Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1938-04-08
FRIDAY, APRIL s, 1888


III
To quote leading business magazine the threat of world
war s affect almost everything that done in washington
from now on construction merchant marine army eNpa
even government reorganization present and tu
and exceedingly active element IN American
Most obvious example occupation with the prospect
history It's proponents there that our
best guaantee of peace mailed fist second to none O ne
other hand there distinction and authority who argue
with that this leading straight into war Reas
Sns cruising and for supply able make of
thouands miles, provide the fleet with oil food ana
the building ships Of this type be us
fled tools of the national defense Why 90 we not
build instead small fast ships with relatively short cruising
range sufficient in number and power to deend our @
the unspoken purpose behind the current the creation
of u fleet primarily designed for and capable OF lighting IN
the China seas or the Mediterranean! NJ, +; ~ ,+ +h
are indicative Of the confusion that exists peo
pe Even more important perhaps the attitude of the State
Department European attitude that has re-
Apparently day when representatives Of great
enment could sit down. argue differences arrive at agreements
and go home with concerned knowing that the agreements
would kept least until crisis arrived which made one Of
the participants feel that sacrifice principle
exediency u S. State Department at the present time
doesn't say many wordsbu it obviously feels that the
words treaties and promises the begeent
Japan and be trusted There two concrete exam
Japanese nmated that again ready to discuss
treaty for the limitation of capital fighting the @ r.
has periodically proposed agreement among the great powers to
submarines ruthless bombing Of civilian centerand
again this has turned deaf to the suggestion
It is of course unhnkabe to blame the u S.
this attitude The dator who agreed to nonnterven
ton the Spanish revolution have all but made Franco victory
certain by sending him apparently unlimited quantities of
planes and other essentials of Japan which
burdened under staggering debt might wish to slow down
the world naval building the first ia violate the previous
naval building treaty The State Departments attitude is simply
an indication of the difficulties carrying diplomacy world
where the old values have been largely destroyed.
One bproduc of this Secretary Hus policy OF caution
Officially yet recognized as conquest of Abyssnla
Germany sudden of Austria We have made protests
against these acts-but mostly ved and Indirect terms Our
of entangemens has made impossible for us to take
the lead prominent part in seeking to curb the ravas
thinks that the feeling
this country neutral American sentiment against the
Judging by what evidence
there majority of Americans disappointed at the fall
and the adoption by England of the Chamberlain
peace at foreign policy 1t is remote possibility
that partisan sentiment will in the future be reflected in the
Governments attitude result aggressive and point
ed u s policy oward totataan states Whether that would
make participation the next world unavoidable is topic
that being debated ercey by all of theossbut 1t
cannot be settled save the infabe test-tube of Time.