Show economic nigh highlights rye lights As aa one news put it StIl lill la IH the lust last and most till lin vu example of tin the utter folly of trying to appease tho ilia onetime one ono time viennese house pa painter lliter who hns bevline litster of it continent tho the Itu salans obviously afraid lid did ov pry abing in hi their power to mollify the nazis they elcik d it ii 11 non 0 it ft ng g tr and collaboration pact tricy noreca to to Gen genitally itally to egme into I 1 industry in III an all attempt to up production and transport they did nothing to prevent attly ny or of lilt lers territorial ac but nil all athla was waa not lot enough and tho the oft given warnings of winstot churchill at lust last vanio truo true when hitler was wag rondy ready it he struck at despite tho the pact despite all pledges of friend flitters Hit lers spoken reasons rea sona for war against the soviet are ilia hla usual onea lio bo claimed that had not aved up to chor that agents were seeking tile tho downfall of thoR reich cleb and that lie was simply ply noung acting to save europe durone from froin the blight of oom inu nisin no one olie believes hol leves that these to more that than an easy albl for till W ailton breakage of at another iother tre treaty aty russle hag haa lu in buat most sorely lacks lacke israll to teed feed the alto geman people oil to propel tho the german war machine and on top of that it if russia could b bo destroyed as a military power hitler would no longer havo have to tear fear attack fro from the east bast ile he could then than concert bratel all of ibis his weapons for or the final filial assault ou on tho the british it la Is clear to anyone that littler bag baa taken a gigantic gamble itus sla sin fla as napoleon found out haa been tho the graveyard 1 of empire before it la Is a vast land and much ot of it la is and ellma ly unfriendly in tile tho little cot cor boralle phrase ilia die of indigestion and russia Is the biggest beto that any ally conqueror could tit tempt littler hitler certainly must have folt felt there was no other solution to we lila problems before deciding to give glye tho me Mar marchle march cling lm order to tad hla his legione along the 1000 mile front that extends from narvik barvik to the Carpathia ns from tile military point of view you can find about auy any opinion on tho the quality of the russian army you want russia rusala gives out few figures conc concerning emIng the red army however it la Is generally believed that at least men have been given military tta illing and that fully mobilized her regular army plus reserves would total or more estimates place her air force at planes though there Is 18 doubt as aa to their quality it la is known that she lias has gigantic quantities of taulis tanks motorized artillery and other mechanical arms but again many think them thein of poor quilty by comparison with the nazis tools of destruction destruct im of all tle the nat nations ious russia and this country are arc the nearest to being self sustaining so far tie as resources daro concerned however russian industry has haa beall notoriously inefficient and w so she cannot make the ole moot moat of what alic posses eren so she la Is a trenion tremendous doug antagonist tag onist for any power and it Is known that turing tho the last year stalin has been working fe feverishly to overhaul his 1119 for cos the ilic ni ornIc political commissary commissars commis cominis sars who were stationed with army mid lid who had the power to over overrule nile commanding officers have bave bein been largely abolished in truth the flit Itus russian army lins been reorganized much on tile the lilies of caal armies the ROOT poor soviet transportation HY system may fly delay full mobil mobilize iza tion for a or more but as time wears on oil id it if hitler la Is not able to defeat rusala in a hurry the lie Ger germans inaus should find this com palan the moat they havo bave attempted mr Chur chills 1 I finely finaly phrased tp kvech itch of june 22 21 W ana iq of exceptional interest no lias has been more antl ilic aie lias has fought tho the soviet idea fr for 25 years ille hie said lie he would take nothing bick back that he has before hut but he ald tile one aim off at policy now 19 li the completa complets com coin deArtie tion of therefore lie hf addal Ei 1311 1 irland regards russia as nil all ally and alid will gle give her till nil possible aid la is likely to bu be the attitude of our though it may not liot be ex expressed so frankly washington 1119 toll trust moscow and ana high officials have aud lately that defense strikes were com communist mawst inspired mr Roos ovelta policy like mr le Is the overthrow of in tha that hat t endeavor deavor any ally lg is welcomed 10 especially so powerful a one as it if hitler subdues russia he win have all he beoda the block bloc kadle adlo will rill 11 no 0 longer bo be important and ho he will deave taken a long step toward mastery of asia as aa well as europe if loses in 1111 russia SWa ho will bo bo finished the fate of much of tha ithe world may be decided in uie the wheat fields ot of tho the ukraine and tho the oil lands of the Carpathia ns |