Evening star., 1939-10-10
Urges United States
To Protect Rights
indications Of Weakness Held
Likely to Encourage
Hostile Acts
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
It seems to me that certain 1nflu,
ences are doing their best to give the
United States an inferiority complex
and prove the German Nietzsche right
when he said Christianity is the re-
ligion OF slaves. They are making 1t
appear to the world that our people
want peace at any price" and are such
weaklings that they are willing to sur
render their sovereign rights under in
ternational law in the abject fear that
we might displease some of the warning
nations of Europe.
If that concept Of the United States
Is correct, let us cease to represent the
universal idea of America by the rugged
featured, genial but determined and
self-reliant Uncle Sam, and employ
hereafter the figure of a puppy sneak
ing down the street with his tail between
his legs, inviting a kick from every
passerby-and always getting It'll Drape
this figure in the stars and stripes and
you have what part of the world is
being encouraged to think of us.
There were many causes of the last
war, but the principal one was the fact
that belligerents were not afraid of us.
They thought we were not in position
to defend our rights. But our brave
young men went lover there" and
taught them differently. What they
did was tremendously worth while, both
to the Nation and to the men who went
and who preferred standing for some-
thing and doing their bit to uphold our
conception of freedom, rather than re-
naming at home to consume food and
enjoy themselves. Thanks to them, the
world perceived our might, majesty and
power, and, unless our cringing con-
vinces the world that we have changed,
belligerents will respect the reasonable
requirements of wise and experienced
leaders to whom we must necessarily in
trust the management of our interna-
uonal affairs.
The defeatist attitude robs our diplo-
mats of power to deal with vital ques-
tions as they arise. Foreign nations
are encouraged to say to the United
States: Your hands are tied; your
people are so terrified at the thought
Of war that you can do nothing about
it; so, why should We consider you or
refrain from scuttling your ships?"
In the name of common sense and
the memory of our heroic dead, let us
mind our own business" as we want
to mind it, and as we have right to
mind it, and If there is cowardice in us
let us keep 1t to ourselves. If the
secret is we'll guarded, maybe We can
bluff them with the reminder of our
courage OF other days.
The Bible contains this passage:
'The thing I most feared has come upon
me-" It usually does. THE worst
thing we have to fear" said our Presi-
dent, ''is fear ITSELF" and If psychology
proves anything, 1t is that fear of war
and policy Of avoiding war by mega
tive methods would be the quickest and
surest method Of bringing war upon
us. Certainly this is true in the present
temper and attitude of world powers
today. We are stronger now and better
prepared in every way to command re-
spect as neutral. We gave Europe its
lesson, but II we don't assert our rights
we're going to get "swatted.' no matter
what We sell, to whom we sell it, or
who carries 1t away If we cringe and
fail, our brave men Of 1776 to 1918 will
have died in vain. A VETERAN.
October &