| Show I 1 An Answer to Crepehangers THE extraordinarily successful Russian summer summer offensive which has has has' completely sm smashed German defense lines in central Russia Captured the key cities of oC Minsk and and driver driveL the Germans almost out of pre 1939 Russia is the the best possible answer to the commentators commentators com corn who whoa who a few weeks ago were predicting that Russia was going to coast coast along in the war from now on and let lct the Americans Americans Ameri Amen cans cans and British carry the brunt of the fighting in finall finally overwhelming overwhelming overwhelming over over- whelming Germany It looks now as if we will have to hurry to keep up with ith our Russian allies In cn in forcing the nazi collapse which is our common goal The way the Russians are going they are likely before long to dri drive e the Germans completely out of the Baltic st states and they might easily drive clear into East Prussia Its It's about time for some of of these professional pessimists who are always seeing Russia as some kind of menace to change the subject or admit that their constant suspicions of Russia are are activated m more re by fear for nazi Germany than by fear of Russia They like Hitler are hoping against hope that some Russian British-American-Russian al alliance al al- means can be found to wreck the liance before it i is too i late late for for te-for for Germany t Anyone who s suspects Ru Russia Rusia s a of a hidden desire to stop fighting short of tot total l German defeat forgets that Russia has far more scores to Jo settle with nazi Germany than has Britain or America Russian soil has been desecrated an and despoiled by bythe bythe bythe the Hit Russian people have been murdered and terrorized Russian cities and towns factories and farms have been pillaged and destroyed Russian manhood by the millions has been thrown Int into int the cauldron of war to be killed maimed or enslaved It is inconceivable e that an any nation which has suffered as m much ch as Russia has at the hands ands of a foe would d stop top short of the victory which would make retribution possible Rather w we can expect to see just what we are arc seeing on the thc Russian fr front front front-a mt-a mt a supreme effort to clinch the victory which is at long last in sight a great battering ram onslaught from the east to toc c complement our drives from the west and the south Russia 1 Is s out to smash nazi Germany this summer if that is at all pos pos- sible ibIe That's Thal's what Stalin says says and and there is no reason to doubt th that t he and his fighting Russian armies w will ll do it if it is in the theu u cards |
