Carbon County news., 1937-09-17

formally, IN that event the Jap
aneSe Immediately would establish
a naval blockade Of the Chinese
coast
In some quarters in Washington,
one will hear arguments that the
United state
Some Say ought 10 keep It's
Hunds or hands on the Far
East situation.
That school Of thought takes The 20.
sfticn that the United States Is nos
obligated either from a moral stand.
point or troIn the necessity Of pro.
teeting American interests, 10 use
force in putting Japan back within
Its own borders.
The basic reason why these think.
ers argue against q arm American
attitude. however. is that China neV.
er has been suhiugated. China has
been attaekeds il has been over.
run nom many quarters and Il Is
now being overrun again. but Il has
never been conquered. That sounds
like broad statement but history
proves its truth. The Chinese
through all Of their thousands Of
years Of history have managed to
survive ana maintain their racial
characteristics and traditions. They
never have sought additional terri.
tory. They have been content to do
things in their own way and TO alb.
sorh Western civilization slowly. In
other words, the Chinese have gen.
orally allowed human nature to
change only as. human nature does
change through the years.
But what of other world powers?
Lately, the Chinese have entered In.
, to a treaty with
What OF Soviet Russia by
Other PoIOers (which that nation
promises not to
participate IN war against China.
The treaty is simple enough and yet
what Is written there is only a sha.
dow Of what II all means, The So.
Wet while apparently not desiring
to engage Japan In hostilities, Is
unwilling to see Japan 60 too far In
extending her frontier. II Is only a
short while since Japan set up the
puppet state Of Manchukuo. 1t Dor.
ders on Russian territory and the
feeling along that border has been
none too harmonious. II seems quite
logical then that the Soviet was de.
sirous Of showing to Japan the pos.
sfhility Of an attack from two sides
Il Japan forces her tentacles too far
inland In continental Asia.
Also, It ought to be mentioned that
the treaty between the Soviet and
China may be influential In Europe.
The general understanding is that
Hitler has committed Germany to
the aid Of Japan II the Soviet moves
against the island power. Besides
this circumstance, the Soviet IL I'm.
willing, II one may Judge circum.
stances Of the last two years, to en-.
courage the Ill will Of Great Britain.
Dictator Stain does not want TO
have Great Britain and France ar
rayed against him and he can. see
obviously that Great Britain and
France, as well as the United
States, must favor China over ia.
pan In sentiment even though It may ]
never be voiced In an official pro.
nouncement. u
Word comes by cable from Paris
that the French government has ma. i
tionalized all Of
Takes OUer the railroads with.
Railroads in the borders Of
that nation. II
may be that this news item will be
passed over by many persons with
the remark that the condition is sew.
eral thousand miles across the At.
lantic. II is, however, q most sig.
nificant step because France, along |
with the United States and Groat
Britain, long has held to the idea
that private initiative and private |
brains always are better than gov. |
ernnent initiative and government
brains.
! call attention TO this develop.
ment for another reason. II hap.
pens that about three years ago |
members OF President Roosevelt's
so.called Brain Trust we're planning
exactly the same thing for the Unit.
I'd States.
Strangely, the terms by which the
French government, which ID now
completely Soeialistic, took over the
railroads Of France are Identical /
with those which were under consid. /
GRAFTON by the Roosevelt Brain
Trust. /
It may be news 10 many persons
% learn that the bunch Of theorists /
Who infest our government once
actually drafted a bill for action by
congress TO nationallze the Aneris F
'an railroads. That bill would have
aiken over the rail lines for their
bonded indebtedness and Fy6ftid |