The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-22


agree pretty
a readily upon
esRxsA - terms
President Fore cast
Roosevelt ers point out.
however. that
tie current group of'em Won. sur
k,ye indefinitely; they're getting a
b. elderly and its sugu.sed that
their successors may not approve
the terms they make with one an
other. As Father Time gathers en-
into his discard, how'll the next
batch get on together?
Tolrs 8 "bg four consists OF
Ch.HaS Gensra..ss.uo Cn5ag Ksl-
shek. the junior aged 81 President
Roosevelt. So Russian Premier
Josef Stain. 6, and British Prime
Minister Winston Churchill. 6s.
That We Yankees and the British
will get on well together is rea-
sonsblv safe bet. Nevertheless.
Winston has served notice that he's
TO idea Of "liquldating'. John Bulls
empire which is more or less inter-
preted in Washington as an answer
to White House hints at the desir-
ability Of independence for India.
The Soviets. while momentarily
extremely friendly with western
democracy for obvious reasons
viii have to undergo ap!enty CT
oyerhsulng 70 adapt EN- Perma..
rently TO association with Uncle
Sam.
Chinas too eccentric 10 be posi-
bic to calculate
The A,Is powers won't figure
materially in negotiations for the
later world They'll be licked and
VIII have 10 take what they get
Independence or Union:
An International union is what
a lot OF peace-ites are hoping for.
Some OF EN-, though say that
that's exactly what's undesirable.
Their theory is that a maximum OF
independence apiece will keep 'em
more mutually harmonious than
any sort OF a hook-up.
Washington wants to dominate
the western hemisphere, from Cape
Horn clear on up. perhaps with
few mild concessions TO Britain
relative 10 Canada. 1t doesn't want
10 be "Dossy' as 10 the southwark.
but it would like to be influential,
TO say the least.
A split between Russian and Chi
nese authorities in eastern CONT
mental and the insular Asias is
called for
Britain's due 10 hang onto India.
There yars,
A world OF four powers. The
L. s A, Britain, Russia and
China,
That wipes Germany. Japan.
Italy and some SmalIish countries
of the map.
The smallish countries don mat
ter: they'll be glad OF it.
We bigger ones may be jealous
or one another
The thing that worries our
statesmen IS the prospective neces-
sity OF maintaining a huge army.
navy and aviation establishment
10 police the whole earth. The little
peNees. up 10 and including Brit
an, won be able 10 90 il. In be
.uD TO us-snd expensive ard trou-
oiesome and dangerous.
In effect, it'll make us rulers OF
OUR whole globe. It's quite a chors
10 take in hand.
Axis Won't Count
As previously remarked. the Axis
folk won't be much consulted con-
corning peace negotiations for
quite awhile after the fightirs's
over, but later If they seem 10 have
learned how TO behave, maybe wen
re-adopt EN- into the human fam
lily. This viii be particularly likely
az 10 the Italians Who manifeslly
haven't liked their totalltarian ar
tlistionS any Of the time. The Ger
mans. though, undoubtedly viii
have to show pretty conyincinsly
hreproof signs Of having learned
no" 10 be good before they'll be
trusted again And the Japs. from
all Indications haven't got it in EN-
ever 10 be civilized.
Well. on tie theory that STRIFE
Will end in matter OF another
year or two. the chances are that
President Roosevelt. Prime Minis
ter Churchill, Premier Stain ard
Geaeral-ssimo Chang Kai-shek will
eolisborate on the peace terms.
How successful they'll be. how
ever, remains 70 be seen. and after
they finally DO agree on something
IN the nature Of a compromise. il
SUI Will remain 10 be seen how
fully their respective posteritles
VIII respect their bargain.
Anyway. the main responsibility
VIII be Uncle Sans.
The bulk OF the task Of keeping
ORDER permanently VIII fall on him
also