Evening star., 1938-05-28

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uesque squire of Oxon Hill Is supposed
to have been sniping at recent utter
ances of Secretary Ickes and Secre-
tary Woodring respecting Fascist
| ideologies and their menace to democ-
racies, including our own. It is Mr..
Welles' contention that "in these
troubled times" Americans do not
further the cause of worlds peace or
the fundamental objective in our
foreign policy of keeping our own
country at peace by participating in
international polemics and recrimina- :
tions over internal policies of other
nations. regarding which we have no
rightful concern
Mr. Welles knows his Buenos Aires
| and his Havana as well as he knows
his Washington. But one ventures
to question whether he knows his U.
S. A. as well as he knows his Latin
America. Is it true that the people
Of the United States have no right
full concern" in what Is taking place
today in Austria, China and Czecho-
slovakia, to name only three regions
in which men and nations are being
| dragooned and brutalized in disre-
| gard alike of international law, human
rights and the elementary dictates Of
civilization? Has the Undersecretary
Of State seen the New York Times
account MAY 23) of the unspeakable
Nazi terror in Vienna? Can he be
unfamiliar with the methods invoked
by the japanese government and army
to crush the Chinese people into sub
mission and surrender? Is the WELL
Informed second in command at the
State Department by any chance un-
aware of what lies behind the Hitler
Henlein demands on Czechoslovakia? :?
Is it not the "rightful concern" of
people who still subscribe to the
"self-evident truths" set forth in the
Declaration of Independence to dis
cuss-yes, even to denounce-interna-
tional brigandage in Europe and Asia?
Silence gives consent. 1t does more
1t condones policies and practices
bound to have repercussions over here
The transfer of the United States Fleet
! from the West to the East Coast next
| February tells very eloquently that
certain developments overseas are our
business, and that we're minding it.
At Chicago last October President
Roosevelt INDUCED in some pretty vivid
'polemics and recriminations" anent
"the present reign of terror and law
lessness." He proposed "quaran-
tine" against it. because it had
reached stage where the very foun-
dations of civilization are seriously
threatened" He warned no one to
imagine that America will escape, that
1t may expect mercy. that this hem
| isphere will not be attacked, and that
it will continue TRANQUILITY and peace
| fully to carry on the ethics and arts
| Of civilization" 1t is precisely be-
cause of the 'self-evident truths" pro-
| claimed by F. D. r. that Americans
nowadays, unwilling to initiate the
ostrich and the oyster, are indulging
in the 'polemics and recriminations'
which incur Undersecretary Welles'
displeasure.
On March II Secretary Hull, in his
National Press Club speech, declared
in effect that the fundamental prin-
clples OF our foreign policy, based on
Justice and morality and peace among
nations" would not be abandoned;
that the United States does not pro-
pose to beat a retreat in the face of
disruptive events abroad, or isolation
ist or pacifist sentiment at home In
Cordell Hulls opinion, 'the most ef-
| fective contribution which this Ma
| ton can make, in the tragic condi-
tions confronting mankind, is un-
swerving loyalty to cardinal princi-
pies" Mr.. Welles himself confessed
at Baltimore that:
obviously, mere lip service to
principles is not enough. If the
nations OF the earth are to work
back to a healthy relationship
where international standards of
conduct are honored in their OBJ
servance, rather than in the
breach, and where the founda-
tions for a peaceful world can
again be laid, not only must these
cardinal principles which we have
announced be adhered TO, they
must also be implemented by con-
structive and positive achieve
ment."
Our accomplished Undersecretary Of
State, it goes without saying, would
not implement" our cardinal prin-
ciples" by force to the extent of going
to war on behalf of Nazi-oppressed
Austrians, for the defense of Czecho-
slovak independence, or to rescue
China from japanese aggression. The
American people, idealistic as they are
Or once were-do not favor any such
Constructive and positive" action for
any of those purposes. But to say that
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