The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-01
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 Democrat Washington
 Correspondent
Ickes Said His Anti-Fas- cism Speech Was Purely Personal, But No One Could Be So Naive as to Believe That.

Washington, March 1-Although Secretary Ickes said in his blast against Fascism broadcast to the British empire, that he spoke as a private citizen and didn't represent the views of Roosevelt or the gov- ernment, 1t is hardly likely that the most naive, Hindu, Boer, or Anzac will be deceived.
 Unauthorized speeches of such 8 character are not made by high public officials in any country, even in the democracies.
 Officials of this administration will continue to holler against Fas- ciSm, not only for consumption in South America, where its pentration is feared, but also with the hope of stiffening the resistance of England, France and other nations to Fascist demands.
 Fear Fascist Threat
 Although the quarantine" stuff is definitely out, Roosevelt and Secre- tary Hull agree 100 per cent with IckeS' reference to 'fanatical foes which have the will to conquer at all costs" and to Fascism as "the greatest threat in the world today"
 Events in Europe which find England unable or unwilling to stand up to the collective security theory in the face of German and Italian aggression have only in tensified their fears. As long as Fascism threatens to dominate the world, it is felt, America's voice should be raised in protest.
 The presidents point of view and his recent hopes-are indicated by a story to 8 visiting delegation in which he criticized the strong iso- lationist sentiment in this country.
 "Once," he is reported to have said, Americans were willing to fight at the drop of the hat Look at them today. How can scare the pants off the dictators?"
 Criticizing Britain
 The Eden resignation and ascend ancy of the Chamberlain policy, with its seemingly final quietus on Rosevelt's Chicago suggestion for concerted action, has relieved off, cials in the administration who feared this government would let itself be used to yank British chest nuts and in the end be left in the lurch by the wiles of British diplo- macy.
 Tory England, according to one strong school of thought, could all ways be depended on to try to play both ends against the middle and to cross up or abandon any nation
 at any time such "perfidy" ap- peared Co be to her advantage.
 Although she had been the main stay of the League of Nations col lective security Set-up, this group contended, she had ignored covenant obligations by successively throwing Manchuria, Ethiopia, Spain, China and Austria to the wolves. By no means, said critics of Britain, was Sile QeSTdDle ally.
 Ambassador to Spain Claude Bow CTS once remarked privately that his job consisted of sitting at St. Jean de Luz and watching the British hold Spain's arms behind her back while Italy and Germany beat her up.
 Nye Speaks Up
 Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, who once conducted a Sen- sational munitions investigation, in sists on making the embarrassing re- hinder that democratic Britain and the United States helped rearm Germany.
 Although the treaty of Yer sailles forbade it." Nye says, when Germany did start to rear1n, the armament interests in Britain and the United States caused their governments to wink at the viO- latiOns and permit the armament kings to reap their rewards"
 Nye also suggests that the U. s. s. Panay may have been bombed by Japanese warplanes equipped with American-made motors and fueled by American gasoline, with bombs containing American scrapiron and gunpowder made from a formula bought from American manufac- turerS.
 No one can prove that what Nye suggests isn't the truth, so perhaps the less said about it the better. Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Incl
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