Show 3 moscow berlin axis being formed 4 i europe can t decide but has doubts SWED L TONI DEN RK P 0 L A N 0 varance vF RANCE ERMANY MAN 11 met and germany still suspect each other despite 81 4 shouting Z over non aggression tt pact but does 4 hitler hold the upper hand 4 by RONALD CAPPER i released by western newspaper union garis ARIS while france and britain cock one eye down a rifle lj barrel at germany the other eye never veers from the most ignatic ig matic question mark facing war mad europe soviet rusi I 1 t will the old worlds no 1 diplomat josef stalin come to rm anys aid under the trade and aggression non treaties those eions signed just before the war Is comrade stalin merely abing aying germany for all she is worth or has adolf hitler outlawed his new friend forcing stalin to aid the nazi cause the implications of a german soviet alliance are bremen us ms indeed this possibility has worried european observers er since adolf hitler came to iwer for together these mili ry juggernauts jugger could be fear me there is no longer any cn m of ideology standing be een the nations although neriman nazis and comma 1 ts would have us believe two theories are at swords aits ten years ago this was true through the ensuing years ger hy y and russia have approached similarity Imi larity k catuns surprisingly auke alike thrives on a principle of ial superiority which states that individual An individual race is entitled to rule tw world orld bolshevism operates on 0 opposite cosite principle that all men S e equal ual and without distinction ae ye neither idea is practical in li cation both the reich and the jet iet can overlook their theories to ie more realistic problems bhat really counts is in an year swing from an attempt lave capitalism to a concept of I 1 tee 4 controlled capitalism that is far removed from the russian ia 1 r em from this parallel purpose 0 3 tr spring pring almost anything att a study of soviet history duri 1 r ost lost world war history will show policy has pursued one ii consistently and with consid brien le ie success that aim has been indention tion of a german italian illy maich fich and british alliance opposed jl I russia so long as this ganging is averted the soviet will be to complete its big task 0 of f in coo il I 1 development heres how 04 e accomplished it thus far c je like hitler d c 0 1922 the soviet signed a trade odar our with germany then p to to any sort of backslapping back slapping ys his t 11 its rough treatment at ve vers r but as a matter of eppedi t aci russia russia drifted away from germ when hitler came to power like him fl en n hitler left the league of he ns s russia played another card bo alt bering the good graces of ge i j gj but ut not mind you until ger ard was safely out of the road y came the third card ap gt ion on of sanctions against italy rge 16 oro ethiopian se campaign thus the viet oviet won a sort of friendship france rance and britain with whom 12 i t abic relations had already f established shed lid I 1 tito tf ew phase began in 1938 1939 en g it autumn things looked dark ta 0 ill e kremlin climaxing the suly suit and rid crisis the big four of ains g ie met at munich without con to g stalin that meant a of u capitalistic unity which might n the long feared anti comma t tot alliance lance among france brit 01 germany g Ser ermany many and italy ac iier isia sia sat sullenly for many egg is s leading some observers to va I 1 iise i ise conclusion that she intend y tl remain isolated but stalin till playing hiss his cards wisely dw iw a breach growing once more as hitler gobbled up czecho slova kia and memel then when appeasement pea talk started again he made overtures in the direction of france and britain finding them faithless yet still keeping the powers divided he turned about suddenly and signed the treaty with germany two schemers work this is the supreme test of soviet diplomatic wisdom for josef stalin smart though he may be is dealing with another smart schemer in adolf hitler there is good reason to believe germany got the upper hand during the tense prewar pre war days when russia hesitated over ratifying the aggression non pact gloating over her spotlighted position holding the balance of peace or war the soviet might have main tind this enviable status if hitler had not been equally alert der fuehrer knew the british ambassador to berlin has always favored a policy of anglo german friendship against russia furthermore he knew russia was aware of sir ambitions that is why the ambassador was kept busy commuting between berlin and london with diplomatic notes which might have led to an anglo german settlement so uneasy did russia become that the supreme soviet council met hurriedly and ratified the german pact within 20 minutes after premier bolotoff Mo lotoff introduced it suspect each other but this hesitancy this obvious di squeeze play does not speak well for future soviet german relations only a few days before the ratification russian deputies applauded a mock battle in red square where young soviet fighters routed an invading force clad in german field gray uniforms the big question now is whether hitler has outsmarted stalin to such a degree that the soviet cannot regain its former position russia has things to fear from germany should poland fall the convenient buffer territory between the reich and the soviet would disappear bringing hitler closer to his long coveted ukraine should this issue develop into war between the two nations much to the democracies glee no one can tell whether dussias Rus sias mammoth but untried army could stop the highly efficient prussian military machine |