The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1943-02-19
. Clapper
Peace FeeIer Like
Enemy Pereehutist
German Industry Saved
By 1918 Armisfiee
Esdy End Of War
Would Help AXIS
Using Same Technique
To Keep What They Have

was IN danger of invasion in the
summer Of 1910, every household
or and every housewife was In
structed how to deal with enemy
parschutists who might suddenly
appear in the back yard.
Now, I think. we need to in
strucf ourselves in how to watch
cut for another kind Of parachute
attack that may be coming down
n our midst At any time.
Not . parachufisf armed
with . carbine or o machine
-. but TIE morn insidious
parschutist known ~ the
peacs fselsr. You can't see
him come down. He 10 mys-
tcricua. Hike the grcmlins, and
hides In your newspaper and
IN your radio. Because of the
way the war IL going, he IL
apt n pap out NJ any time,
baah<iny harmless and friendly.
The first thing TO keep In mind
about these peace feelers il that
they are not intended To help US.
THAR purpose 10 to help the eenmy.
no matter how harmless they may
sound. When the enemy faces
military defeat, he viii try TO talk
his way out Of It. He will conduct
q talk offensive 10 evade the full
consequences of defeat
Germany asked for IN ar
mlstioe list time, and set about
~ oncs thereafter. with her
VA industry intact 10 pre-
pars for the NEXT world war.
Peace overtures are one
form Of the enemy strategy
cf war, . request for . breath
ing spell during which new
diplomatic and military action
can he planned. and industrial
weaknesses overcome.
An analysis which have seen
Of the technique Of peace often
sives classifies peace feelers in
several categories. The enemy
usually has IT least one peace
offensive in operation as a part
Of systematic psychological and
military warfare. The purpose
may be To test morale and opinion
among the people Of the United
Nations. II may be to weaken
the fighting spirit of the United
Nations, or to distract attention
from the hard necessities Of the
war, to confuse opinion by encoar-
aging division and pacifist senti-
msnt. Or 1t may be the purpose
to split the war aims and effort
Of the United Nations. TO keep
alive false hope or an easy peace,
or finally to keep a line out for
real peace negotiations when
actual military disaster appears
inevitable.
Rumors Of friction between
various ruling groups in Ger
many or italy or Japan should
b interpreted ~ propaganda
moves.
oae purpose h to promote
TIE impression that reason
able groups exist within the
Axis countries with whom the
United Nations might make .
listing and reasonable peace.
II any such groups actually
exist you may be certain that
those now In control would
regard them only n puppets
through which 10 work.
What il the difference between
Hitler and hu generals So far
a. we are concerned. none. The
old imperialists don't differ from
the new ones. The crowd around
the kaiser was out for the same
domination that the present crowd
has attempted.
There mag be differences in
technique, but none In the COM
mon aim Of making Germany the
master nation In 1918 and now.
the keys 70 German aggression
are the German army. German
political leadership. and German
Industrial leadership. which may
be the most powerful force Of all.
Victory over all Of them is neces-
sary.
Peace feelers from enemy
dominated governments or
which appear TO come from
neutral sources, can well be
examined suspiciously. be-
cause the chances are they
have been planted BY enemy
sources.
From now on an early peace
fsyors the Axis leaders. They
want to hold as much as they
can of what they have. The longer
the war goes, the more they
stand to lose That is why they
viii try to undermine by clever
peace maneuvers the uncondi'
tional-surrender demand an
nounced at Casablsncs.