Evening star., 1938-09-21
Washington Observations
Ad1ninistration, Announced Foe of Aggression,
Stands by Silently as Democracy Is Crucifed.

record, too. The distinguished 1dohoar
was not always 100 per cent bola.
ZIONIST when democracy was ut death
grips with aggression. Here's what
he said In the Senate on March Is
1918, when the British, French ant
armies jointly were success.
fully repelling Germany's desperate
thrust for the Channel coast and
victory before the United States could
throw its full weight onto the western
front:
80 I'VE now see and UNDER
stand clearly and unmistakably the
cause ut all times lying back Of
these things. Upon the one hand
Il Magma Charta, the Bill Of Rights.
the Declaration Of Independence,
the Constitution Of the United
States, and the principles Of human
liberty which they embody and
preserve. Upon the other hand Is
the peculiar form Of State organi-
zation which - rests alone upon
the strength Of the Army and whose
highest creed finds expression in
the words Of one Of its greatest
advocates, that war Is q part Of
the eternal order instituted by God.
1T seems strange now, and
1t will seem more extraordinary to
those who come after us. that we
did not recognize from the Begin
ming that this was the issue. 80
Be that Is It may, there can be no
doubt now. Whatever the cause,
however perverse the fates which
bring US to this crisis. We are called
upon not to settle questions Of ter
ritory or establish new spheres Of
national activity, but to defend the
institutions under which we live.
What we have determined
IN this crisis. as understand 1t, IL
that we will keep the road Of De-
mocracy open. No one shall close 1t.
II any nation shall hereafter rise
to the sublime requirement Of SELF
government, and choose to 90 that
way, 1t shall have the right to do 80.
Since the challenge has been
thrown down that this Is . war
unto death between two opposing
theories Of government. we are
determined that whatever else hap
pens - this form Of orsaniza ton,
this theory Of State, this last great
hope, this fruition Of 100 years OF
struggle and toll shall not perish
from the earth"
This observer, who saw the Worlt
War incubating in Germany for q full
la years before 1t began, and expe.
at close range It's horrors an<
terrors from start to finish, yields K
no other American in the belief thai
The United States should not b.
dragged, either by "Anglo-Frenc
propaganda" whatever that Is, OF
swept by any impractical idealism, into
another European war. But wonde,
Cd whether our attitude Of invincibl(
Aloofness toward C1echoslovakias 3 Cal.
vary and all 1t entails Is helping t
preserve peace or abetting future war
ca whether, without loaning tn.
Democratic powers = dollar or sending
them . single soldier, the Unitec
States this week could not have done
something to assure Britain, France
md Russia, having inexhaustible cap
ltal and manpower Of their own, that
which they need far more than they
need our money or our men, namely
eventual access to our war materials
On the cash-and-carry basis, and ~
were there not q congressional
election around the corner, Franklin
Roosevelt and Cordell Hull would moi
nave found ways and means to imple.
nent what everybody in their conn.
dence knows Is their unutterable anti.
pathy to all that IS typified by the
Czechoslovak tragedy and those re-
sponsible for 1t.
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