese giving
and offering their lives in an effort
to eliminate all the things decent
men have always held dear.
People Fight War.
The people of the Axis countries
are fighting this war just as much
or more than their leaders. The
Axis people are sacrificing food,
money. comfort and health in an
effort to down our decent forces.
To hear Mr.. Stokes and those
who feel the way he does, you would
think that Stalingrad was besieged
by Hitler alone, that Malta was
bombed by Mussolini all by himself,
and that the American Fleet was
ravaged by Hirohlto in a low-wing
monoplane and by himself.
Let me repeat: The fact that the
Axis countries, with only fraction
Of the number of men in the field
that our side has. can hold out 50
long against us must be proof that
there is diabolic unity from the head
man to the cradle All you have
to do to know that our bows are
not fighting wicked little room full
OF cabinet members is to see our
ships come home shot to hell and
to talk to men VINO have lost arms
and legs and eyes.
If the people of the Axis nations
deserve sympathy. then we all might
as well start sending Christmas
cards to rattlesnakes.
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