The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-10-14

Says
BOake Carter
A Bit of Chronology
Dollar Deep Morality
A Fifty Billion War

SOpnlSCry IN international re-
lations note these chronological
events:
First. The League of Nations
Far Eastern Committee con-
dennis Japan, hints meeting of
the Nine Power Treaty signers
should be called.
Second. Roosevelt comes out
in Chicago, breathing great
moral indignation, calls for pos
tive measures" against Japan
as we'll as quarantine"
Third. London, which has
spent months trying to jockey
the United States into signing
an Anglo-American trade treaty
so as to make sure of ready &C.
cess to American markets in
case she goes into war, backs
up suddenly with a sickly, but
suspicious smile of appreciation
for Roosevelt'S clarion call"
Fourth. Washington and Lon
don agree that the Nine Powers
should have a meeting.
Fifth. London SAYS to Wash
ington: How about meeting in
Washington? Your man Roose-
welt has taken the lead in this
thing anyway"
Sixth. Washington having
done much talking, now shud-
ders in horror and says to Lon
don. mo, no, you hold the meet
ing in London"
Seventh. London high-pres-
sures France to high-pressure
Washington.
Eighth. Washington bats the
ball back again, England not
wishing to take on the appear
ance of "ringleader" against
Japan and Washington piously
pretending, after Roosevelt's
sabre-rattling speech, that any
Washington conference would
make it appear as though he
were playing too closely with
the League of Nations!
Ninth. The League Of Nations
withholds an invitation to the
Nine Powers waiting for London
and Washington to finish their
little game Of "You-be-It!"
The diplomats are long on
piety and morals but ironically
short on action.
WHEN some of our own COM
w mercial interests in China
are threatened our diplomats
scramble madly to get into the
League of Nations by the back
door and pirate about inter-
national morality and the poor
Chinese.
When Italy invaded Ethiopia
and the League of Nations tried
to apply sanctions nobody in
Washington had a word to say
about the poor Ethiopians and
turned a prompt cold shoulder
to the Leagues enticements. We
hadn't any commercial interests
in Ethiopia nor any diplomatic
interest.
Can it be then that our much
vaunted morality about which
Mr.. Roosevelt spoke so feelingly
is only dollar deep?
no you knOw-and this is ex'
~ elusive
That the War Department
has prepared a memo for the
White House showing that the
United States Army Is dead set
against any military excursion
across the Pacific; that it esti-
mates, for Mr.. Roosevelt's edifi-
cation, that if we tried to spank
the Japanese in China by bullet
and gun, it would cost in direct
expense to the American people
the "trifling sum Of $50. 1000, O00,'
900 and that victory could only
be won after four years Of war?
The Army forgot to say where
the Presidents going to get $50
0O0,000,000, since he's already
got the United States $4,000,
100000 in hook.
X X
IT'S interesting to note
l. That private naval archi'
tects are comforting with the
Navy over the construction OF
the two "$6O,0OO,OON floating
fortreSSes," as Washington press
dispatches call the forthcoming
two new battleShipS.
When ships are built in this
country nowadays, every ship
builder adds on IS per cent to
the cost of the ship to cover
restrictions of the Walsh-Healy