Show Is moscow berlin alliance being formed europe cant decide but has its doubts soviet and germany still si suspect asp eel each other despite shouting over non aggression pact 1 1 by RONALD CAPPER prible PARIS ARRI while france and britain cock one eye down a A rifle barrel at germany the other eye never veers from the most enigmatic question mark facing war mad europe soviet russia will the old worlds no 1 diplomat josef stalin come to germany germanas Germ anys s aid a id under the trade and treaties those nations signed just before the war Is comrade stalin merely playing germany for all she is s worth or has adolf hitler outsmarted his new friend forcing stalin to aid the nazi cause the implications of a german soviet alliance are tremendous men dous indeed this possibility has worried observers ever since adolf hitler came to power for together these military jugger could be fearsome there is no longer any 1 m n of ideology standing between ae tween the nations although american nazis and communists would have us believe the two theories are at swords points ten years ago this was true but through the ensuing years germany and russia have approached a similarity thrives on a principle of racial superiority which states that an individual race is entitled to rule the world bolshevism operates on the opposite principle that all men are equal and without distinction since neither idea is practical in application both the reich and the soviet can overlook their theories to settle more realistic problems what really counts is seven year swing from an at tempt attempt to save capitalism to a concept of state controlled capitalism that is not far removed from the russian system from this parallel purpose might spring almost anything yet a study of soviet history during post world war history will show it its s foreign policy has pursued one aim consistently and with considerable success that aim has been prevention of a german italian french and british alliance opposed to russia so long as this ganging up is averted the soviet will be free to complete its big task of internal development heres how accomplished it thus far like hitler in lai 1922 the soviet signed a trade treaty with germany then susceptible to any sort of backslapping back slapping after its rough treatment at versailles but as a matter of expediency russia russia drifted away from ger NOT NORI LA anaa Z W ES DEN BELG N LAN di U S SH f FR A N C E many when hitler came to power they like him when hitler left the league ot of nations russia played another card by entering the good graces of geneva but not mind you until germany was safely out of the road thus the capitalistic countries were divided again in 1936 came the third card application of sanctions against italy in the ethiopian campaign thus the soviet won a sort ot of friendship with france and britain with whom diplomatic relations had already been established new phase began in 1938 last autumn things looked dark for the kremlin climaxing the su crisis the big four of europe met at munich without consulting stalin that meant a possible capitalistic unity which might end in the long feared anti comma alliance among france britain germany and italy russia sat sullenly for many months leading some observers to the false conclusion that she intended to remain isolated but stalin was still playing his cards wisely he saw a breach growing once more as hitler gobbled up aze czecho slova va kra kia and memel then when appeasement pea talk started again he made overtures in the direct direction lon of france and find britain finding them faithless yet still keeping the pow ers divided he turned about suddenly and signed the treaty with germany two schemers at 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 adolt 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 non aggression pact gloating over her spotlighted position holding the balance ot peace or war the soviet might have maintained this enviable status it 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 un easy did russia become that the supreme rne soviet council met hurriedly and ratified the german non aggression pact within 20 minutes after premier mollio bolotoff Mo lotoff ff introduced it suspect each other I 1 I 1 but this his hesitancy this obvious squeeze play does not speak well for future soviet german relations only a few days before the ri ratification tifilca russia deputies applaud applauded ad a mock enock bitile ba atle 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 sueh 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 cari can tell whether dussias Rus sias mammoth but untried army could stop the highly efficient prussian military machine released by western newspaper union |