Detroit evening times., 1945-02-27

Hughes, dealing Nth the R0OSeUet-StdlCh ChurchM meet
ing M Hughes pertinent comments made PRIOR TO
the official statements at the closing Of the conerenceO
A ANNoUNCER-The National Broadcasting Company
~ presents Rupert Hughes, soldier, novelist historian
and humorst In his commentary he phrases present day
history in his entertaining style
HUGHES-Three men are meeting somewhere in the
world; and all the world is waiting for the sunrse-the
announcement Of how they have decided to dispose OF
this world.
One of the men represents empire made up largely
of independent dominions, of a generally democratic
nature.
One represents republic, republic; represent
ative form of government of AZ allied states democratic
but enormously and dangerously called democracy.
One represents-just what DOES Russia represent?
Since the memory of man runneth not to the
trary Russia has been ruled by Russians know
nothing else
Stain has called his government A DICTATOR
SHIP BY THE PROLETARIAT, UNTRAMMELED BY
LAW, BASED ON VIOLENCE AND THE DESTRUC-
TION OF THE BOURGEOIS STATE MACHINE-in
other words government HOSTILE TO OUR IDEAS
The exigences of desperate war for existence
against an unparalleled genius and fend named Hitler
have made these three governments allies
THE British monarch has not had for long while
nearly much power our President; The British
TTRNEp SrDt5Iyy OUT OF OFFICE oVERNfGHT
The President of the United States be ousted
only after impeachment, but he can make no treaties
without the of tWothrds Of the Senate and that
is not easily secured.
Our country has no desire for extra territory,
though it rUould like to lease feW air bases.
The British Empire territory, but
does not intend to LOSE ANY 1T HAS.
{ Russia has enormous possessions, but is already
claiming sovereignty many ONCE-FREE Ma
TIONS and has already begun arranging their goUern
n,ents WITHOUT CONSULTING THEM-OR Us.
Two of the big three in conference merely
AGENTS of their very democratic peoples Stain sup
pose can make any decision he wants to without consult
ing anybody else.
SO, in the fate Of the world depends on the
decision of one
Yet billions of-Peeple are counting THESE
THREE MEN to come to complete concord and to make
decisions that will only bring immediate peace but
long lasting harmony Some dreamers count upon
perpetual peace They insist upon it.
TO MY low earthborn and earthly thinking the less
expect the less we be dsappoined The less we count
peace, the longer the peace achieve will last.
Blessed he that expects nothing for he shall get It,
Those three Juggling the deStiries of
the UDorld. II is appalling, terrifying hour in the
history of the human
The old Greeks believed in three fates All three of
them women-the daughters of night One held the
spindle which the thread of life spun. One drew
it out One snapped it with her shears Some said the
three faes blind Some said that the gods
helpless their power Blind people should be trusted
with sharp scissors But who is going to them
One of three male fates is al American One
of them is haH-American in blood, but not in training
Neither of the speaks understands the language
of the third he theirs All their conversations must
pass through the of interpreters Who bound
to miSinterpret.
Ii. three of them to the conference with Ut
"A TERLY DIFFERENT ambitions and traditions
UTTERLY DIFFERENT backgrounds and with UT
TERLY DIFFERENT people back of them, awaiting
their decisions
Furthermore, almost unnumbered other nations
await their decisions. And within each of those nations,
large and small there bitter divisions of opinion and
in many open
In Poland the Lubln government is reported to be
SHOOTING AND IMPRISONING the leaders of the
underground movement and it is certainly reving and
denouncing the government in exile.
The great hero of the early years, Mihailovtch of
Yugoslavia has been DRIVEN INTO HIDING by Mar
shall Tito But the Serbs not contened with Tito They
are loudly appealing for protection from him.
Italy a friehtfui state and France is not much
at and is executing Frenchmen necessarily.
France also bitter being left of the conference.
The French do not bear humiliation DeH They do not
like the dishes cooked by foreigners.
The secrecy of the conference is in itself repugnant
to muudes who believe in what Woodrow Wilson called
"open covenants openly arrived at"
MORE than two billion people inhab the world.
W Is it conceivable that 10 thousand wise pom
dered and debated for 10 thousand years they could
devise ANY PLAN that would satisfy EVERYBODY
FOR ONE DAY?
Those men meeting in secret. Let us hope that
those three agree in a few things that will satisfy