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EDITORIAL
HERE'S YOUR HAT,
HERR DRAEGER
(Philadelphia Record)
German sources in Washington
admit that Dr. Friedhelm Draeg
cr. German Vice Consul in New
York has been acting as Gauleit
er of the Nazi party in the Unit
ed States.
They insist that’s nothing un
usual; Gauleiter Draeger merely
collects dues and gives party in
structions to the 1,000 or so Nazis
who are in this country on of
ficial business. Draeger, they say,
has nothing to do with Ameri
can citizens in his capacity as
Gauleiter.
In the first place, we doubt if
Draeger can or does separate his
functions as Vice Consul from
his functions as Gauleiter (dis
trict leader for the United Stat
es). As Vice Consul he meets
many Americans of German ex
traction who are trying to get in
touch with relatives in Germany.
Individuals in that position can
be put under pressure by threats
of what will happen to their rel
atives in Germany. They can be
made into tools of a German or
ganization in the United States.
Even if Draeger could separate
his functions, this country would
not be justified in allowing a
foreign Vice Consul to function
as a Gauleiter. There are cer
tain kinds of political activity
which diplomatic and consular
representatives aren’t supposed
to carry on in the countries to
which they are accredited. Draeg
er's activity clearly violates dip
lomatic custom.
If it doesn’t, our State Depart
ment still might stretch a point
and notify the German Govern
ment that GauleiUr Draeger is
persona non grata here.
That means we don’t want him
and to get out—quick.
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Current Comments
Written From
^ ashington
In the normal and everyday
life of Washington, excitement
has so larg. a part that it takes
something entirely out of the or
dinary to attract attention. A fire!
in the Munitions Building, with]
rumors of sabotage, afforded a
momentary thrill, but soon drop
ped out of sight as a topic of
conversation. The warning was
applicable to the individual home
rather than to the nation. For
once, Hitler was cleared, the
quilt being divided between a
cigarette butt and an electric
wire.
Physicians look with ill favor
upon a plan to socialize their
profession. Since doctors of med
ecine constitute a respectable
and important class, the Presi
dent has acted wisely when, in a
recent speech, he pointed out
that it' was proposed merely to
make medical care available for
those who could not pay for it,
and to secure cooperatidn be
tween the Federal government
and those practicing the healing
art.
Now that England, for the mo
ment has been granted a breath
ing spell as to falling bombs, she
is being afforded an opportunity
to plan for the health of the in
habitants during the next few
months. A British winter never
is a season of healthful joy and
the war will make no assisting
contribution. England can bear
testimony to the act that a friend
ly working relation between the
government and the doctor is a
good thing.
France continues to gravitate
from bad to worse in the opinion
prevailing on this side of the
ocean. General Petain is quoted
as saying that the present policy
is his: that heretofore he has
spoken as a father: and that now
he speaks as a leader. This
sounds very much lik: the trump
etings of Adolf. It is to be sus
pected that the policy of the
Vichy government is not alone
the result of force applied.
One cannot excuse the French
on the ground that the easiest
way to get rid of a bitter pill
is to swallow it. Vice Premier
Laval steps over boldly into the
ranks of the out and out propag
andists, having allegedly assured
his fe'low countrymen that Dem
ocracy is dead throughout the
world. This dismal truth is that
the Vichy regime is pretty well
saturated with Nazi philosophy.
Mr. Hitler’s latest suggestion,
although not thoroughly disclos
ed as to details se ms to amount
to placing African colonial pos
sessions in a common pot, from
which Germany, France and It
aly anl Spain can dip: of course
with the proviso that the rules
and regulations to be enforced in
Europe will apply in Africa also.
■ The alluring programme offer
ed may have been listened to
with willing ears in Spain and
France. Italy did well for her
self, and without any axis sug
gestions. when she absorbed Eth
iopia. The happy African family
scheme may not appeal strongly
to the Duce.
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Now that election is over, we
shall soon have some matters of
our own to talk about, but until
the local news mills starts to
grind, it wil continue to be nec
essary to look elsewhere for a
grist. The busy Greeks have
something to offer.
There was a time when the
Greeks could outfight, outwrite
and outbuild anyone who came
along. Today their country is
about as large as Alabama, with
a popu’ation approximating that
of Illinois. Greece courageously
tells Turkey that she can hold
out alone. Architecture and liter
ature may have fallen into decay
but the old fighting spirit still
lives.
Italy is not doing as well in giv
ing the ancient kingdom of
H lias a manhandling. Yet it
shoull be recalled that Belgium
was more than irksome to Ger
many at the beginning of the last
World War and that the Germans
and Russians did not at first walk
over the Poles in his one.
What happened to Poland in
th? long run. and not a very long
run at that is a burning memory.
Greece may turn out to be a S
rallying place, from which some
thing may be accomplished but
her immediate future probably
will not be characterized by
sweetness and light.
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Stubborn (ireC* resistance against Italy was reported by neutral
military sources as the two countries joined in batt'e Above is the
scene of conflict. Italy was reported to have 200,000 men along the
Greek-Albanian frontier, against whom Greece pitted 100,000. Ar
tillery attacks on Greek bolder towns of Fiorina and Kastoria were
reported and observers believed Italians would aim their drive at
Sa'cmi' a. Reported bombing of Corinth' airdrome, and cities of
Patras and Piraeus were among early developments.
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tides, which are illustrated by
over twenty Alaska photographs
and th: usual entertaining car
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First in the magazine is “His
torical Sitka Steps Out,” by
Richard A. Ramme, an article
which reviews the glamorous
past of this city and brings it up
to its present period of bustling
growth.
The fierce, gusfy Taku winds,:
which jufp off the mountains and
glaci.rs back of Juneau with an
eighty-mile-an-hour punch that
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mariner are described in the ar
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Charles L. Johnston, treasurer
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try in the early days. i
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a story of the adventures of an
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from Nulato to Holy Cross—“I
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