Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-01-27
WORLD POLITICS
As Viewed and Reviewed by
Stanbery Alderman

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time -Stanbery Alderman.
The Far East
AS many anticipated, the confer
ence at Brussels, to consider ways
ton in the Orient, ended in COM.
plete fiasco, leaving Japan more Sc.
cureIy entrenched in her policy to
ward China, and, ultimately, Russia.
For once the United States has
refused to become embrOiled in d
seemingly hopless and futile strug
gle, the final cost of which, in hui.
man lives and money, cannot be
even estimated, that the question.
able rights of certain powers, who
in the past have not been overly
scrupulous in the performance of
their promises, might be protected
Among the results was the ulti
matum of Japan to France demand
ing the closing of the IndO China
frontier to shipments Of arms to
China. Japan said, should France
fail to comply the Island of Hainan,
off the coast of Indo China would
be seized, and the French owned
Yunnan railroad, over which arms
were being shipped, would be bonn
barded.
The French government stated
that it was justified in agreeing to
the demand of Japan, because, if
Japan should establish a naval and
air base on Hainan Island, Indo.
China could not be defended and
would be at the mercy of Japan.
Japan thought she could not in.
cur such a risk, as both the United
States and Great Britain politely,
but firmly, refused to underwrite
the security of Indo China.
Since the powers now recognize
their inability to resist the plan Of
Japan to obtain, by military meas
ures, the raw materials and terri.
tory she thinks necessary for her
economic existence, and are fully Sc.
cure against any invasion by Japan
those countries most liable to be di.
expansion to provide for their own
security.
The course of events in the unde
clared war in China and the diplo
matte developments at Brussels at
fords very little encouragement to
the defenseless nations with desir~
able territory in the eastern Pacific.
The problem of self~defense,
seems to be, now, more urgent.
Australia and New Zealand are be
ginning to reflect, that, as bene"
ficiaries of the spoils of the World
war, they have no very impressive
grounds to the protection of other
nations, and must provide as sub
stantially and rapidly as possible
for their own.
Holland, with it's immense archi~
peligo, rich in resources, is in the
same predcament, for it is the old.
est of the Imperialists in that part
of the world.
The enterprises of Portugal new.
er expanded.
Canada is remote, and being 50
close to the United States gives her
sense of security. However
changes have come so rapidly it is
not prudent to rely too strongly up
on the continuance of any situation.
Military authorities may question
if populous eastern Canada could
resist a Japanese invasion of Brit.
ish Columbia.
While it would appear that most
of the countries have assumed that
the United States would come to
their rescue from dangers that
might arise, prudence, as we'll as
fair play, suggests it to be desir
able for them to form an alliance
and arm themselves sufficiently to
protect themselves from the fate of
China Some of the nations of Eur
ope have done this.
ReDCrtS which seem TO be re.