The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-16
Meaningless Gesture
Made US. An Enemy


likewise IN Ethiopia. Germany has
had one try at Austria. and will
presently have another.
There II no such thing a. world
opinion, In 20 far ag the Japanese,
Italian or German people are con.
cerned. The government controls
every avenue Of approach 10 the
popular mind. The gestures which
the American State Department IL
led TO make arc interpreted for
this mind as the expressions OF
Jealous and hostile peoples. They
are, IN fact, exploited 10 intensity
popular support for the expedition
they were n0minaliy designed 10
prevent. They provide dietatorg
with new instrument for ar0ug-
Ing popular passion.
Americans Criticized
Sooner or later some govern.
ment or dictator IL going 20 be-
come tired OF this eternal insist
enee Of the United States upon It's
right TO pass moral condemnation
without having . material interest
and also without possessing the
smallest intention of making that
condemnation effective. NJ eoun.
try about TO set out upon an I'M
periaiistic adventure viii longer
pay the smallest attention 10
American words because they
know that these will not be backed
up. They realise that when the
real test comes, when n " q case
OF put up or shut up. we shall shut
ne. TRstf ana Aau thfa saalfAa as
cheap championship OF high
sounding principles abroad for the
sake OF obtaining popular applause
II home IL going 70 get the eeun'
try into trouble,
The mass OF the American PEG.
pie do not care one brass penny
about Manehuria or Ethiopia,
They would not lift q finger TO stop
japanese aggression or Italian
conquest. As long ~ the United
states government can, with ape
parent impunily, tell other eeun-
tries how 70 behave, 30 Ions Aley
Will applaud the several expert.
ments IN seif.Fightaousnees. But
let any one suggest that America
do something for virtue, take any
risk 10 yindleate the sacred pFin-
clpiea u II ehamptoninE, and that
Ever since the fall Of Wilson his
successors have been tFylng TO llnd
compounds between the old
policy OF isolation and bis program
Of involvement, Little by little
they have driftsd into this tech,
nlqus Of the "kiblsEer." America
tells al the actual players how
they ought 70 play their hands,
But u never puts w any menfy
and u never takes any cards H.
self, for, ~ YOU know gambling
IL not only immoral but can be ex'
nenhlse, when kellogg or slim,
son or Hull declares for virtue IN
ringing l0naH, the domestic audi,
snea thrills 1T the Contribution the
Unlted states II thus making 10
tbs cause NJ weTld peace, When
any one asks the United States 20
pm w an "anle," the senate "a
Ysyoy Abandonment.
Even u this system were MOI
aanaeToua, ~ Il undoubtedly II,
u epght 10 be abandoned IN chs
name NJ common daeeney, M
country can permanently retain
either ~ aMn aellsFespeei ~ ths
Feeneel ef the verdi BY empty pre-
leAss end sham concern feF pssee
The Mhela NaFld knows We Mill
neVaF ~ anglhlnH feF lnieTnailen.
Al peace except talk, Why should
We H9 on 9aeslvlnE ourselves nv
gestures which aslnae no one else
but Progressively array aEslnsi W
nsilens which ere themselves VIII,
~ % make secs their seFas by
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