Where the News Ends
CHAMBERLIN, WILLIAH HENRY
Where the News Ends By WILLIAH HENRY CHAMBERLIN What Kind of War Can It Be? IRECENTLY found myself engaged in a discussion ef the nature and purposes of the war in a amall social gathering....
...New lAuer ar .. y1...
...does not block ollr .tt.ckll oa the weakn_ and I.altl of our own deMocr.tic 1,.lt...
...They thould h*lp th* ceuie of liberty throughout the world by scrupulously honoring it in their domestic policies...
...errora...
...ye.rly b.nqaet, th...
...Te.r 1': 3...
...After mil, a* Churchill euggetted, 'fruitful trad*" end "iron /rem Bilbao" are not to b* dotpisrd...
...But the qualifying words are important...
...It is not for us to meddle in these affairs as a government...
...Tit.l .hareholder in keepln .. thi...
...fa.mar patter...
...Roosevelt's Russian policy is mainly composed of personal charm and a hope that Stalin's better nature will assert itself...
...Le.irr...
...The repudiation of the Atlantic Charter which was first clearly proclaimed in Churchill's speech of February 22 is reaffirmed in the British Prime Minister's statement: "There is no guaranty of Germany enjoying any guaranty of any kind that she will not undergo territorial changes if it should seem that the making of such changes would render more secure and more lasting the peace of Europe...
...ap hl,h.r ; ht wh •• wa, .. fall , pric...
...But much of the merit of this statement is weakened by the probability, ae strongly envisaged in the Prime Minister's speech, thst most of the small or medium-sised states of Europe will be liberated from Axis tyranny only in order to fsll under the control either ef the Soviet Union or of Great Britain, instead of being granted their pre-war sovereign independence or encouraged to form free federations...
...Oar cir •• lation It .. bee...
...a,.mll-th editou .till ,.t the .a.e .W ,r.war low wa...
...A high proportion of the more recent victim* of Soviet political terrorism h*vs been leftist* Of the individual Political Polish citisens who were put to death, the beet known were the leftwing Socialists, Ehrlich and Alter...
...tM, w. haYe III1.h writer...
...Churchill will be to give territory to the former, to take it away from the latter...
...Their strategy in the postwar world meal be at once more limited and more complex...
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...Tllat ado...
...Both Poland and Germany are overcrowded...
...0Il1...
...Mr...
...MEMO From The Editors...
...atte.pt to be objertin, to appro •• 11 in the I.lentilc spirit the IOtlal ".oble •• , ne"l nentl, and tr.nda of ollr era...
...Churchill enunciates an excellent principle when he declares that nations "will not be allowed by armed forces to gratify appetites of aggrandisement at the expense of ether countries just because they are entailer and weaker or leas well prepared...
...Churchill was more specific about these "territorial changes" in his speech of February...
...Crowl •• , in oth.r •. Our hatred of totalitari.nb...
...There are other passages in Churchill's speech, besides the endorsement of Franco, which are disappointing, i The references to Yugoslavia and Greece indicate all too clearly that Kurope is being prospectively carved up into Soviet and British spheres of influence, with Greece falling into the British, Yugoslavia into the Soviet share of the booty...
...advanced by increasing population pressure both in Poland and in Germany and by forcing new migrations of population in a continent that already suffers from too much uprooting of peoples...
...roet of .aiJI~r h...
...Thill y •• r, berallae of th...
...who ".;.ltl be...
...ailion...
...It Ollt...
...The effect of the changes envissged by Mr...
...The Ne .. Leuer Ita...
...pelled to fore(o the annll.1 "dinner...
...O.r •• pport .f tr.d...
...It would be interesting to know the result of a free plebiscite in Old Serbia as to the popularity of the joint StalinChurchill protege, "Marshal" Tito...
...of til...
...till .ta...
...Of course, Mr...
...Mr...
...wily...
...This mood, so far as I can observe, is pretty widespread in America today...
...Owe alee ends ia renfaaiea if en* trie* to *iaUngalok between Fascist ami Communist brand* of teUHUriaaiam ea the basis ef the follower* ef the two systems...
...O.r lI.pport of Roo.n.1t · ha...
...Huey Long once remarked, with considerable perspicacity, that if Fascism should ever come to America, it would call itself anti-Fascism...
...N •• LHller eoet whl.1t It .. r ••• 1aM COMunt b til...
...Ute coet .1 prillUa, .1141 til...
...SlIrlt • joam.1 c.a nner ,.t .lIeh ady.rUah...
...Marshal" Tito's pertisaas iarl.ee a fair number of Croat Uetaabi, who passed ever te hie side whoa hi* beadwagea began t* leek Be.* th* winning ea...
...e.lVe\IV I .A'" .. nd In n...
...The semi-official account of the Teheran Conference by Forrest Davis in recent issues of the Saturday Evening Pott suggests thst Mr...
...For obvious reasons, few Germans will remain under Polish rule...
...Aa4 tII.t...
...Th~ Ne...
...paper ,oin( a .. d 'rhtin( for de.ocr.tie principles...
...eOllt Jer •• ~ acrlber ha...
...01 Ue •• OIl tile IIMral-lert...
...0", THI IDITOIS T HERE ill an aslo...
...It is hard to see how these changes will make the peace of Europe "more secure and lasting...
...Russia has been very patient with Finland" is a sad falling off from the superb tribute to thst northern democracy which Churchill paid in the winter of ltf.ltf-40 and may also be set down to the exigencies of power politics...
...We ronMcientioll...
...ye.r to year, .nd it ill an open let'ret, The New LHIler ha •• trll'fled alon, on • deflrlt...
...c:IrcaJ.tion of pop.lar •• ,uin...
...We .,e a.kine 70a to be a partner ~ in this nntare...
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...Germany, Italy and the countries which were forced or induced to enter the war on the Side of the Axis are to be denied a fascist form of government, but the Franco regime, a creation, in large part, of German Naxism snd Italian Fascism, is given the benediction of the British Government...
...at wh •• waa .. ,. a" ,rie...
...why w. labor 80 hard ler the paper...
...Finally someone said: "The mistake was in not making this a straight antifascist war, in not hitting fascism hard, wherever it might be...
...Won't 1 •• join Tit...
...They should put in the foreground a program for a tru* peace...
...Churchill cannot be fsftrly held personally responsible for the looming undesirable aspects of the peace settlement...
...For, obviously, it is not the name hut the substance of Fascism that is objectionable...
...nd d.tifaU1 enter •• r.newal for the ned year...
...there II a Iree lorll...
...paper...
...oat this deficit...
...who write lor tile p.per wltllo.t .o...
...exl,eaei .. of war, we were co...
...aolaa ap-lNlt til...
...For Mr...
...This is a popular but, I believe, a distinctly oversimplified analysis of our difficulties...
...not atopped •• fro...
...When I pressed home this point at th* afer...
...we lik...
...for wh.t we think .r...
...Te be sure, the British Prime Minister stated thst "we shall not allow any form of fascism to be restored or set up in eny country with which we have been at war...
...doea not pr.nnt oar 'llpolin, racileteerln, in .o.e IInion8, lack of de.ocr.tic control, or Ji...
...V.riolill lunctionll...
...From the standpoint of ethics or international morality, it is an Alice in Wonderland situation...
...TII.y appreriate the lad th.t Tlte Ne .. LftIller i •• atl •• l.ti., Iree (or •• for Idea •• "You (".n't print that," i •• n .d.onition neTer he.rd .ro.ad th .. e editori.1 ollc...
...And Winston Churchill's recent speech indicates that there is no intention, at least on the pert of the British Government, te turn th* war into a universal anti-fascist crusade...
...Nor c.n It h.Ye the...
...Hence fro...
...crltirl&ln, IIi • • harpl...
...CHURCHILL conveniently overlooked the fart fact that Franco, in all probability, would not be in power today if it had not been for the extensive aid which he received from Germany and Italy...
...ad .any oU •• r dbll.,alalled "riter...
...no .acred cow...
...Apparently Poland, as "compensation" for Soviet annexation of a large part of its eastern provinces, is to be given East Prussia and perhaps other purely German territories...
...tioll...
...Unfortunately for war propaganda purposes, thia would also be a very accurate summary ef some ef the important political characteristics of the Soviet Union...
...e • * ThK idea of the war as an anti-fascist crusade, attractive at first sight, scarcely seems feasible on closer examination...
...8 .. k. Mn Ea.t •• n, Bertr.1\4I R •••• n. W.lter Naah, J.rry Veorlaill Ea,ene Lyon., John L. Child...
...mentioned social gathering, one of the participant* squirmed anxiously and said: "The Soviet Union put people of a different kind i« concentration camps...
...aat the deleit re...
...StaHa baa net beta Mark-balling reactionary Junker officer* for Id* "Free Germany Committee.'' It would be fantastic and entirely beyond ta* strength of the democratic power* to try to cocrc* all th* countries of th* world into observing the Four Freedom...
...0' I.k aad ~. prie •• f ,aper...
...of friend...
...Jolin De".,., P •• rl Buk, Sid...
...I. lact, Ut...
...The prospects of peace will not be...
...But this ia a subject for another column...
...Even if this were important, from the standpoint of justice and humanity, it is no longer true...
...B.t...
...So, before we can intelligently outlaw Fascism, we must define it...
...There is a cORYenlent CO.polI on thel.ft...
...but none among those present seemed to feel as confident about the winning of the peace as about the prospect of victory in the war...
...rie...
...ill 10llr contrllMlUon towards 'l'h I 1h~ New LHfler ••• talnln .. fand...
...h" .. w.n for labor ,a,en...
...The Soviet Union, in relation to its sue and undeveloped territory, is still an underpopulated country...
...They should get quickly to work on the elementary tasks of relief and reconstruction...
...Churchill went out of hia way to express sentimenta of friendship toward General Franco's dictatorship in Spain and declared: "The internal political arrangements in Spain are a matter for Spaniards themselves...
...th •• tre p.rty, .nd .peri.1 laa .. , haYe raiNd .on.y to wi...
...It may safely be assumed that no Pole, except for a few Communist jobholders, will voluntarily live under Soviet rule...
...lIach .. tli...
...It has some pretty definite political characteristics: B supposedly Infallible leader, a siagk party which always wipe eUcemms and plW^iteTlI near-hundred per coat majorities, rigid atate eoatsa] of praas and speech, of trade aad industry, a gigantic cystous ef state propaganda for the regime, repression of recalcitrants by an extended system of capacious concentration camp...
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...all roae a...
...in •. We are .. kln( you to be .ore than ai .. ply a reacler who aceepta the paper and It, 8ne .rtid...
...Various opinions and judgments were expressed...
Vol. 27 • June 1944 • No. 24
