The people's voice., 1943-01-22
THE GREAT MISTAKE

While the fireside chats assured u.
/ "again and again that American boys
would not be sent to die on foreign
! shores, and "Isolationist" Wheeler and
others were combating everything
that, to them, seemed calculated to
involve Uncle Sam in the European
calamity, things were happening rap
idly ON the other side of the Atlantic.
Russia had signed a non-aggression
lpact with Germany, which news med
iums of American capital represented
to their readers as a treaty of alliance,
but which those fairly familiar with
world affairs recognized for what it
really was "a sparring for time on
the part of Russia). Russian leaders
had been too often double crossed"
by diplomatic leaders of the capitalist
nations to fail to recognize the symp-
toms of another engagement and the
crisis which threatened their way of
life" Russian leaders and students
of world affairs knew that Hitler's
primary objectives were the vast ma
tural resources of Russia Iran, Irak,
together with the vast and hitherto
undeveloped resources of India with
her population of almost four hun
dred million and consequent unlimited
supply of cheap labor, which alone
if taken, could make Germany and
German capital almost complete fl
nancial master of the Eastern hemis-
phere. While Hitler during the pre-
vious portion of his war had con-
tinuously screamed his hatred of Bri
tain and France, Russian leaders and
students of world politics had not for
gotten that in his book "Mein Kampf''
he had continuously inveighed against
socialism and frankly stated that "In
all Europe there is only one logical
ally for Germany - England" With
this in mind Russian leaders antici-
pated, and not without reason, that
Russia would be double crossed, both
by Hitler in the non-aggression pact
and by English capitalist leadership
deserting her at the first opportunity;
al time to prepare for the struggle
against Hitler's treachery and the
eventuality that she might have to
combat the army of capitalist domi- |
mated England as well. That Russia |
expected Hitler's attack to come at |
when Adolph invaded the low coun- |
tries, Russian troops moved up to |
the borders of Esthonia, Lithuania |
and Latvia, when he began his Balkan |
drive, Russian troops were moved into |
and during this time prep
were being hastened for the
removal of Russian strategic indus
tries, munition factories etc, to the
Ural bases far in the interior. By
such generalship Russia has finally
refuted the shopworn capitalist argu-
ment that socialist government can
not function efficiently, foresightedly
and economically.
At the critical, and possibly pre-
moment Pierre Lavalle,
premier Of France and paid agent of
the |. G. Farbenindustrie sold France
down the river and she capitulated
10 Hitler.
While capitalist news mediums in
his and other nations were predicting
= and withal hopefully =
hat if Hitler attacked Russia revo-
ution would take place which would
,verthow Stain and his government
n 30 days, those who were watching
closely the revolution of the political
wheels within wheels" of Europe
we're watching for the first indication
which would point to the time when
Adolph would strike at Russia and
ease up" the English attack.
One evening as groups clustered
Iround the radio it was announced
hat Rudolph Hess, Hitler's right hand
nan had landed in England, report
dly a fugitive from Hitler's wrath,
lad broken his ankle in landing and
vas captured" by a tenant farmer.
Hardly had the announcer ceased
peaking when the members of one
roup spoke almost in unison the
hought that was uppermost in our
minds "Hitler will attack Russia with
n two weeks"
The time for the Great Double-Cross
ad arrived, Lavalle controlled France
ad capitulated according to schedule,