Evening star., 1939-05-21
i. S. Cannot Remain 1mpassive
To Europe's Ills, Leaders Feel
Developments Watched With Same Anxiety as
That Which Prevailed Before Hitler's
Reply to Roosevelt
Bv Constantine BrOipn.

Some 35 years ago when saloons and
gambling houses were fourishing in
Texas. two boys walked the streets of
border town. Today one of them is
a high-ranking official of the State
Department, the other a prominent law
yer in his native State. AS they went
by the open square they saw real
Western fight among some men who
had had one glass too many. The
younger of the two boys-the distln-
guished lawyer of today-burSt into
tears. Whats the matter?" asked Bob,
the present State Department officer
They are fighting Sobbed the other
land 1 know that my dad is going to
get hurt again" But I don't see your
dad there said Bob. Yes, I know,
but as soon as he hears that they are
fighting he will be right in the midst
of it."
The same feeling prevails today in
many sections of this country, especially
among the legislators on Capitol Hin
There is scuffling in Europe and in ASA
The congressman are crying their ewes
cut because they fear that Uncle Sam
will be in it and will be hurt again
OF the record" the mightieS in WASH
trgton will tell you that the world situa-
ton is fraught with danger for the
future of this country and that we can
not remain impassive while the high
uaymen in Europe and Asia take every
thing they want at pistol point; that
while the administration is leaving no
stone unturned to promote peace anG
disarmament, the time may come when
we shall no longer be able to remain
merely spectators. Our Vita interests
In South America and in the Far East
may be challenged by the ruthless die
tators and, despite our desire to remain
at peace we may find ourselves in the
midst of the scuff1e
Speech Carefully Analysed
The White House and the State De-
partment, however, are watching de-
velopments with the same anxiety and
interest as they did before Hitler forces
President Roosevelt into his present
retirement. Der FuehrerS speech be-
fore the Rechstag has been carefully
foreign affairs. Disregarding his refer
ences to the Presidents intervention
they have sought a clue to his actual
political thoughts as revealed in this
address. To observers here it has be-
come evident that Herr Hitler has
veered from the policies outlined in
"Meln Kampf' He no longer wishes
merely to reconstruct the Reich as 1t
was before the war with all the Czechs
under the Berlin hens wing, but to
establish an unchallenged ascendency
over the whole of Europe from .he
Baltic to the Black Sea and the Med.
1terranean. He intends to do this with.
out regard to the independence of nom
German races in the regions concerned. .
His reference to the absorption Of
Czecho-Slovakia was not an apology -
as many commentators seemed to ind
cate-but a prospectus He thinks now
In terms of the Holy Roman Empire
In fact, he claims German sovereigntv
over all races formerly belonging to the
old Austro-Hungarian Empire. On this
oasis he may claim in the near future
similar rights over Poland, Yugoslavla
and Hungary.
There was a time when it was be-
neved in London and in Paris-and what
London and Paris believe Washington
implicitly believes, too-that Hitler in
tended merely to use force to break down
tariff barriers to give peacetime work
to the millions of Germans now en-
gagged in war activities: that he desired
to create United States of Europe bv
threat of the sword but, when this was
ultimately achieved, that he would CO.
operate with those who have something
to contribute to this metamorphosis of
Europe.
Belief Seems to Be Fading,
This belief, however, seems to be fad
Ing. London and Paris have come
the conclusion that the German Chan
cellor wishes the establishment of
United States of Germany-not Europe.
That he will not cooperate with those
countries where the economic system is
Still based on capitalistic theory, but
wants to establish his own national
socialist economy. For this purpose
breaking down tariff and custom bar
riers and the establishment of monetary
unions are not sufficient. The nations
entering this enormous bloc, which Hit
Ter is by way of creating, must be ab-
solutely and completely controlled by
Berlin. There must be a unity of views
that emanating from Goering's office.
This, more than the spectacular DEM
onstrations of German military prowess,
has determined Premier Chamberlain
to organize the kaleidoscope stop Hit
Ter" movement
German military, naval and air prep
arations were only too well known in
London. Hitlers ambitions to organize
the Baltic-Black Sea direct line of COM
munications is an old story, too. The
City men in London knew it long be-
fore it took concrete form and they
could see no harm in it. They believed
that with German initiative and
thoroughness and British capital there
would be no end of prosperity bliss