The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-05

power treaty to which Japan b slRnatory which was supposed to guarantee the territorial integrity of China.
 tWithout Q declaration of war" President oosevelt said, land withs out warning or justification of any kind, civilians, including women and children, are being ruthlessly mur- dered with bombs from the air.
 Tn times of so.called peace, ships are being attacked and sunk by submarines without cause or notice.
 FOmentlng Civil War
 Nations are fomenting and taks ing sides in civil warfare In na- tlons that have never done them any harm. Nations claiming free- dom for themselves deny 1t to oth- CTS"
 Asserting that innocent peoples were being sacrificed to w greed Tor power and supremacy devoid of all Justice, Mir. Roosevelt said this reign of terror and lawleSsness" began e few years ago.
 Ills address emerged with explo" SiVe force from Q west coast journey devoid of first class developments and seemed to point the United States toward the front rank--per- hapS the leading role--in all inter- national movement to salvage securs fly from c world of increasing tur" bulance,
 Preserve Peace
 "There must Do positive endeavors to preserve peace," Mir Roosevelt said.
 America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore, Amers lca actively engages In the search for peace"
 The president chose his time and theme with doliberation. He spoke at the dedication of Chicago's out- erlink bridge, 96,BT4,000 project built with the aid of ei,072,303 of public works funds to link tho north and south lake shores Of this city in c trough highway.
 Mr. Roosevelt congratulated tho city and the nation that I've can spend our resources for such pros jec@ and soil conservation and oths CT useful endeaVors instead of spending half our wealth for arIns amentS, either in spirit of fear or of aggression"
 Contrasts Our Peace
 But Mr. Roosevelt contracted the peace within our borders with con. ditlonS in other parts of the world. Then in solemn language he warned that isolation was not protection.
 Tt is because the people of the United States under modern oondi' tions must, for the sake of their own future, give thought to the rest of the world" he said, that I, as tho responsible executive head of the nation, have chosen this great inland city and this gala occasion to speak to you on c subject Of defs mite national importance"
 Conditions Worse
 He said world conditions of late have been growing progressively worse" until c haunting fear Of calamity" pervades tho air. Thk condition began, he explained, through unjuStified interference ir Internal affairs of other antionB or invasion of alien territory. ife charged that landmarks and tradi. tons of civilizations progress toward law, order, and justice were being wiped away.
 Drawing on the works Of c recent and unnamed author, MT, Roosevelt said we may foregee Q time when men ''exultant in the technique of homicide" will swarm the world uns til "all will Do lost or wrecked or ut- terly destroyed"
 Turning from his nameless ate thor, MT, Roosevelt continued In his own words
 We Can't Escape
 "ff those things come to pass ln other parts Of tho world, lot no one irnagine that America will escape, that it may expect mercy, that this western hemisphere will not Do ats tackled and that it will continue tranquiliy and peaceful to carry on the ethics and the arts of civilisa. ton.
 If those days are not to come to pass-if we are to have c world in which we co nbreathe freely and live In amity without foaf--the loving nations must make . concerted effort to uphold laws and principles on which alone peace cen rest secure.
 "The peaee-loVing nations must mako c concerted effort ifl opposis ton to those violations of treaties and those ignorings of humane in- stinets which today are creating 6 state of international anarchy and instability from which there b no escape through mere Isolation or neutrality.
 "Thoso who cherish their freedom and recognize and respect the equal rights of their neighbors to be free and live in peace, must work to.. gether for the triumph Of law and moral principles iii order that peaoel justice and confidence may prevail in the world.
 Treaties Need Value
 "There must Dc 6 return to c bee lief Ia the pledged word iil the value or h signed trehtys Tngre Hlust be recognition of the fact that na- tional morality Is as vital as private morality"
 MT. RosoeVelt said there is . tech- nieAl and moral solidarity and ifi. teFdependence ifi the modern world (which makes it impossible for any nation completely to isolate itself from economic and political up. heaValB in the rest Of the world He said there could Dc neither sta' bility nor peace except under isl' ternationai laws and morals where' as international anarchy destroys both"
 It b vital to the United States he continued, that sanetlty of tFeas ties and maintenance of inteFaas tional morality Do restored. Our Position Happy
 Comparing OUT il to i2 percent expenditure on aFfnAfnentB with the 90 to 50 percent of national income spent by some nations in fear oi | a0naaaalAsa . AAa WAAaMuAtt aalA tAA