Evening star., 1944-06-25

A military victory over Germany and
Japan appears to all American military
observers as being somewhere around
the corner" Just how close it is no one
can say. The war corners" are tricky.
Sometimes when the enemy's defeat still
appears distant on the basis of careful
calculations in which his manpower and
war supplies are considered, the collapse
due to political and social reasons comes
unexpectedly. At other times, when
everything indicates that he may sue for
peace almost any day, he goes on fight
ing until he is utterly exhausted
So far as Germany is concerned, the
end may be nearer than paper calcula-
tions justify us to believe. The remark
ably skillful operations which have
sealed of the Cherbourg Peninsula Head
our general stan to feel that the impor-
tant port will fall before the end of the
month. Once solidly established in
Normandy, we can pour hundreds of
thousands of men into France and fight
war of attrition which the Germans
cannot do. Their manpower and sup
plies are limited. Ours are almost
Hmitless.
II the main Russian offensive on the
central front between Lwow and War
saw develops in accordance with the
Teheran agreements, it is unlikely that
the German general staff will want to
continue a suicidal war 1t may seek the
best possible peace it can obtain undeE
the circumstances. The organization of
a powerful military force under the
Mossow-sponsored Free Germany Com
mittee. headed by Gen. Walter Won
Seydlitz, leads many observers to believe
that purge Of the right wing of the
Nazi involving Hitler, Himmler, Goeb-
bels, Goering and other chieftains OF the
Naz party, is inevitable.
Wanted Russian Alliance.
The left wing Of the Nazis may asso-
ciate itself with the "Bismarckians" and
attempt to establish federated socialist
republic Of the Reich. The Bismarck
ians are represented in Moscow by Count
Won Einsiedel, a grandson of the Ger
man Iron Chancellor, Prince Won Bis
marck. They wish to follow the political
testament of the creator Of the German
Empire. Bismarck, after having brought
about the defeat Of Denmark, Austria
and France and consolidated the various
loosely knit German kingdoms and prin-
cipalities into the German Reich, urged
his country to stake its future on a
strong and permanent alliance with
Russia.
The old Junker wished his country
to dominate Europe and realized that
neither Great Britain nor France would
tolerate the establishment Of Germany
as the foremost European power, He
considered Russia an Asiatic power. II,
with the assistance Of the Reich, Rus
sia's attention could be centered toward
the Middle East, and particularly toward
Persia and India, there was enough room
on the globe for these two powerful
neighbors, and they could divide the
world to their hearts desire and no
power could stop them.
The very skillful British and French
diplomats did their utmost to prevent
such an association. They succeeded
Russia of the Cars was a spendthrift.
In spite of her vast expanses, the coun-
try was always in need of ready cash.
The Russian imperial family and the
palace guard" consisting OF thousands
of courtiers who were out to have a good
time, regarded that vast and unbeliev-
ably rich empire as their personal
patrimony.
Extended Vast Loans.
The French and the British extended
vast loans to the st. Petersburg govern
ment. On the other hand, Germany,
after the downfall of Bismarck. fell into
the hands Of the ambitious and reckless
Emperor William II, who suffered from
grandomania and believed that he and
his grenadiers could establish Germany's
domination over Europe without anv
outside help. Russia remained In the
French-British sphere until the down.
fall OF the Cars and the establishment
OF new political system by Nicholas
Lenln and his successor, Joseph Stain.
Ever since Stain took over the reins
OF the vast empire he has followed a
shreWd policy Of setting up his country
as the paramount power in Europe. He
sided with Hitler's Germany at the most
critical period in the history of Ellrope
fuily aware that Hitler was not a re-
liable ally. While the Germans we're
marching triumphantly from one coun-
Try into another in Western Europe
STAIN was getting ready to meet the
inevitable German onslaught. He is said
TO nave banked on the psychological
erect OF Hitler turning against his
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