The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-11

big reasons the President Congress was the oninous
 NUMBER ONE: He wants to clear the domestic decks of all necessary legislation in case there are serious developments on the foreign horizon.
 NUMBER TWO: He envisages the possible necessity of going to Congress to ask for a revision of the Neutrality Act so that an embargo could be imposed against Japan, but not China.
 So far, the Neutrality Act has not been invoked, and 1t is no secret that the reason is Roose- velt's desire not to handicap China. A large portion of her munitions have been coming from the United States.
 Without getting into scare headlines, several things have been taking place recently that Indicate how seriously the ad- Snlnistratl0n views the lnterMa- tlonal situation. One Is an emergency enlistment plan per- fected by the Army. Another Is . series of letters sent by the War Department to reserve ofRl- cers asking how many would be able to join the Army on permanent basis.
 Also, the Navy has stationed on added number of vessels near the Aleutian Island, which tut out into Boring Sea from Alaska toward Japan. These islands have been quietly equipped as submar- inc and air bases during the past few years. Naval commanders along the Pacific coast have re- ceived emergency orders assigning sailing destinations in the North and South Pacific in case of seri- ous developments.
 While significant. these moves should not be considered causes for alarm. The Army and Navy always are forehanded, sometimes because the wish is father to the thought, and many Of these prep arations may have been taken without the Presidents knowledge. DictatOrs vs. DemOcraCies
 However, the basic factor to be remembered in the international situation is that Roosevelt secs the Relationships of Europe and Asia gradually hemming in the democracieS. This Is the key to almost every move he has made or Is likely to make in foreign af- fairs.
 In discussions with Navy and State Department advisers he has said that he was looking 50 years ahead - not one year or five. His thesis Is that # Japan bites off part of China she will become one of the most powerful nations In the world, economically and from . miIi- tary viewpoint. She will become this country's chief competitor, also It's greatest potential enemy.
 Tn discussions with the British, this same viewpoint has been el1i- phasized, although Roosevelt has not talked to the British per- sonally. Secretary Hull and other State Department officials have done the talking.
 The British, as c matter of fact, have stressed the rivalry of strengthened Japan even more than has MT. Hull. He Is just as fervent a hater of dictatorships as the President. Hull has ham, mered home to the British the idea that If the worlds denocra- cies would take firm step to cn- force peace, making an example of Japan, It would have q most salutary effect upon Hitler and Museolini.
 These two distators, Hull has emphagIzcd, have gone bcrserk simply because they are iI the habit of seeing the demoera"ies of Europe run like rabbits. What the democra lies need. he las argued, k . little backbone, and the Far East k the place to dis. play it.
 Tn the Far East, he believes. American public opinion probably would stand for cooperation in economic sanctions, whereas in Europe 1t wouldn't.
 British vs. MussOlini
 Everytime this has been put up to the British, they have agreed in principle. but backed away frcm concrete commitments. When 1t has come to the matter of moving ships for the purpose of enforcing economic sanctions, the nFsfS N,alEs nENnnn ,,nI tY