The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-31
THE WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. 9.

war. For the avoWed intentions OF
This dictatorship, which all its ac-
tons verify, look beyond the war.
This is the crucial point, which
must be understood, in interpret
ing the position taken by Secre-
tary Hull and his Latin American
colleagues. AS regards the war it.
self, the Argentine government has
already done more injury to our
cause and has given more aid and
comfort to our enemies, than it
will ever again he able to do. The
Allied defeat OF the German SUBJ
marines, the victories in North Al
RIGA, and the invasion of Europe
have isolated Argentine from the
Axis, and while the espionage and
propaganda which she counte-
nances still have a considerable
nuisance value, they are no long
er the threat they would have been
Il Hitler were advancing instead of
retreating.
i'll. therefore, Argentina were
simply another unfriendly neutral,
another political partner of our
enemies, we could assume that the
Argentine problem would resolve
itself when Germany falls. But this
is precisely what we cannot as
sumo. For this dictatorship is fol-
lowing a policy which is based on
plans which canaot take effect I'M
til long after the end of the war.
1t is a policy which would certain
" disturb the peace of this hem
isphere, and there is little doubt
that it is designed to disrupt the
settlement with Germany and her
Fascist satellites.
Argentina, under the iron hand
Of the dictatorship, is being trans
formed into an aggressive Fascist
state just as the European Fascist
states are being defeated and de-
stroyed. This would be a prepos-
ferrous enterprise in view of the
military weakness OF the Argea-
tine were it not for the fact that
the Nazis and i ascists in Europe
Intend to 60 underground, n j
then at some propitious moment,
when the victors are asleep or di-
vided, to return to power. South
america below the River Plate
would provide useful place of re-
fuge and base of recovery for
European Nazis and Fascists.
The fact that these Argentine
colonies are not themselves men of
world stature must not cause us
to think that they cannot be the il
struments of such a great plan.
They have taken their theology
tneir methods, their orders from
the Nazis: there is no reason to
6oubt and every reason to believe
that they are acting, perhaps I'M
Willingly, according to plans work.
ed out by the Nazis for the post
war period.
The evidence goes much deper
than their conduct during the war.
1t is true that they were pledged
to CO operate with the American
republics in the defense of tn e
hemisphere, and that they have
broken this pledge and have de-
serted their ne.ghbors. 1t is. true
that, pretending to break relations
with the Axis, they allowed the
Axis diplomats and agents plenty
of time and freedom, before they
we're repatriated, to reorga1ize
their espionage; that they have
suppressed freedom of the press
for the newspapers friendly to our
cause and have not only permitted
the Axis newspapers to conduct an
obscene campaign of propaganda
against us, but have supplied them
with newsprint and with financial
assistance in the form of govern
nent advertising; that they have
given large government contracts
to Axis firms, and have compelled
f1ms that are friendly to the Unit
ed Nations to receive bids for SUBJ
contracts from these Axis firms;
that in true Nazi style they have
suspended civil liberties, abolished
the political part ties, taken control
of the labor unions and have plac-
I'd the whole educational system
under well known Fascists and
enemies of democracy.
Yet all this would conceivably
he tolerable, or a purely Argen-
tine affair, if it were not that this
Fascist program at home is the
foundation in argentina, as it was
in Italy and in Germany, for pre-
pairing and planning external ag-
5ression.
On June 10, Colonel Peroa, who
is Argentina's would = be Hitler.
delivered a speech on national de-
tense at the University of La Pla-
ia.
Like his prototype, Hitler, he an
rounced in advance the aggression
which he contemplates, trusting as
Hitler did, that the selected vic
TINS would be too weak to do anv.
thing about it and that the more
distant great powers, the United
States and Great Britain. would
not take him seriously or would be
TOO pre- occupied to be bothered
with him. This speech states the
program of the Argentine dicta-
torship.
Colonel Peron told Argentina
that peace is Utopian and tb.+