Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-15
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

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M country been followed with
keener interest or more hope
full anticipation than was this
years American presidential cam
paign. 1t was as If the people of
the United States were selecting
leader Of the world, and not merely
their own Chief Executive.
The French Chamber postponed,
for few minutes, the squabble among
its Deputies to express its delight
over Mr.. Roosevelts overwhelming
victory. Premier Blum issued an Of
fetal statement-an unprecedented
act-congratulating the world upon
the Presidents reelection. Mussolini
spoke warmly about the great Ameri-
can leader, while the more or less
controlled press throughout Europe
sang a song of praise for the new
President, pointing out the important
implication of the return to office
of "a man who understands and feels
sympathetically toward world affairs"
In war-Scared, strife-ridden
Europe the overwhelming popular
support of President Roosevelt means
only one thing: He will be free from
the shackles which have thus far
hampered him in his international
activities, and during the next four
years he will be able to do things"
European statesmen feel that Mr..
Roosevelt's good neighbor" policy is
not an empty expression. They know
that he and his Secretary of State
realize that there can be no possible
return to normalcy-either in the
economic or political field-unleSs the
problems which divide Europe into
two camps are solved, and that these
cannot be solved unless there is an
impartial arbiter with sufficient pres
tige to tackle them forcefully. And
they believe that the President of the
United States-the most powerful
country, economically and finan-
cially-can gather around a confer
ence table the leaders of Europe and
suggest solutions which might prove
acceptable to ALL
Arms Conference Outline.
OdIAAlC VA II1C NOulAllE hlllllld-
ton of Arms Conference, which must
necessarily be linked with an eco
nomic disarmament, was given here
last week and fairly represents the
view of the President and those of
the principal European leaders.
The idea of a new international dis
armament conference has gained
i,a 81,
velt's victory at the polls. During the
Summer some of the European prime
ministers and dictators discussed the
possibility with this writer and ex-
pressed the well-known fear, Suppose
Mr.. Roosevelt gets the European ma
tons to accept limitation of arms
and puts his signature on that agree
ment. What will happen to it when 1t
gets into the hands of the Senate?
Won't we see a repetition of the YER
sailles treaty and the League of Ma
tons protocol?" The argument that
q limitation of ornaments was not the
same thing as a political ENHANCEMENT
with European nations was not con-
vincing for the politically minded Eu-
ropeans. But the fact that the Presi-
dent will have the next Congress in
his pocket has carried more weight in
Europe than anything else.
The conference plans of the new
Roosevelt administration already have
been outlined in this column:
/. The Pan-American conference
with a revamping of the Monroe Doc
trine to suit the sensibilities of the
Latin American countries. Either the
United States delegation at Buenos
Ayres or the Brazilian delegation will
propose that the Western Hemisphere
undertake to prevent the interference
of non-American nations in American
affairs by their own collective efforts
instead of leaving that police duty
entirely to the United States.
q A conference for the mainte-
nance of the non-fortification clause
of the Washington naval agreement
of 1920. leading to discussions for the
naturalization of the Philippines.
8. The revival of the limitation of