Evening star., 1938-02-23

IcI WOutn means you aQd me)
Against the Revolutionary terrorist"
against "the reactionary dreamer"
Against the British foreign minister,
Mr. Eden. He names him, in scorn. To
which Of these categories does the
graduate Of Eton and oxford. the gal.
liant soldier, the glass Of fashion and
the mold Of form belong7
Hitler and Mussolini have only one
thing In which they are stronger than
France and Britain under the present
leadership Of those countries.
They have political imagination.
The political imagination to take risks:
the political imagination to guess that
what happened Monday In London
would happen.
Who makes . realistic policy? The
city-merchant, Chamberlain Or
Eden?
Let US ask . few questions.
If the policy Of Britain Is to be
from now on merely the preservation
Of Britain. her lines Of communication
to the empire and the empire itself,
what logical objection can she bring,
and with what force would she sup
port her objection to Nazi-Fascist
domination of Spain?
What objection could she make to
Japanese domination of China, espe-
cially since both Hitler and Mussolini
have publicly stated their support Of
that conquest?
What objection could Britain make
to Italian -German-Japanese domina-
ton of South America?
Logically. none. :.
And where will such q policy bring
Great Britain, ultimately, vis-a-vis the
United States. especially in Asia and
South America?
Domination by Germany.
Even II we write on China, which
Is certainly possible. where will it
bring Britain and the United States
In regard to South America?
The territory east Of the Rhine will
be economically dominated by Ger
many. Nobody else will be able to
trade there effectively. 4
In addition. through the possession
OF the raw materials of that area, Ger.
many will accelerate her trade drive
in the world. with her own special kind
Of dumping program.
In the East, Japan. in control OF
the immense raw material resources
Of China. and backed by her highly
rationalized industry in what amounts
to q totalitarian industrial state, will
also accelerate her trade drive.
In Africa, the trade area open to
Britain will be encroached upon both
by the return Of German colonies and
the already existing Italian empire
there.
Therefore, the outlets will be d.
minished. and the competition In the
area that Is left will be increased.
Only South America Remains.
One great. rich territory for trade
and development will remain, South
America. There the United States Is
already fearful Of German. italian and
japanese domination. And, as Britain
finds her export markets elsewhere IN
the world cut down. she herself will
be driven toward the Western Hemi-
sphere. At the same time. she will be
faced by ever-growing, ever-stronger
Germany. Italy and Japan. If, there
fore, the United States should come
into conflict with Germany. Italy and
Japan in South America, would Brit
ain not. in effect. be under both q mill
tary and economic compulsion to fol-
low, not the policy OF the United
States In South America, but that Of
Italy, Germany and Japan?
And how about the conflict Of ideas?
Can one make . pact with totalitarian
despotisms armed with enormous
propaganda weapons. and not become.