Evening star., 1937-04-03

the one small nation have endangered
the peace Of the whole world. Is JUS
tice the less desirable on that account7
The question Is not exactly . new
one, but not one either that ever seems
to 90 on the inactive list.
A FURTHER statement made in
the Gooch article in the Hunga-
rian Quarterly Is that If the insurgents
are successful In Spain that country
will be added to the Fascist bloc, II
thereby increasing the peril Of France
which will then be menaced on two
borders.
In view Of this, 1t is interesting to
read the comment on the Spanish
situation contained in still another
quarterly, The Round Table, which
Is = non-partisan cooperative review
''of the politics Of the British Com
monwealth."
Speaking Of British Intervention in
Spain, the anonymous writer observes
that 1t is not desirable. THE ideolog-
ical war" he remarks, "is 4 war be-
tween two enemies Of British ideas
and British institutions. II, accord
ing to our different political opinions,
We reserve the worst OF our gall for
one-for communism or for facism-
that Is no good reason for spilling our
blood on behalf of the other There
has been a tendency among British
parties of the Left, who detest fascism
and sympathize with the Russian ex-
pertinent, to call for Intervention in
Spain on the side Of Caballero, in the
name Of freedom. Freedom for Span
iards? Freedom for all paniards
might, indeed, be cause to stir self
sacrifice, but 1T must be freedom from
the dictatorship Of the proletariat-
that h, OF the Communist party-as
well as from the dicta torShip of a
Fascist ougarchy. Freedom for Eng
lshmen? War Is the grave Of free
dom. ."
War Is the grave OF freedom How
excellent sentence! One wishes
greatly that one might encounter the
like Of it somewhat more often In one s
examination Of what u being written
about the future Of mankind.
NDER the heading, President
Roosevelt's Tight-Rope," the
Round Table also contains a sum-
ming up OF American politics since
the election, written by an observer
in this country. but for British read
ers. Describing the President As q
born centrst," 1t proceeds;
80 if you admit the legiti-
macy OF a centrist philosophy you
make an honest philosopher of Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Already, in his second term, the
President has taken steps in both
directions. Within two days, he re-
buked both employers and workers
in the General Motors strike. After
sweetly reassurtng business following
the election, he has turned around
and gone after the private utilities
in the Tennessee Valley area with
knife and machine gun. At least,
he has threatened them with such
weapons. The President, by
threatening to set up = completely
competitive system Of Government
owned and operated power lines in
this vast Southern empire, may sim
ply be seeking \ more favorable grid
system alliance with the private utili-
ties. In short, his centrist philosophy
may be In process Of application, and
we are merely seeing a realistic form
OF Government regulation rather than
move toward full socialization."
But was Mr.. Roosevelt elected on q
platform Of socialization? The ques.
ton is likely to occur to American
voters
The article continues: From every
standpoint, the next few years lool
like \ period Of consolidation, OF i'm.
provement In the hasty reform law,