The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-12-04

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role of belligerents and, acting
the League of Nations, have
Italian trade. The Romans
breaches of etiquette.
Without troubling to manu-
facture even a simple griev-
ance they have attempted, at
the point of the sword, to
initiate Ethiopia into higher civili-
zation-a fraternity of questionable
fellowship and devotion. And they
have presumed to challenge the
right of Great Britain, country
much more subtle in her imperial
ism, to dominate affairs in the
Mediterranean.
Protect Britain's Trade Route
Pummeling Italy is to be accom-
plished with the injurious thongs of
commercial and financial non Inter
course. But if the backswings of
the lashes cut deeply into the profits
of any of the League states, always
holy and honest in their dealings.
concessions will be granted back and
forth as freely as political patronage
IN America after presidential
landslide. In other words, instead
OF lighting another armed war to
end war the League is trying eco
nomic, warfare to abolish war.
Outwardly, the plan is to save
Ethiopia from further invasion. But
the real purpose is to protect Great
Britains trade route through the
Suez Canal to India Designed to
curtail Italy's purchasing power, the
international boycott, as now in
voked, stops all exports to her of
essential war materials.
And, what is more openly hos
tile, it prohibits all imports from
Italy except gold, silver and cul-
tural objects. Besides, most of the
League members will refuse her
financial aid.
Encourage Offending Nation
Applied in the interest of peace
these sanctions are very expensive,
however justiflable they may be.
Momentarily they deprive enter
prisers in neutral countries of profits
which could be secured by lending
helping hand to both armies, en-
gagged as they are in the honorable
and glorious business of human
slaughter.
In the long run, however, eco
nomic sanctions have the disadvan-
tage OF encouraging the offending
nation, even at great expense, to
produce goods which it formerly i'm
ported. So other countries sooner or
later are compelled to make perma-
nent Establishments in their indus
tries, in spite of the possibility of
higher production costs.
To a considerable extent the eff
fectiveness of these embargoes de-
ponds also upon the cooperation of
non-members Of the League. Inter
estlng in this connection is the neu-
trail policy of the United States.
While apparently leaning over back
ward in her desire to cooperate.
American embargoes on exports are
legally limited to arms and NUM-
tionS.
Dangers to United States Seen
The expectation of many other es-
sential war materials like oil and
cotton cannot be prevented, but if
sold and transported to Ethiopia
such goods could be seized by Italy.
Such an act would probably draw
America into the war.
In all probability the sanctions
are to be applied slowly and i'm
perfectly. Italy will thus be given
ample opportunity either to get in
and out of Ethiopia gracefully. or
time to effect a settlement with
England and France-the two self
appointed independent deputies of
the League.
1t is unfortunate for world recov-
cry that embargoes of such magni-
tude in international trade should
be invoked at this time, and particu-
larly so since they may easily pro-
woke war with arms, which is even
more destructive. The point is that
there is no safety in any kind of
war-armed or economic.