Evening star., 1939-05-05

AOI III re-
sponse the American appeal for q
decade Of decency in international
relations, it would be wholly out Of
place for Mr.. Roosevelt to take up
the gage Of controversy. The ar
biters Of our foreign policy think
there have been words enough, any,
how. II anything else is to be done
at Washington the consensus is it
should take the form of action, not
talk. There's growing sentiment
that the most effective action would
be neutrality legislation which, in
effect, If not in stated purpose,
would give the sea commanding de-
mocracies unmistakable advantage
In procurement Of American sinews
Of war. Roosevelt is still a quar-
terback. Unquestionably he'll call
for new play in the international
game, II he decides that's the thing
to do.
Washington diplomats have con-
cluded that DR.. Hans Heinrich
Dieckhoff, absent German Ambas-
sador to the United States, had q
conspicuous hand in the prepara-
ton Of Hitler's Reichstag fulmina-
ton. Dieckhon knows more about
American affairs than anybody else
now In Germany's service Having
been withdrawn from his post here
under embittered circumstances, it's
reasonable to suppose the Nazi en-
voy was also responsible for a good
deal Of the venom in the Fuehrer's
address. DR.. Dieckhoff is particu-
larly close to Foreign Minister Won
Ribbentrop, owing to a family rela.
tionship through their respective
wives.
At the recent dinner of the Ameri-
can Society Of International Law, a
bitter but brilliant arraignment Of
Roosevelt foreign policy was deliv-
cred by famous Washington jour-
nalist who describes himself as "the
perfect isolationist." He based his
attack mainly on two scores-D
that Uncle Sam is on thin ice in
assailing foreign aggression, because,
except for q corner Of Maine, every
inch Of the Continental United
States was acquired by force or the
threat of force; and ca that we are
additionally inconsistent in telling
foreign governments their business,
because the recent declaration of
Lima. to which we are a signatory,
commits the American republics to
non-interference in the domestic
affairs Of other countries. It was
not disclosed to the witty speakers
audience, which included foreign
diplomats, that until recently he was
q key man in the Advisory Council
Of the Republican National Com
mittee.
The Marquis Of Lothian, British
Ambassador designate to the United
States, owes His Majesty's govern
ment many hundreds Of thousands
Of pounds. The debt consists of
death duties entailed by Lord 10TH
ian's unexpected inheritance several
years ago, along with his title, Of
$4,000 acres of land and half a
dozen stately homes" in England
and Scotland. AS he was unable to
meet the exchequer's demands, he
resorted, among other things, to auc-
tioning OF in New York City a COL
lection of historical documents,
books and other relics from his vari-
GUS ancestral establishments. Among
the things he sold, at depression
prices, was the library of Blickling
Hall, his residential seat, in Norfolk.
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The Bridges-for-president boom is
ofncially on. The New Hampshire
Club Of Mt. Vernon, N. Y, has just
indorsed the senior Senator from
the Granite State for the 1910 Re-
publican nomination. As that mo-
mentous announcement was issued