Show Bru charts washington digest some good may come to america out of awful finnish catastrophe mask pulled off communism in united states and left it thoroughly 0 damned ways of helping finland freely discussed in washington by WILLIAM BRUCKART service national press washington D C washington press and radio have been filled for days with news of the cowardly and ruthless attack by russia upon the defenseless and harmless finns so sickening has this assault been that millions of americans have all but forgotten the moe movements ments of that predatory animal called hitler indeed the brutality odthe of the drive upon the finns has practically forced news about hitler s war with britain and france to disappear from the front pages the sit down war still goes on but it has failed to create interest in america but I 1 believe that for us there is some good coming out of that awful finnish catastrophe it is a paradox that anything good could come from such a stench as russia but I 1 am certain of the results in that regard for one thing the latest sor did page in soviet history has pulled the mask off of comma ism it has left communism standing before americans nude and thoroughly damned with its hands dripping with human blood kith gory filth oozing from every pore and its true rapacious character exposed to the last grimy de tail moreover the soviet destruction or near destruction of the helpless finns has posed questions to be an in this country by a good many thousands who have held up communism as the acme in govern ment theory those folks now are called upon to attempt a justi fica tion of the great liberalism which has used miserable excuses to in vade and bomb and mutilate it is time for the parlor pinks the so called intelligentsia of the col leges and universities and the movements for freedom as well as the real scheming lynx eyed for eigners to try to explain away what hat has happened may compel everyone to unite for american way thus when I 1 observed above that I 1 believe some good will come out of the hellhole of russia I 1 was thinking how the situation abroad is going to compel most everyone to unite for the american way these latest vengeful acts of the russian bear that walks like a man bring into bold relief again certain things that happened back about november 16 1933 they re mind us of the various glowing state ments that were forthcoming as to the value in a material way of dip somatic recognition of russia maxim litvinov was here you will remember he bargained for american tion of his nat on and got it upon a promise that rus sia would quit her attempts to spread the doctrine of corn com in this auntry there were bombastic s state t a t e A ments of millions of dollars in trade that would flow from the U I 1 senator borah agreement worked out between president roosevelt and the russ an comm sar As I 1 re member it senator borah the ida ho republican had conducted a one man campaign for rus sian rec on long before nov arrived predictions were glow ing but ne ther mr roosevelt nor senator borah ever suggested that the glowing was gong go ng to be the sheen of flowing blood of helpless women and children and their men A lot of things are happening as regards this new situation for ex ample the reconstruction finance corporation has agreed to extend a credit of 10 to the finnish government for the purchase of agricultural surpluses in the united states there is talk also of us ng the recently remitted finnish debt payment in some way for the aid of the stricken peoples of the only na tion that has made good on repay ment of money borrowed during and after the world horld war V ine are likely to hear a great deal more about ac live help from this side of the at lantic alantic ocean because american hearts are tender but there is dan ger ser in the action that has just been taken pushed soviet buyers out and told them to stay oat there is danger in that proposal however our hearts may desire that we help the finns As I 1 have so oft en said in these columns it is eu rope ropes s war and we can and must stay out of it if we as a nation start helping finland it strikes me that somebody s face is liable to get slapped and immediately of course there will be the kind of hatred arise that will drag us into the flam flaming irig cauldron mr roosevelt did an admirable job I 1 believe when he placed an unofficial but very effective em bargo on the further purchase of air planes in this country by the soviet it is generally understood that a soviet mission was wandering around this country at the time seeking to buy hundreds of air planes there is a difference in helping finland in that manner than by extending a helping hand ly mr roosevelt Roosevel ts s action simply stated pushed the soviet buyers out and told them to stay away to go ahead if they must and use their army of approximately 13 against the meager of finns another thing that is happening and it is taking on quite a bit of steam is the demand that the unit ed states recall our ambassador cut loose the diplomatic ties to the extent that an ambas shows showe disgust and digap might alight be unwise to recall our ambassador to russia recall revil of the ambassador has been strongly advocated by sen ar thur michigan republic can who is out looking around for delegates to the republican national convention next year A dozen or so other republicans have taken the same position and the department of state and the president have been urged by numerous democrats to how the american position in that manner it seems unlikely that such a thing will happen nor am I 1 con vinced that it is the wise thing to do soviet officials if they desired could interpret such an action as amounting to a declaration la ration ratton of war on our part we have seen enough of their operations erat ions to suspect that they will do most anything which will further their own ends things just as ridic ulous as announcing to their igno rant and illiterate millions that fin land was planning to capture len ingrad a great industrial city I 1 doubt that mr roosevelt ought to recall the ambassador but I 1 do not see how constantine the soviet ambassador to washington can remain in the great and lavishly furnished embassy here with any feeling that his presence is desired by the bulk of the americans but what is this russian de tense against finnish attacks leading toa to what brought it about the answer is that the reds have started west they have entertained fears I 1 am tn informed formed that some na tion that has been friendly with fm fin land was preparing eventually to use finnish land and sea areas as a base of attack to preclude that so it is said the reds want a baltic outlet that may be true but it is not all of the truth many believe that stalin double crossed hitler there are many persons in official life here who believe that stalin has double crossed hitler and most of us add that there is little to choose between the two it is plain to see that hitler s plan to seize poland was approved by stalin who was bought with a share but the in side rumor is that hitler never approved of the westward march upon which stalin is now engaged nor is there any ground for belief that hitler welcomes the threats at ru mama mania and some of the areas to the east that are being made from the den of the russian bear just as a t thought ought h then we hear it suggested that perhaps stalin trapped hitler by letting him enter poland that stalin knows hitler s hands are oc aupied on the french front that the soviet eventually may be in a tion to crowd germany by the type of persuasion given off from bombs and bayonets I 1 do not outline this as a fact I 1 toss it in here because it is the subject of military discussions discus sione and it certa aly is a possibility |