The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-08
Inside
Washington
By HELEN FSSApv

VI Is he moved N
righteous anger when He sa. -
what they are doing to each of fsss
in the world He gave them ''''s'
Since He is just God H. r,.
be tempted sometimes to des 1-TS.
both the world and the 5eonI.
therein. People
The wastefulness and br,tali4,,
OF the air raids OF modern WY ~.
aimed at virtually helpless ciga.
of defenseless civilians must siol'
en- Him with the handiwork ~ y.
created in His own image and ,:+o
ness. '''-N 'Ne'
Yet even more sickening +b..
the raids themselves is tbe n r;sn
some of US feel when we re pr'ue
gleefully for instance tba+ (P VI,
dropped 500 tons of bombs Is "e
night" idN
If we Of the United Nations b.r.
to do this slaughter in order to 7'q ao.
the horrible business over Iot, ~ So
it over as quickly as possible B g..
for decency's sake. DOM L 1oS
sloat over the misery we have IN
flicted. '''0 ILL.,
was discussing air bombio,,
OF civilian populations with a nST
onel in the United States Arn WI.
He said they We're d confessinn y.
human degradation. '''" VI
Once I was in citv in F.
rope he said when tbe Gu ap'
mans bombed railway st.Gor
-Four trains We're taking on ' oIJ
men, women and children WIN G5a
were trying to escape the inr "40
ers. l arrived at the station Io ao
than five minutes after the bom 15s
had been dropped. ,'-'''S
Il have seen much fighting !,
MY lifetime. must admit thot - =
have got a certain thrill ont ~
hand-to-hand combat Or opoosl
ing tanks in action This SORT rN Of
fighting is a sort Of duel betwoor
evenly matched evenly armed
warriors.
But when looked at that hid.
eous railway station. at the hlead.
lpg bits of women and children
scattered amongst the flame,
/ fragments of bricks and iron
| thought This is the end. There /,
nothing more that human bens,
can do to each other. wonder
Why God doesn't smite US down
forever.' "
The question in every mind 10.
day is, When will we get through
with all this degradation Of gar?'
Some authorities think the war
in Europe cannot last longer than
a few months. Certain exiled Nor.
wegians have taken passage on The
first ship out of New York for
Bergen and are getting their al
fairs here in order preparatory to
the return home. CZecho5lovakian
Prime Minister Eduard Benes de-
CARED when he was in Washington
that the New Year will see Ger
many out. Many military men say
that the war is far from won,
They beg that we remember
that great racial characteristic Of
tire Germans-efficiency If the
world had not forgotten German
efficiency at the end of the last
war, they insist if it had not lulled
Itself into thinking that Germany
was finished as nation World
War II might not have come
about.
Here and there, however, you
are told incidents that help you 10
believe Germany is reaching her
last resistance. William L. Bait
vice chairman Of the War P0dlc'
ton Board, says when talk1! NJ
formally that many SwedeS with
whom he talked on a recent tour
of Sweden believe that Germany
will soon ask for an armisdce IN
proving this happy predcton
the Swedes point to the Jokes
about Hitler which are now beng
told openl~ in Germany.
should like to add my WoflanS
last word to laffaire Patton. PuO'
lie sentiment may swing to the
defense of the general who struck
a shell-shocked soldier YET
uoubt if it will ever swing "loe
enough to obscure the perfect PIT
ture of, totalitarianism given by
General Patton and the authorizes
who concealed his outrageous con-
duct.
If you pluck the Patton StoE
from it's background you have us
model for a four-star move u
Nazi brutality and secrecy. INT
secrecy is worse than the DTa'SA,
ty. 1t is stupid and unnecesSsiJ
and makes civilians ask W'.'
going on in this Army anyhow,
Out of the evil, however n"
come some good. DisapproVlhs
public opinion is certain to max.
the military establishment realM
that it is servant and not w
ruler of the people. Among u.
thousands of officers serving then
country bravely and ettlclenn
there must be few who nav
been suddenly given too mum
power. The Patton display wiz
lessen the American risk Oh y"
lowing Germany in its war l0lO
domination.