Evening star., 1934-01-06
Roosevelt's Foreign Policy
Is Impressive to Country

verbal scraps Of paper whenever I'M
perial interest is served by that course"
The Hartford Daily Times remarks,
however, that upon the anniversary OF
the late President whose great vision
and heart for humanity conceived of
league to accomplish permanent peace,
and whose plan was not merely injured
by the fault of European statesmen but
was harmed by the refusal Of his own
country to follow his leadership, we can
wish that Mr.. Roosevelt had emphasized
the extreme importance of taking up,
with enlightenment and determination:
the work which Wilson, to the hurt OF
the world, was forced to lay down."
Nor does the Sacramento Bee see
much likelihood Of a reversion to VIII
Sonian policies, in so far as the League
of Nations is concerned" Says that
paper ANY lingering hope Of the
League of Nations propagandists that
President Roosevelt would favor Amer
ican entrance because he was one of the
officials of the Woodrow Wilson admin
istration has been completely diSpelled."
The Jersey City Journal, however, finds
that President Roosevelt's chief point
of his three-point program for world
peace is actually a throwback to the
League" since "the ideal of non-
aggression is the principal basis OF the
League" The Des Moines Tribune Is
convinced, moreover, that "he has put
a powerful prop under the endangered
League Of Nations and has served notice
on Mussolini and the others that their
schemes to destroy the League and sub
stitute for it some new version OF the
old balance Of power are firmly opposed
by the United States"
The Pasadena Star-NewS feels that
ic uat rfIita rcQdU for
the kind of League of Nations which
was conceived by the truly great Amer
ican, Woodrow Wilson" but Is certain
that "one hundred years hence-one
thousand years hence-the name OF
Woodrow Wilson will be coupled with
the name of George Washington and
Abraham Lincoln as one of trinity
of towering world figures"
In the opinion of the Salt Lake CITY
DeSeret News, "the Presidents most sig
nificant statement was his promise 10
both the Americas that this Nation
would stand by the promise OF Secre-
tary Hull and intervene no more py
force of arms" and the Providence
Evening Bulletin believes that this def
mite Roosevelt policy should go long
way in erasing ill-will and bringing thd
Americas into closer accord. The At
lant4 Journal questions whether we
nave ever 11OAl AAbSA '~AOASAA NAAN
concludes that "for the many millions
of dollars we have spent and for the
not inconsiderable number Of American
lives we have sacrificed, our most re-
marked return has been an aroused
suspicion that we were bent on ag-
grandizement and on ruling others by
force; while the Tacoma Ledger sees
"all good Americans pleased by the posi-
tive declaration that there must be no
more interventions into the affairs of
other countries" The speech is inter
preted by the Rock Island Argus as
"forecasting the scrapping of the Platt
amendment" The Chicago Daily News
thinks that "some Latin Americans OBJ
ject to internationally controlled as well
as unilateral intervention" but regards
the new policy as 'unquestionably in the
right direction"
The declaration that wars are
brought on by governments and not by
the people" is regarded by the Scranton
Times as an Outstanding feature" Of
the Presidents address and the San
Antonio Express states that Mr. Roose-
welt renders a distinct service by en-
phasizing the fact that the blame for
the recent menance to world peace rests
with political leaders and not with the
peoples" The Providence Journal, how
ever, asks the following question: "How
can ambitious and determined leader
ship be curbed by popular dissent? In
the case Of Germany, Herr Hitler, who
IS certainly ambitious and determined.
finds the people going enthusiastically
along with him. Peace by peoples
good enoughi But 1t is not always easy
to prove that leaders and peoples in
the matter of aggressive aspirations are
far apart"
The San Diego Union would welcome
a statement as honest as this, as di-
rect and frank of some tangible. i'm
i Iastiate and unqualified next move"