-2- # 6243, December 27, from London Wilhelmstrasse as Premier's penance to Canossa' while German press in headlines expressed opinion that Churchill was ordered to Washington by Roosevelt. Wilhelmstrasse adds that Germany is little interested in outcome of Washington conference. Stefani twenty-third declares that Churchill's journey to Washington means another step by England along path of political submission to United States. Last time the two statesmen met halfway but now Churchill has gone far as White House and this has occasioned much comment. There are two hypotheses: either Churchill is in such urgent need of North American aid that he has gone to ask for it personally so as to secure ab- solute priority or else London has feeling Roosevelt needs advicz on his first steps in the War, which actually have not been brilliant. Noting that Litvinov is attending Washington con- ferences, Stefani twenty-fourth continues "He is the most cunning of the three and will easily be able to do what he likes with other two and will put interests of Bolshevism above everything. Litvinov is in strong position in Washington these days, in view of fact that for months only Front on which plutocracies fighting was, by supreme irony, The Russian Front. Russian |