The Washington times., 1937-10-05
Powers Denounced for
Violation Of
Treaties

FOLLOWING Is the tert OF PreSt.
dent RooSeuelt'S speech in Chi
cdoo today:
I am glad to come once again
to Chicago and especially to
: have the opportunity Of taking
part in the dedication of this
important project of civic better
ment.
On my trip across the CONT
nent and back l have been shown
many evidences of the result OF
common sense cooperation be-
tween municipalities and Federal
, Government, and I have been
greeted by tens of thousands OF
Americans who have told me in
every look and word that their
material and spiritual well-belng
has made great strides forward
in the past few years.
CONTRAST CITED
And yet, as have seen with
my own eyes, the prosperous
farms, the thriving factories and
the busy RAILROADS.&C. I have
seen the happiness and security
and peace which covers our
wide land-almost inevitably I
. have been compelled to contrast
our peace with very different
scenes being enacted in other
. parts of the world.
It is because the people OF
the United States under modern
conditions must, for the sake OF
their own future, give thought
to the rest of the world, that I,
as the responsible executive head
of the nation, have chosen this
great inland city and this gala
occasion to speak to you on a
subject of definite national i'm
portance.
The political situation in the
world, which Of late has been
growing progressively worse, IS
such as to cause grave concern
and anxiety to all the peoples
and nations who wish to live IN
peace and amity with their
neighborS.
Some IS years ago, the hopes
of mankind for a continuing
era of international peace were
. raised to great heights when
more than so nations Solemnly
pledged themselves not to re-
sort to arms in furtherance OF
. the national aims and policies.
The high aspirations expressed
in the Briand-Kellogg peace
pact and the hopes for peace
thus raised have of late given
/. way to a haunting fear OF ca.
lamity. The present reign OF
terror and international lawless-
ness began a few years ago.
HOW 1T STARTED
It began through unjustified
interference in the internal al
fairs of other nations or the in
vasion of alien territory in VIOLA
ton of treaties, and now has
reached a stage where the very
foundations of civilization are
seriously threatened. The land
marks and traditions which
have marked the progress of
civilization toward a condition
of law, order and justice are be-
ing wiped away.
without a declaration Of war
and without warning or juStifi-
cation of any kind, civilians, in
GLIDING women and children,
are being ruthlessly murdered
with bombs from the air. In
times Of so-called peace, ships
are being attacked and sunk by
submarines without cause or no
tice. Nations are fomenting
and taking sides in civil war
fare in nations that have never
done them any harm. Nations
claiming freedom for themselves
deny it to others.
Innocent peoples and nations
are being cruelty sacrificed to a
greed for power and supremacy
which is devoid of all sense of
justice and humane considera-
ton.
To paraphrase a recent author,
"Perhaps we foresee time when
men, exultant in the technique
of homicide, will rage so holly
over the world that every pre-
cious thing will be in danger,
every book and picture and har-
mony, every treasure garnered
through two milleniumS, the
small, the delicate, the defense
less-all will be lost or wrecked
or utterly destroyed"
EXPECT NO MERCY
If those things come to pass
in other parts of the world, let
no one imagine that America
will escape, that it may expect
mercy, that this Western Hemis-
phere will not be attacked and
that it will continue TRANQUILITY
and peacefully to carry on the
ethics and arts of civilization.
If those days come there will
be no safety by arms, no help
from authority, no answer in
science. The storm will rage
till every flower Of culture is
trampled and all human beings
are leveled in a vast chaos"
If those days are not to come
to pasS-if we are to have a
world in which we can breathe
freely and live in amity without
fear-the peace-loving nations
must make a concerted effort
to uphold laws and principles
on which alone peace can rest
secure.
The neace,1oVinu nations must