Show dispelling THE FOG by charles michelson one of the curious suggestions 0 emanating mana ting from the isolations isolationist camp is that we should endeavor endea voi to get england to consider peace terms with germany obviously even it if such a peace were possible it would be one that thai recognizes the virture of the hitler regime for the reich would hardly abandon its theory that the germans are a superior race and therefore entitled to dominate others hitler now dominates europe from the north sea to the russian border and a little beyond suppose she were willing to declare her satisfaction with the conquests she has made and agree to stop with things as they are could the democracies agree to that moreover going further with an impossible hypothesis does anybody believe she would abide by such a treaty europe is littered with tatters of treaties torn up by hitler hitler when unready En glands government disclosed an appeasement policy and chamberlain condoned the rape of czechoslovakia czecho slovakia announced that he had no further territorial ambitions in europe then he proceeded to divide poland with russia and swept over belgium holland denmark and norway and so on it is straining credulity too far to suppose that he would be any more willing to keep his promises now than he was then now the isolationists are indignant because secretary of state hull has asked finland to listen to russian proposals for a cessation of hostilities between the two countries presumably the russians I 1 meant to offer a restoration of the territory they extorted from finland two years ago or something along those lines it was senator nye who declared at that time that it would be a step toward war when it was proposed to lend finland 1 to aid her in defense against the aggression of the stalin government it is a tough situation for finland in the dispatches from abroad there is a hint at least that great britain threatens a declaration of war against her for of course finland is fighting with the nazis against russia and problems of supply via the arctic to russia russian enter into our interest it may be that the result of the russo german war may hinge on the assistance finland is giving germany not only by her formidable fighting but by the access she gives the german invaders invader and their supply lines perhaps finland might the be willing to quit if she got the stolen territory back but would germany permit it perhaps it was partially to head oft off the british war declaration cl that the effort is being made to get her to resume her neutrality tra lity the finns want to know who will guarantee that russia if russia is on the winning side would stick to her bargain after the war the answer to that is another question who will guarantee fin lands scalp being added to hillers Hit lers collection if hitler is the victor tough on finland but we are furnishing russia with war engines and other supplies not because we love russia but for our own sake because russia is doing her part in stopping the world conquest on which the reich has embarked for war purposes at the present time finland and germany are one the conundrum is whether we can permit our affection for and sympathy with the distressed little country to prevent us from trying to get her to aban abandon dorr the axis in short to get off dussias Rus sias back when russia is making our fight not that russia is doing it for our sake but for her own salvation nobody suspects Fl finland illand as honest and square a democracy as ever advanced the cause of liberty of anything approaching abc acc accord or d wl with th hitler philosophy their being joined is a plain marriage of conven axne it aff afforded crded the finns an op yi to get bak at a nation that has bullied bulled her and threatened her independence off and on for two hundred years on the other hand the united states is committed to the destruction t of hitlerism for it is fully aware that it if the fuehrer succeeds in asia we are bound to be next on the list |