The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-07-17

Chinese Leader
Speaks For Post
War Policing
BY Charles p. Stewart


latest booster for an international.
police force 10 keep worldwide
peace after the present war Is over.
Inasmuch as Nine Chang Is Just
home after her extensive Occident-
al tour, plenty OF guesses are made
that she inspired the Chung-klns
executive very recent appeal TO
the United Nations various leader
ships for an advance pledge Of de-
votion 10 such a program and 10 CO.
operation IN its favor beginning
right now
Il is a plan that has been quite
frequently suggested by European
statesmen heretofore and Chiang S
advocacy OF II may prove 10 have
given it quite a boom, as II cirCu.
lates in the democratic capitals
miscellaneous mldsts.
Nevertheless, the plans oppon.
ents are not unheard from. either
Its critics ind fault with the
scheme. not on the ground that II
would not be blessing theoretical
ly. but on the basis of the conten-
ton that i, could not possibly be
made 10 work in practice for more
than a scant generation, If that
long
Certainly 1t Is not indorsed by
any OF the AXIS countries. They
want conquest OF the democracies.
II licked they may stay licked for
awhile. but the proposed police
forces mission will be to police
THEM, rather than 10 have them
as participants in the policing Of
the whole bunch.
The supposition is that they are
criminals-to BE policed.
Criminals do not STAY polCed
longer than they can help II.
The Axis folk today have four
leaderships-F Hitler's. Duce
Mussolini's, the Jap military class
leadership and a rather flabby lead
ership in Spain by Caudillo Franco,
Adolf doubtless can be personally
extin yuished. but will that eXtingu-
ish Gsrmany's essential ambitions
for far to come The historical
gamble seems to indicate a nega-
tive. Italy. considering its acqules-
cence in Mussolini.ism, looks queS-
t!onable. Benito, like Adolf. per.
sonslly can be squelched, but ltalys
record suggests that his country
men might fall victim again 10
some other would.be Caesar. Spain
is not altogether reliable either.
or il would not have fallen for eau.
dillo Franco Japan can never be
reliable while its existing Samurai
class survives-and killing off a
whole CLASS is no small undertak
ing
In short. an international police
force versus this quartet has quite
a task ahead extended on into in
definite futurity.
A police force has 70 have
chief
Who will he be? An American?
A Briton? A Russian? Or a Chi.
nese9
These boys can disagree between
themselves
II does not look ike it now, COM
bined, as they are but ultimately
they are liable 10 conflict mutual
ly. as they have done before
Then what will the chiefs man.
date be like
II called on 10 squelch totalitar-
ian outbreak, there is a $3.50 split
in opinion between THEM and the
democracies. and he has only that
problem 10 solve, he will not have
much OF puzzle TO deal with Still,
he would want 10 keep order
Doing il on an international scale
will make him hump.
But the scrap may not be between
the democracies and the totalitari.
ans alone II may also be between
some democracies and some other
demooracies
Illustratively, We and the British
are very fond Of the Russians now.
but We were not prior 10 the Nazis'
attack on them Wendell Willkie
in his book, telling OF his travels.
mentions obvious frictions between
tn Muscovites and the Chinese
where their respective territories
develop considerable rivalry be-
tween them Even we and the Brit
fish have some trifling differences
OF opinion
II is a safe conclusion. then. that
that proposed international police
force will not fall out internally.
perhaps two or three decades
hence?
II so, whose side will the chief
b. on?
oh. everlasting. universal peace
Is a lovely picture. but Is It not
rather fancy sketch than depend.
lble prospective photogrsnh7