Show Merry Go nd Two Worries Behind Truman T Talk al alBy By Drew Pearson V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON WASHINGTON Here Here Her e are some of the worries behind Pres Truman's message to congress V Worry rry No 1 News I-News News of RusSian Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian warfare germ-warfare plans Soviet scientists arc reported to to have developed two types of virus one to wipe out cattle the other ther to spread pestilence among humans Actually Russian progress on bacteriological ical warfare is Es no news to toU U S. S war chiefs Furthermore Furthermore Furthermore Fur Fur- by the end of or the war the U. U S. S navy had developed a germ capable of wiping out the entire Japanese wheat crop It was also long known that the Russians were working on inoculation for their own troops so the they could advance into enemy territory immune to disease disease disease dis dis- dis- dis ease germs after the enemy had been knocked out by bacteriological bacteriological logical warfare This was known to be Rusala's Russia's Russia's Rus Rus- sias sia's cheap answer to the atomic bomb since germ warfare can be prepared in small inexpensive sive laboratories While these facts have long been known to the navy army-navy U. U S. S officials are now worried that Russia may be ready to begin begin begin be be- gin surprise bacteriological warfare warfare warfare war war- fare spread from suitcases by fifth columnists Worry Vorry No 2 2 Russia Is re reported reported reported re- re ported to have completed plans for setting up a brand new So So- viet German government on or before May 1 The new capital would be at Koenigsberg and the government w would uld be under Under un un- un der den Field Marshal Von Paulus German commander taken prisoner prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner at Stalingrad and since then engaged in training a special special special cial German army for Russia Von Paulus Is reported to have returned to Moscow March 4 following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing a week seven-week tour of Russian-occupied Russian Germany The tour was for the purpose of working out details of the new Soviet-German Soviet government Von Paulus' Paulus German unit atthe of at the Red army was reported two months ago to total is now believed to total 1600 The Russians take extreme precautions to prevent this German German German Ger Ger- man army from double crossing them The families of Von Paulus and 35 of his staff officers officers off off- cers cers are kept in Moscow as hos hos- Von Paulus' Paulus army Is also denied artillery Ammunition is carefully rationed with no large ammunition depots inside Ger Ger- many End of Russia's Rope Rope Strat Strat Strategy egy behind the presidents president's message message message mes mes- sage to congress was not entirely worry It was partly for the psychological effect on 1 Russia Rus Rus- sia 2 on the countries Russia Russia Rus Rue sia seeks to dominate Diplomats have long believed that 1 if Sir Edward Grey British foreign minister in 1914 had warned the kaiser that the invasion invasion inva inva- sion don of Belgium meant war with Britain the kaiser would not have struck Diplomats have also believed that if Hitler had definitely known the Invasion of Poland meant war with both Britain and the U USA S A he might not have struck Therefore U. U S. S war chiefs have been advising that Russia should be told that she has now gone as far as she can without a direct clash with the United States The psychological effect of a 8 firm stand on Italy Scandinavia and France Franco is also considered important The Czech coup has caused them to cringe with fright Italian voters have been terrorized with the threat that the Communists were preparing a purge list of ot those who opposed opposed opposed op op- op- op posed them and that th the Russians Russians Russians' Rus Rus- clans clans' we were e soon ebon soon coming in to tomake tomake tomake make that Navys Navy's W White V h hit I to c Elephants Elephants- When up high-up U. U S. S air officers really let their hair down dO they are scathing In their criticism of at a big land army and of navy blueprints for giant airplane airplane- carriers Carriers Carrier they point out not only take two years and tremendous tremendous tremendous dous quantities of ot steel to build but require too many warships I to protect them Many people wondered why the battleship Pennsylvania was towed out to sea sea ea and sunk Bunk when the na nation lon was desperately desperately- short short- of scrap iron The reason reason- radioactivity Nearly two years after the Bikini atomic bomb tests testa battleships from Bikini are still contaminated by deadly radioactive fumes 1 Thus if It an atomic bomb comes anywhere near an airplane carrier carrier carrier car car- rier th that t giant mass o of steel requiring two years and OO to o build is knocked permanently permanently per per- out of commission Air Mr generals also smile over the fact that their branch of the service has no trouble getting plenty of recruits Neither do dothe dothe dothe the marines es Its the land army which has trouble getting men If It you need a big land army to protect the U USA S A argue the air generals you might as is well wen admit ad admit admit ad ad- mit defeat i in advance A big ln land d army anny at home means fightIng fighting fight fight- ing on U. U S. S soil soli and deadly de de- de e- e Only a big air force fOlce to meet and rout the enemy before it strikes the U U. S. S can prevent destructive fighting on American soil Copyright 1948 1918 Bell Syndicate |