THE EDITOR RESERVES THE LAST COLUMN
The Editor Reserves . . . The Last Column THE VOLUME of diplomatic records just published by the State Department must be an extraordinary document. I have not yet had an opportunity to examine...
...The secret diplomacy of pre-war days, which prevented the public from knowing where it was being led, is matched if not surpassed by the tight censorship in wartime...
...If we decide for domination and empire, if we ally ourselves with the British Empire in any peculiar way, then in the eyes of the other peoples we become part of the British Empire, and against that empire all will begin desperately to arm themselves and such militarization can only be accomplished by the sort of ruthless military process which Russia used after the first World War...
...The undemocratic minds of both our nations would be in the seats of power, and, having conquered the enemies of democracy abroad, our soldiers would come back disarmed and weak only to find these here at home...
...I hope George Washington's spirit now rises restless from the grave, that Jefferson speaks loudly from the dead, that John Brown's soul still keeps bravely marching on...
...The way to deal with Prussia is not to dismember it, but to depose this governing class...
...Churchill suggests, we Should force three fourths of the world's people to believe that we believe in empire—that is, that we believe in the rule of the few over the many, that we believe in the superiority of one race over another...
...The enemy in Prussia is not the mass of the population, which tended by majority to vote Left, but the twin ruling caste of Junkers and magnates of the Heavy Industry Cartels...
...There is a growing suspicion among ordinary Americans who don't pretend to be experts or have access to confidential information that altogether too much official blundering is concealed by the specious argument that the information would be "vital to the enemy...
...I have not yet had an opportunity to examine it, but the reports in the New York Times promise a rich experience...
...This, after all, is not surprising, for while Prussia contains in the north, rural areas dominated by the great Junker estates, it also includes the most densely peopled districts, whose workers in those days voted pretty solidly Socialist or Communist...
...7, 1941...
...Prussia was never the Nazi stronghold...
...It so happens that not a single one of the chief Nazi leaders is a Prussian...
...Most readers of The Progressive will, I feel certain, subscribe to the sound common sense of these words: "We all know that it is still possible to win the war in the world and lose it in our two countries [Great Britain and the United States], We might lose the war inside the United States by adopting Churchill's suggestion that we make a basic union with the British Empire...
...The incident involving Gen...
...This 'Private' War Several of the Washington correspondents have bitterly referred to "this private war" in commenting on the strict secrecy which conceals so many of the war developments from public view...
...Exploding A Myth The New Statesman And Nation, Great Britain's outstanding liberal weekly, performed a courageous service recently when it exploded the myth that Prussia is predominantly Tory, fascistic, and militaristic...
...M.H.R...
...If on the other hand, we Americans follow our own genius in friendly relations with all and close alliance with no one above another, then the millions in Asia and Africa—yes, and I believe in Russia, too —will breathe more freely and move more slowly...
...Solely in the interest of freeing men's minds from accepted falsehoods so that they can more realistically prepare for the peace settlement, the New Statesman And Nation pointed out that "throughout the 14 years of the Republic Prussia was governed by Left Coalitions with the Social Democrats as the dominant party...
...Blood and Guts" Patton is shocking enough in itself, but most people were especially disgusted by official duplicity in suppressing, then denying, then distorting, and finally admitting the truth...
...Much of the book appears to be devoted to proving how Secretary of State Cordell-Hull and his associates knew as far back as 1937 that Japan was bent on dominating at least half the world and must soon collide with the United States...
...Apparently there is little if anything in the book to indicate why, in the fullness of its knowledge" of approaching war with Japan, the Roosevelt Administration persisted in building up the Nipponese war machine with American materials, or why we were so cold to Chinese pleas for help, or why we were warned to keep our eyes fastened on Europe, or why we were caught so fast asleep on that Sunday of Dec...
...If we allied ourselves with the British Empire in any way whatsoever that would correspond to what Mr...
...How To Lose The War William Henry Chamberlin's powerful indictment of the Churchill-Tom Dewey scheme for a post-war Anglo-American alliance, on Page 5 of this issue, brings to mind the eloquent warning of Pearl Buck in a recent issue of Asia And The Americas...
Vol. 7 • December 1943 • No. 49
