The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-23

Russia Seen as
Post War Issue
by United Nations
BY Charles p. Stewart

In her capacity as worry. how
ever, Russia is strictly a post
war worry. The Soviets are far
from a worry at present, further
than we are worried by sugges-
tions that we have not adequate
ly supplied Russia with The equip.
ment they need to fight the Ger,
mans What perturbs US and the
British is the thought Of the
terms that We three (Russo-An-
glo-Americans) will have TO agree
TO at the ultimate peace table.
We and the British will have
10 political trouble; that is a
cinch
We shan't differ on general
economic principles, either.
We may disagree slightly as to
national commercial advantages,
but this should not be serious.
Where we ask for permanent Tin
stead of 99year) aviation bases
on John Bulls western hemisph-
erlcal islands, we will get them.
In Latin America POSSIBLY ex-
cepting Argentina, which is a
natural competitor of ours we
will get what W. are after, be
cause it will pay Latin America
10 give it to US. In fact, it will
be smart for continental Europe
10 acquiesce in our propositions;
Italy, Spain and the little coun-
tries, naturally.
II goes almost without saying
that we will tie up with China
readily.
The Japs, licked, are sure to
fall temporarily in line-though
they never will be permanently
dependable If their military caste
survives.
The French will be o. k.
The Germans will be as acqui-
escent as we let them be.
But Russia? Moscow seems to
have 4 pretty substantial com
pick OF her own.
How substantial 1t is cannot
be guessed while Comrade Joe
Stain is on the job.
Stain is the Messiah of a kind
OF faith, similar to Mahatma
Gandhis-one that verges out of
politics into religion.
There is an obvious undercur-
rent OF opinion, both in Washing
ton and London, that we and the
British must wind up the conflict
with the Axis, both of us loaded
for bear on at least quite a
strong possibility that Joe and
his followers next policy will be
10 attempt communication of our
two systems.
And there also are constant
soto voice reminders that, be-
cause OF numbers and resources
and due to the absolute-ism of
their government, with its guar
antee of a terrific punch, they
will be the strongest single power
on earth, with the Nazi, Fascists
and Japs licked, unless the de-
mocracies are strictly ION their
toes ready to deal with them
on nightly short notice.
OF course, though, nobody says
this out loud. with the situation
in its present status. Neverthe-
less, there is no mistaking the
purport OF the whisperings.
1t was not so directly following
the beginning OF the Russians
resistance to Herr Hitlers attack.
Then. from a hearty condemna-
ton OF everything Communistic,
the Democrats Topped to the
varmest admiration of everything
Russian. .
There has been something OF
recent change, however.
Perhaps il is attributable TO
belated recollection that Moscow
was friendly toward Berlin until
Adolf Unexpectedly took the war
path against the former. Or may
be Joe Stain has dropped remarks
that have aroused suspicious IN
democratic breasts. He may
have given the impression that he
il with US now-for the "dura-
ton. but has his fingers crossed
as to the future.
Joseph E. Davies, former Unit
ed States ambassador to Russia,
warns us that this is fatal pol
lev on our part-that we must
STAY solid with the Soyiets.
Davies says that democratic
skepticism OF postwar Russian
aims is not alone anti-Commur
istic but that it is inspired by
the Axis. He wants British-Amer-
lean and Chinese ideologies COM
bined with Russia's on a pre-
peace basis, adding that Com
munistic Russia has been about
the most faithful of all regimes in
keeping it's international bargains.
We four americans, British,
Chinese and Russians) can har-
monte. Davies thinks, on a per.
manent basis. His opinion is
that today is the time for us to
do it.
How far this is good guessing
nobody knows.
IL anarchy we're the sole, unad
liberated issue involved, would
be willing to make bet on il.
Russia's Prince Kropotkin was
the original modern anarchist. He
was the supreme, impractical but
kindly democrat in czarist days