| Show Postwar German Underground Seen There is nothing new to Europeans about an underground monument which might be defined as a group of persons united by an idea which persists as an opposition to a particular particular particular ular government with the purpose of eventually overthrowing that gov gov- gov- gov With the defeat of Germany it itcan itcan itcan can be taken for granted that two German movements will begin to burrow perhaps retiring to previously pre prepared positions in the language of the of a retreating army They are the Junkers Junkers Junkers Junk Junk- ers and the Nazis I At the present writing for tor the I first time in history military control control control con con- of Germany has been wrested from the hands hands of the junker gen They did their best to act acton acton acton on their ancient adage We as a caste must always live to fight another day A lost war to them is isan isan isan an incident and considered merely a temporary set back on the road to eventual world To that end they planned a peace before their ranks were too greatly weakened weakened weakened weak weak- ened or their resources exhausted But the Nazis stepped in wrecked their plans As a caste they will probably be completely destroyed their estates and therefore their means of livelihood removed What many people do not know is that the German high command had their own private funds voted by the government which they managed themselves for the benefit of the I army Whether the Nazis have obtained this remains to be seen But in any c case se you may be sure the burning burning burning burn burn- ing patriotism of those junkers who survive will keep an underground organization alive And then comes the Nazis with a younger but equally fanatical loyalty loyal ty to national socialism Their underground underground un un- un organizations we know are already prepared Meanwhile there is a strong suspicion suspicion suspicion sus sus- sus- sus on the part of many persons in Washington that a third breeding place for totalitarian militarism is being cultivated right here in the I Western hemisphere In the past weeks I have received I several letters and one telephone call protesting against the action of ot the state department in breaking relations relations relations re re- re- re lations with Argentina So far as I could tell the persons who communicated communicated communicated with me were perfectly honest They all stressed the known fact that the chief characteristic of the Argentina attitude is traditionally pro Argentine nationalists The inference was that the government was not North anti-North American or pro- pro nazi-fascist nazi and should be let alone As a matter of fact aside from Argentines Argentine's own aims there seems to be evidence that the German Nazis and perhaps some of the German German German Ger Ger- man Junkers are transferring their wealth to Argentina There is not the slightest doubt that the Buenos Aires government has aided and abetted in the spread of nazi-fascist nazi propaganda and is that at this very moment looking sympathetically on 00 the activities of Nazi agents within its borders The army has long been indoctrinated with Prussian militarism through it it officers who have been trained it i Germany Unless the United States takes tin the j lead in applying sanctions sanction i in th form of a strict embargo on on Arger tina we may find ourselves with a I full fledged war var of aggression on our OUI hands right here in our own hemi hemi- sphere In the case of Argentina we may maybe maybe maybe be witnessing not only the growth of ofa ofa a powerful military dictatorship but butone butone one which will be used to nourish I and sustain the very forces which we have spent our blood and wealth to suppress in Europe Europe Europe-an an over Clover ground underground |
