Evening star., 1934-11-23
ANGLO-AMER|CAN
UNITY HELD VITAL
Sir WiIImott Lewis Says
Cooperation Is Hope of
International Justice.

Anglo-American unity must be the
spearhead and hope of the movement
to substitute international justice for
war which still menaces the world, Sir
Willmott Lewis, British journalist, de-
clared last night in an address before
the Washington Board of Trade in
the Willard Hotel.
America and England must stand
together against the rising tide of ex-
treme nationalism and also set their
faces against the disregard of treaties
in the Far East, he declared.
He held out the power of agreement
and the willingness of strong nations
to surrender something of their own
sovereignty in the cause of justice as
the only hope for ultimate peace.
THE world of today still lives in
that tract of time which, if not
of actual fighting, is nevertheless not
Of peace" said the speaker. Every
where armies and navies are growing,
and the bitter will to use them again
is excited by aggressions and in
justices, by wars of tariffs and ex-
clusions, the epileptic shaking of the
exchanges and the pressure within the
nations Of unemployment, of poverty,
of malnutrition and disease"
Danger Cited in 1927.
These dangers were foreseen and
announced by the World Economic
Conference, which met at Geneva in
1927, but the world ignored its warn
ing. he asserted.
He cautioned that man has now
strength enough, if he will not make
peace, for an internecine destruction,
which, though it might not be COM
plete and final, would be immeas-
urably vaster than any we have seen"
Into what limbo of naked and uni
versal horror would a war of tomor-
row throw us?" he asked.
America and Great Britain, said
to examplify the concept of free CO.
operation, are menaced by the re-
birth Of the idea of government as
the handspring of the ascending
was told.
He said: This concept threatens
us from within whenever and wher-
ever the doctrinaire puts up his head;
but, backed by millions of bayonets
and calling itself by various names,
it threatens us more seriously from
without"
He decried propaganda which
seeks to convince the English-speak-
ing nations that their streams of in
terest follow divergent courses.
In the Far-East, there is threat
to the structure of treaties upon
which the postwar world rather un-
certainly stands" he declared, adding
that 1t seems to be return to the
principle of each for himself and the
devil take the hindmost" He warned
that it is the duty as well as the self
ish interest Of both America and
Britain to stand against this threat.
Striking at pacifists. he said war is
a method of redress of grievances and
never will be eliminated until inter-
national justice holds sway.
Fiscal Relations Discussed.
Theodore w. Noyes, editor of The
Star, was paid high tribute by Edward
F. Colladay, chairman of the boards
Municipal Finance Committee, for his
long fight in the interest of more
equitable fiscal relations between the
Federal and District governments.
The District is in the unprece-
dented situation this year of having
less anticipated revenue than 1t will
need to run its government, Colladay
declared. He pointed out that while
the Federal contribution has decreased
from so to 13 per cent since 1920.
the Districts obligations in providing
fire and police protection for Federal
property has increased with the ex-
pansion of the Federal establishment.
About 40 per cent of property here
Is tax exempt, while the average for
other cities is only 20 per cent, he
said. He quoted figures to show that
the per capita tax burden here is
much higher than in the average
comparable city.
Health conditions here were de-
scribed as chaotic" by DR.. A. c.
Christie, chairman of the Public
Health Committee. He said the work
of his group this year will be devoted
largely toward contracting existing
health agencies.
Sees Suitable Choice.
He expressed confidence that the
committee authorized by the District
Commissioners to select the new Dis
trict health officer will pick q suitable
man
He cited as one of the most i'm