The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-09-14
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is U. S. IMPERIALiST BOUND?
OF all the nations participating in
World War II, the United States was
the luckiest and came out the strong
est in the end. It's most serious, and
only real threat was at Pearl Harbor
when the Japs had their only last
chance to invade the Hawaiian Is
lands. The loss of the Philippines
Gated that the U. S. had over-reached
herself. The Japs sending incendiary
balloons as we'll as making landings
on Attu and Kiska was mere kidstuff
and offered no real threat.
At the beginning United States was
a little handicapped by not being pre-
pared TO rwar and having no trained
soldiers which gave us some sad losses
as we had to learn the hard way.
Even after what happened at Pearl
Harbor and the Philippine Islands
there was no real doubt but that
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This would eventually have happened
even without Russia's help or the
atomic bomb, given more time.
Now the United States will have
q string of islands as airplane bases
all the~way from San Francisco to
of Truk. There is no doubt but what
the United States will turn Truk into
the strongest naval base in the world
from which to dominate the Pacific
ocean west of Hawaii and north of
Australia.
United States, without including the
atomic bomb, now has the worlds
strongest navy and airfleet with the
most strategic islands in the Pacific
ocean and now the question arises:
To what end will she use this adj
vantage?
With the financial control of Haiti,
5anto Domingo, Jamaica, Cuba, Pana-
ma, Liberia, Hawaii and the Philip
pines besides remote control of others
90 numerous to mention, even though
some of them are technically indie
pendent it looks like they are all los
ng out any semblance of real indie
oendence and coming more into a
through its financial groups running
he whole show.
Before the war Germany was third,
lext to Russia, in industrial output,
low she has lost, both in territory and
n industrial output, losing her third
,lace to Great Britain and trailing
france taking a fifth place in the
worlds industrial nations while Japan
lrops close to the bottom.
Only two of the big nations gained
erritory in this war, U. S. and Russia
treat Britain barely kept her former
erritory and lost considerable prest-
ge while USSR and US gained some
round and United States is now the
anker of the world.
There can be no doubt but that
United States will be the dominating
over in the North Pacific and the
ontroling influence in Japanese af-
airs, as well as taking considerable
lterst in Chinese doings even going
s far as giving advance notice that
he coming election in Romania will
OF be recognized as conducted under
he present regime there.
While Russian influence is steadily
raveling westward in Europe, the
ltuation in China presents a definite
talemate between U. S. and USSR
n the surface neither side is supposed
} take an active part in the internal
hinese affairs as the U. S. financial
nd military aid given China was sup
osed to be used in fighting Japan.
Ihile Kaishek gave in on some of
lie outstanding issues between the
and himself making the
lrface look more tranquil, powerful
lterests are still at work to see that
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