Evening star., 1940-09-19

responsibilities as part of a
world Of neighbors
The conscience and the impel-
ling desire of the people of my
country demand that the voice of
their Government be raised again
and yet again 10 avert and to
avoid war
Mussolini Adds His Plea.
This message from the President
was received in Berlin and known
to the German Chancellor by 7
o'clock in the morning OF Wednes-
day.
The dramatic events of the next
few hours are known to you all The
machinery Of diplomacy was work.
ing without cease. In addition to
the Presidents message, which I
have already mentioned. Signor
Mussolini received a further mes
sage from the British Prime Min
lister, asking that he communicate
directly with the German Chancel-
lor to urge postponement of mill
tary action and an attempt to find
peaceful solution through further
negotiations The chief of the Ital-
ian government Immediately added
the powerful weight of his own per-
sonal appeal to the representations
already made to Chancellor Hitler
Before noon on Wednesday the
German Chancellor had requested
the Prime Ministers of Great Brit
ain and France and the chief of the
Italian government TO meet with
him at Munich. As you likewise
know, the conference there held has
prevented the outbreak of war
In all that your Government has
said and done during these last
days, it was pursuing the course
best calculated to aid in preserving
peace and in insuring the safety
of this country
All of us must surely sympathize
with the distress and suffering of
the many human beings who, as the
result OF the readjustments now
under way are forced to leave their
homes and seek their fortunes in
alien surroundings and under new
auspices. But upon the merits of
the decisions reached in Munich, to
use the Presidents words, We do
not need. nor do we intend, to pass
Every man and woman in the
United States, however, shares in
the universal feeling of relief that
war has been averted Can any
one doubt that the cry for peace.
not only on the part of the people
| of this country. but on the part of
peoples throughout the world dur
ing these past days. has been an
impelling factor in the prevention
OF the conflict?
Chance for New World Order.
Today. perhaps more than at any
time during the past two decades,
there is presented the opportunity
for the establishment by the ma
tions of the world of new world
/ order based upon justice and upon
law. For peace is not negative. 1t
is not merely the momentary alb
stention from a resort to war. Peace
is. in its very essence positive. And
from a rededication of themselves
by the nations TO these tenets in
their relationships The observance
OF the Sanctity of the pledged word.
non-lnterventlon in the internal
affairs Of other countries, the settle
ment of disputes and the revision OF
treaties whenever necessary by
0aacefJIl in irit
of equity rather than by resort to
| the use of force or to the threat of
force, and respect by all nations for
the just rights of others in the same
measure in which they expect their
own rights to be observed
If on such a basis as this there
should now be brought TO pass a
solution of all those tragic contro-
verSleS which still tester in Europe
and the Far East. and thereby make
less probable the outbreak of new
controversies in the future, the
agony of spirit which countless men
| and women have suffered during
these past few days vii, not have
been in vain. Only in such a way
can the nations of the world be
enabled to move forward toward the
determination of the great under
lying needs of today, a solution of
which becomes daily more neces-
sary-the limitation and reduction
of ornaments, together with a
worldwide agreement TO cease for
all time attacks on civilian popula-
economic restitution, without which
there can be neither international
stability nor well-being.