OBJECT LESSON

Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 99, 21 November 1941, Page 2

OBJECT LESSON

If peace is indivisible —then so is war.

If ever a demonstration were needed of the infectious nature of mankind’s greatest affliction, the events since September 3, 1939, have provided a terrifying object lesson. Of all the great Powers only the United States is outside and shooting and they’ve got their fingers on the trigger.

The position of Japan is the most ironical of all.

For five years this nation has been carrying on a huge-scale war against the Chinese. For the last two years they have been vividly seeking a new victim in order that they may direct attention from their growing exhaustion in China.

Now a new situation has suddenly ' arisen. The Reich invaded Russia, and Japan, who has been doing a sitting-on-the-fence act, is suddenly confronted with the fact that Hitler’s repeated requests to Tokio to join in the war gain menacing strength when viewed in the light that Hitler may defeat the Soviet. On the other hand, if Russian bogs Germany down and the British Empire, plus America, win the war, then Japan is still in a precarious position. War, which seemed to some so desirable in times of peace, becomes a less attractive proposition when the guns go off all round. For confirmation, apply to the Duce, lying half-stunned in Rome. ; Somebody in the Kremlin has been ramming an entering wedge into Hitler’s gizzard. . •