Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-22
Ambassador BuIIitt
Urges u. 5. Rearm
Al Wartime Pace
Sees Pact as Warning
Of Contemplated
Future Assault
Bv GARRETT n. HORNER


increase aid to Great Britain and
China and speed up its own defense
preparations with as much urgency
as if we were at war" an admins
tration spokesman asserted last
night.
The call for war speed" in pro-
ducing weapons to oppose the axis
powers was sounded by william c.
Bullitt, American Ambassador to
France, in an address delivered be-
fore the Chicago Council on Foreign
Affairs at Chicago and made avail
able textually at the State Depart
ment here.
Mr.. Bullitt spoke in unusually
plain language for a semi-official
discussion of foreign policy. He
described the recently announced
alliance between Germany, italy
and Japan as "delayed-action
declaration of enfnity' which gave
the United States clear warning"
that the three aggressors contem-
plated future assault upon it,"
Speed In Aiming Urged.
Declaring that IF they can attack
before we are prepared, they will
attack-before we are prepared" he
said that whether or not we shall
have time to prepare" depended
largely on ability of the British and
Chinese to hold the axis forces in
Europe and Asia.
And the power of the British and
the Chinese to 60 on fighting de-
ponds in part, on the speed and
amount of the aid that we give
them" he pointed out.
Our task" he summed up lis
to prepare with such speed and to
give supplies with such amplitude
to those nations which are resisting
the aggressors that the aggressors
will not be able to destroy them
and attack us before We are pre-
pared to repel aggression"
Mr.. Bullitt emphasized that the
present danger to American security
arose despite the Nations absolute
determination to stay out of war"
and concerted efforts ito insulate
and isolate ourselves" from its con-
sequences.
Daladier Letter Quoted.
He recalled that Nazi propsgan-
dists had launched the lie" that
this Government had promised
France and England to enter the
war. but had no success in spreading
it because the official record was
too clear"
In this connection, he said Presi-
dent Roosevelt had asked him to
cite a passage from letter written
to him by former Premier Daladier
of France on April 4, 1910. The
passage quoted was:
ALSO l feel I should tell you that
during the past two years, when I
was Prime Minister. Ambassador
Bullitt always said to me that in
case of a European conflict. France
should make her decisions knowing
that according to the opinion of
Ambassador Bullitt the United
States of America would not enter
the war
Mr.. Bullitt pointed out that when
Hitler came to power in 1898, this
country's relations with Germany
were most friendly" and I'VE hoped
through peace and good will to i'm
prove the existing world order" not
realizing then that the Nazis were
determined Ito destroy that world
order and replace it by a tyranny
OF German masters over a world of
slaves
Efforts for Isolation.
In its efforts to isolate" itself
from war, he recalled that the United
States put into effect a neutrality
act embargoing the export of imple-
ments Of war to all belligerents.
He credited a courageous risk
taken by Premier Daladier early in
1889 in using French money to
finance expansions of American air
plane factories despite the embargo,
for considerable part" of the
present high rate of airplane pro-
duction here.
Our own instinct of self-preser-
vation' finally caused the arms EN-
barge to be lifted, Mr. Bullitt con-
tinued. compelling "us to realize that
isolation was all very we'll so long
as we had powerful friends fight
ing to preserve a world order in
which We could live safely, but that,
for Nation surrounded by a world
of hostile powers, isolation was a
prelude to destruction
The alliance signed September
II by Germany, Italy and Japan
against us and all other nations
that live in liberty" confirmed fears
that the three totalitarian powers
would combine to threaten Amer
lea in line with the Nazi strategy
first to isolate nation, then de-
stroy it," he added
THAT agreement" he said, was
not a declaration of war. but q new
and curious form of declaration; a
contingent declaration of enmity.
Air Strength Urged.
1--WE were told that we must act
in such way as to permit Ger
many and Italy to gain absolute
control of Europe and Africa and
Japan to gain absolute con-
troll of the Far East or else the
totalitarian powers would make war
on us"
He said the axis powers undoubt-
edly hoped by their threat to pre-
vent us from giving more and great
err assistance to Great Britain and
China, so that they could defeat
those countries and when they had
destroyed them turn on us and de-
stroy us"
Emphasizing that I'VE do not in
tend to try to appease the unap-
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