Evening star., 1925-11-08
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

"HAT America Is ripper for d.
rect and definite cooperation
in world affairs than Europe
i comprehends Is the impre-
sion gathered by J. s. Loe
Strachey, distinguished proprietor
and editor of the Spectator of Lon
don. who is completing a months
soJourn in the United States
His contacts with leaders of public
thought convince him that "a turning
point In American foreign policy of
tar-reach1ng consequence may be i'm
minent. In Mr.. Strachey's opinion
conditions have now been brought
about under which America might be-
come the moral guarantor" of Euro
pean security.
Mr.. and Mrs. Strachey were the
private dinner guests of the President
and Mrs. Coolidge at the White House.
and the recipients of attentions from
other personages prominent in Wash
ington. They are now in New York,
where Mr.. Strachey will speak at Co
lumb!a University and receive an hon
orary degree. Later the British editor
VIII address Yale University. He has
already spoken at Swarthmore College
and the University of Virginia. Char
lottesville, with it's traditions of Thomas
Jefferson, made a deep impression
upon him.
Ctme to L. S. to Learn.
Il did not come to the United
States" said Mr.. Strachey in an in
tervieW with this writer, "to lecture
Americans about international obliga-
tons. l came to learn what they
themselves are saying about them.
Engl1shmen who fancy that your coun-
try has adopted an attitude of irrevoca-
Die aioofness toward world affairs are,
L think, mistaken. / should say that the
pendulum is beginning distinctly to
swing in the other direction. Locarno
seems 10 have given an immense i'm
petus to the thought that the Old
World, after all, is not quite hopeless,
ana that the program of rehabilita-
ton upon which it has now embarked
is not unworthy of American support.
Americans, l find, estimate the
achievement Of Locarno at it's full
value. 1t is a tremendous achieve
ment. | do not wonder that there are
some Americans who wish their coun-
try might have had a larger part in
accomplishing it."
What, in your judgment" Mr.
i'Strachey was asked. could America
specifically do 90 promote the process
of European rehabilitation"
We'll" he replied, II think incalcu-
liable good would be done If the United
States Government, in some formal
manner, took occasion to place on
record its qualification over the Lo-
carno security pacts. A diplomatic
note, couched in terms of general salts
faction with the new European out
| look, would perhaps serve thu pur-
pose. The effect upon the peoples and
governments of Europe would be pro-
found. 1t would show that this great
and powerful country is not so iso-
lated or detached from European ques-
! tlons as is popularity ina agined. 1t
would, if you please, make the United
States sort Of moral guarantor Of
| the Locarno treaties, as Great Britain
and Italy have become their military
guarantors. 1t would at least be a
| categorical sign that the American
people expected the treaties to be
maintained, in letter and in spirit"
Is League Supporter.
Mr.. Strachey's Spectator is devout
supportaS of the League of Nations
| To the question whether the league
| Graves the adhesion Of the United
States. he replied:
1T has not escaped attention here
| | find, that Locarno was the offspring
of the league. The league is not q
| perfect institution, but current events
SHOW lndl II is going concern. Nc
league member, or the league itself,
ever will lift finger to urge the
| United States to come in. That its
entry would be welcomed goes without
saying. That it would strengthen the
| league as a peace-maintaining factor
| in the world is no less apparent. That
America can join the league on its
own terms is an open secret But the
| 80 nations now in the league. soon to
be Joined by Germany, the fifty-sixth,
are aware that the United States can
never be brought in by suasion or CO.
ercion, or by any other means than its
| own free will If | am correctly in.
formed, your entry into the World
Court will ensue early during the
| forthcoming session of Congress. That
Will be an important event. May it
| not possibly cause your responsible
| political leaders to ask, in the Amer
ican vernacular, Where do we go
from here?'"
What would be the next logical
step for us to take?" Mr.. Strachey
| was asked.
THAT is a question for Americans
themselves to answer" he said. "If
| objections to joining the League are