Evening star., 1948-12-26

E only people in the world who can
all its attention to fighting elusive
but well-trained guerrilla raiders.
The Russians purpose in keeping
the world in turmoil, when 1t would.
be far more beneficial for their own
unhappy millions to have the world
at peace, is to help establish COM
pletely Russian imperialism over o
world which has not been permitted
to recover from the wounds Of the
last two wars. A world at peace
would make the Russian masses
happier, but the men Of the Polit-
buro have no interest in that.
The present world turmoil is di-
rected at the United States. We
are the only power in the world to-
day capable Of opposing Russia's
expansionist aims. The recent reve-
lations of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities and the
Federal grand jury in New York
have only scratched the surface and
shown the public tiny spot In our
national armor.
Spying Still Rampant
Espionage for the U. s. S. r. in the
United States has and still Is ram
pant. Hence the Russians are a.
well-informed as any one can be
about conditions in America, and
particularly this country's war po-
tential. In spite Of our apparent
unpreparedness, which would place
us in q tragic position in the early
days of q Soviet military aggression,
the Russian war planners realize
that there is more fight in this
country than would appear to casual
observers.
The Politburo has come to realize
recently that subversive propaganda,
which was at its height during the
war, is not likely to succeed to any
great extent, since American work
ers are overwhelmingly capital
ist-minded."
From facts in the hands OF Ger.
tain agencies in Washington 1t ap-
pears that the Soviet rulers have
little faith In eventual disruption OF
America from within. They have
northumberland, unless stern meas
ures are taken, will continue to
maintain-their agents in vital spots
to learn ABOUT all Of our contem"
plated moves. But creation IN the
United States of conditions similar
to those in France is regarded as
highly improbable by the Russians.
Hence, the efforts Of Hitler's sue
cessors are directed toward isolat-
ing the United States. When this
process has been accomplished the
intention is to strike with Asiastic
ruthlessness. ..-.
Main Effort in Asia
In order to accomplish this short
range program. conditions in Europe
must be kept at high pitch. The
effects of ERP must be invalidated
by strikes and uprisings by the lib.
loving masses" led by top
ranking Communists. Once France
has been sufficiently softened up and
falls into the Russia lap the rest OF
Western Europe will follow. This
would bring about partial isolation
of the United States. But the iron
curtain cannot be lowered COM
pletely around Europe as long al
Spain, Turkey and the African con-
tinent remain outside the Soviet
sphere. The Russians work In those
areas has 50 far been highly unsuc-
cessful.
The main effort, in which Moscow
has not spared It's substance, has
been in Asia, however. China, or
at least those parts Of that vast
territory which are Of real strategic
Importance, already are in the hands
of the U. S. 8. r. through its Chi
nese Communist puppets. Defense
LESS Korea is expected to follow
some time next year. And unless
strong reinforcements are sent 70
Gen. Macarthur in Japan, that EN-"
pire will fall into Moscow's lap. too,
in the comparatively near future.
Important and well-manned military
establishments have been organized
lby the Russians In Eastern Siberia
and particularly in the area across
Bering strait, which Is only O short
hop from poorly defended Alaska.
our isolation in the Pacific has been
almost completed.
Our Allies Weakened
In the years preceding Pearl Hsr-
Dor our naval and military strat.
egists considered our position In
the Pacific difficult. Japan was
spending the major part OF its
budget on military preparations
which were directed against our Sc
curity. Those were happy days,
however. Japan was formidable,
principally on paper. But she was
deeply entangled in a war in China
and we could count on British and
French might.
World War II had not broken out
yet and those two powers still had
military and naval power. More
over, the Russians were at logger
heads with the Tokyo war lords.
Today the power Of Britain and
France Is almost nonexistent. It is
far from sufacient to counter Soviet
aggression in Europe for even q
short time. Unlike the stupid war