Askov American., 1943-08-26
MUST HAVE BALANCE
Editor AskOv American:

Now that there is some prospect of
the war being over within year or
so, the problem will be to prevent
another war. Just how to do this is
battling, but most everybody has
some idea on the subject. One of
the greatest preventatives for war is
to severely punish those who start
war. That means the Prussian mill
tary staff, the Junkers and the ruling
classes of Italy and Japan. After the
last war the warmongers Jared very
well and the innocent dupes were
made to pay for it. Hitler, seeing that
the Kaiser did fairly we'll, followed
his example and now hopes to es-
cape.
If Stain was given complete au-
thority in cleaning up in Germany,
good thorough job would certainly
result and Germany would be rid of
her warmongers. The ruling classes
of Germany who started this war
with Hitler as their stooge are already
scheming as to how to get out of it.
Their instinct and intuition tells them
that the ''old bogey man., commun-
ism, is the weapon that will make
it possible to escape for much of the
responsibility. They hate communism
or any system that does not provide
for leisure class, for the inheritance
Of wealth as we'll as power and posi-
ton.
Like the back of the German mill
tary machine was broken at Verdun
in the last war, so their strength now
was dissipated during the first two
years in Russia. Their best divisions
were ruined there and their present
army is a patched-up affair. We and
the British helped the sapping of
German strength by the heavy bomb
ing of Germany's cities.
But, the problem will be to keep
balance of power, that can keep
Germany in check. 1t is impossible
for the English speaking countries to
maintain peace and order without
Russia. The vast resources of this
country can throw the balance either
way. Russia is favorably located for
the destruction of both Germany and
Japan. This country is handicapped
on account of two oceans and that
will never change. At the present
time we are fighting three German
divisions in Italy and the Russians
are fighting 1877 in Russia. Due to our
geographical position we and the
British have not been able to use our
trained manpower.
Lloyd George, Churchill, Eden and
other leading British statesmen knew
that it was imperative to get Russia
on our side and for the prevention of
future wars, Russia must be on our
side. Russia has so much territory
and resources that she is not likely
to start wars of aggression, except for
defensive purposes. The greatest dan
ger comes from the small compact
countries, which do not have the
necessary raw materials to take care
of their expanding populations, like
Germany, Italy, Japan, and perhaps
France.
The idealists will want to depend
on some organizations to prevent war,
the militarists on large standing
armies and navies and air forces. The
hard-headed will advocate practical
measures, lining up the nations who
have nothing in particular to gain
by war and much to lose. The small
countries have nothing to gain as
they are bound to get licked. Great
Britain, with her empire, is self-suf-
ficient and would do better without
war. Russia and this country need
only few materials to be self-suffi-
cient and the incentive for war is
not economic at least The nations
who are always clamoring for elbow
room, will have to confine themselves
to what is available to them or be
entirely destroyed by the nations
whose welfare lies in peace. Basically,
there is no difference between Ger
many and other Nordic races, be-
tween the Italians or other Latins,
between a Jap or "Chink". It is
their environment and consequent
ideas that control
S. J. Simonsen.
Pease, MINI.