The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-27

ton of the word Japan"
 Inside fact is that Hull Is ready to 90 further than any other member of the cabinet in main- taining Q stiff policy toward the Japanese. He was absent from Washington, attending the AIneri- can Legion convention in New York, when the American aTI1- bassador left Nanking to escape the Japanese air raid. Otherwise he would not have left. When Hull returned, the ambassador went back to the embassy.
 The key to Hulls policy In the Far East can be found in his
 position toward the Versailles treaty. He was . devout Wood- row Wlls0n. League. .of- Nations man. Then . member of con- gress, Hull concurred with Wll- son ln the three. power alliance by which the United States tied itself up with France and Great Britain to keep tho peace of Europe.
 So Arm were his Wilsonian convictions that he found 1t hard to forgive Ambassador William o. Bullitt for his senate testimony against the Versailles treaty.. even after Bullitt was appointed Hull's personal assistant.
 It was lost in all the other news from the American Legion convention, but Hull made an ex- tremely important summary of his Far Eastern policy during his speech at National Commander Colmery'a dinner.
 we have made it clear" he said, "that while we are re- solved by every means to avoid war, we are not and cannot be indifferent to policies. that lead t0 war, or Co instances of inter-
 national lawlessneSs that dls- turb the peace"
 This means all that you read between the lines -. namely that Cordell Hull, although e sincere exponent of peace and 6 very pa- tient man, believes that the aaturation point of patience may be reached In the Far East.
 Hull vs. Roosevelt
 Roosevelt and Hull have very similar views on the Far East, with the exception of one phase.
 Remember that Roosevelt Is e great naval enthusiast, spent eight years under Woodrow Will son building . big navy, has pushed the Navy as never before during the past four years, To A considerable extent he shares tho NaVy's viewpoint on the Far East.
 The viewpoint Is; If Japan selses control of China, she may become . serious threat to . white standard of living across the Pacific.
 The difference between Hull and Roosevelt is that the presi. dent feels public opinion in the United States may not bo ready for c stiff attitude toward Japan. Hc doesn't want to get out on Q limb ahead of public sentiment.
 Mr. Hull. on the other hand, recently told one Of his advls- ers: "YOu can always depend upon the Japanese to play their cards wrong as far as public opinion is concerned"
 Tn view of tho bombing of Nan- king, 1t looks as If he was right. State Department Reverse
 The man who ordered Ambassa- dor Nelson T. Johnson to leave his embassy in Nanking for the safety of . U. s. gunboat In the YangtEo river was e0y-ear-old Acting Secretary Walton Moore.
 Moore's chief nightmare in life iS American neutrality. He even went 50 far ag to issue an order barring passports to American doctors and nurses aiding the f.oyalist government in Spain.
 Never before in history had the United States barred Imls- si0ns of mercy to foreign coun. tries, and when Hull woke up t0 thIs he Countcrnanded MOorc'S order.
 Last week when Hull came back from his American Legion speech, he ddi tho same regard- ing the American ambassador to China.
 Prank or Paradox?
 Perhaps 1t was . prank of su- preIne Court attaches, perhaps 1t was pure accident, but Justice Hugo Black has been assigned Q Catholic Negro, L. Smallwood, aA his messenger.
 Since Catholics are rare among tho, colored race, c lot of people suspect that the choice of Small- wood was no accident.
 NOTE - Fifteen minutes after Blacks appointment was an- nounced, his office called the clerk of the Supreme Court to ask how much Black would be al- lowed for the hire of clerks, stenographers, what office space he would have, etc.