Evening star., 1939-02-23
The Political Mill
Castle Sees Policy Branding America
As Troublesome lnciter of War

saying that America was making 1t
constantly more difficult to MAIN
tain peace. The Englishman, Mr..
Castle said, told him: I'VE in
England are trying to keep the
peace. We want to give the die
tators time to think calmly because
if they do that they may realize
what they are up against both at
home and abroad. We believe that
the incipient war fires can be
quenched. But you in America are
making our task more difficult.
Your public men, with the mistaken
idea of helping us, are always hurl-
ing insults at the dictatorship coun-
tries and are always talking about
the inevitable war between the
democracies and the relationships.
They keep the dictators irritated
and when they are irritated they do
not think. So your Government is
not helping us. It is only making
war more probable
Offers Substitute Policy.
Mr.. Castle would have Americans
reiterate again and again their faith
in democracy without directly at
tacking the dictators, thereby en-
couraging the democracies abroad
without Irritating" the dictator
countries. 1--WE are never going to
bring appeasement in this world by
spreading and intensifying hatred"
he said.
1T is funny when we stop to
think of it." Mr.. Castle continued,
what has happened to the pacifist
in this country. I used to say even
in the old days when was in the
Department of State that the paci-
fists were the most dangerous of
all our citizens because they were
always begging us to interfere in
what was generally none of our
business and then were always ready
to shirk responsibility for the result
if it should prove to be disastrous.
And if they were dangerous then,
they are more dangerous now. At
the present moment they seem really
to want us to go to war to protect
the Jews in Germany.
This is a curious thing. It's basis
is claimed to be purely humanitarian
and yet just as many Christians
have been killed in Russia as there
are Jews in Germany and yet you
never hear cry that we ought to
go to war with the Soviet to save
the lives of their citizens who are
still being 'liquidated' rapidly"
Cites Executions.
Mr.. Castle said that certainly mil
lions of people had been killed in
Russia because they did not wholly
agree with the government. He
added that there had been no out
cry here to go to war with the left
ist' government in Spain although
they themselves published that
they had executed $4,000 in Madrid
alone.
There seems to be a certain ten
derness for the Communists in Ger
tain quarters in this country, despite
the fact that Communism is as alien
and as antagonistic to American
Democracy as are either Nazism or
Fascism.
The Republican minority in the
House. by caucus action, has de-
clared for increased national de-
fense. The Democratic majority
also has shown itself strongly in
favor of more adequate defense. In
fact, the sentiment throughout the
country is for adequate defense.
This sentiment is actuated, however,
by the thought that by ar,nlng the
United States will find it possible
to refrain from war and to be free
of attack as we'll as by the thought
that Americans must protect them
selves. When the suggestion is
made that the United States become
part of the balance of power" in
Europe, the reaction is very diff
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