Evening star., 1940-06-15

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penditures of money, and should be
Cancelled.
June II. MICHAEL HESTER.
To the Editor Of The Star:
The editors of the metropolitan
and provincial English newspapers
who, during the past Is years, have
had great pleasure in complaining
about Uncle Sam because he sought
payment of the war debts might
have used their valuable space in
warning the British government to
rearm quickly against the threat of
a quickly -rearming German Reich
British journalists had been fore
warned of the invasion of England
and France by such prominent per-
sons as the French Premier, Georges
Clemenceau; 1t. Bottle of Berlin
and 1t. Col. j. r. j. Mcnamara
of London. Clemenceau and Bottle
warned of German invasion as
early as 1922, while Mcnamara in
May, 1889, warned England that
surprise attack by Germany was
imminent. But the British press
only scoffed. Some editors privately
said such prediction was fan
tastic" Others boasted of French
and English invulnerability. And
now the English editors are con-
fronted with that very surprise at
tack at their very door, and they
are crying out to the "Shylocks" to
come over and save them from the
hordes from beyond the Rhine. The
London Sketch is the latest news |
paper to ask the United States Gov
ernment to repeal its neutrality act |
and come in on our side" But !
Uncle Sam 'ain't no sucker"
June II. F. F.
To the Editor OF The Star:
1t is currently reported that the
clearer thinkers of those in official /
positions have accepted the fact that |
in present conditions abroad to even
consider sending another American !
eXpeditionary force overseas, as we
did in 1917, would be most preposter- |
Gus nonsense.
If my neighbor's house is aflame
and has already become roaring
inferno, doomed to destruction, could
any possible good be served by fore
ing our sons and nephews to throw
themselves into the funeral pyre?
Is it not manifeStly the part of
wisdom to see that the sparks do not
mn
And since we are favored with a
dwelling wide and roomy and with
plenty of vacant space does not hu-
manity and mere common decency
bid us open wide our doors to give
shelter and protection to all who
have managed to flee the conflagra-
ton. THERESA H. RUSSELL.
June II.
To the Editor of The Star:
Permit me to state to Mr. William
E. Kerr that he does not know his
Engishmen. Mr.. Churchill meant
exactly what he said. and people
like those of the British Isles. who
are the proud possessors of the
Magma Charta and who value above
verything else their birthright of
freedom, back him 100 per cent.
AS a naturalized Englishman, I
value highly the citizenship of my
adopted country, the United States
of America, and will serve her in
any way possible, and 7 also love the
land of my birth and that of my
forefathers, lovely England.
GEORGE A. THOMAS.
Hyattsville, Md,
June a.
70 the Editor Of The Star:
I am strongly opposed to any ac-
ton on the part of our Government
which would bring us eventually
into the war going on in Europe
today.
I have the utmost confidence in
the policy Of your newspaper and
feel certain that I express the wish
of all humane citizens of this great
democracy of ours when l say:
Keep America out of war.
June 10. SOPHIE JACOBS.
To the Editor of The Star:
1t has remained for this present
total struggle to sound the call for
America to make the real war effort
| of all her years of existence. Not
until this day has there come the
real Liberty or Death" crisis. Not
until now has utter, hopeless slavery
faced the America which fails to
| take up arms at once and with alb
/ solute will to victory. Henceforth
we must earn our freedom by the
sweat of our brows and the blood of
| our bodies and the tears of our
hearts and the strength of our souls.
BOILING SOMERVILLE.
Norwood, Va,
June II.
To the Editor of The Star;
ANY one with the slightest vision
could have seen eight years ago that
the world was in a ferment and that
the ominous shadows of war were |
deepening and spreading over Eu-
rope, with repercuSsionS dangerous |
to our political, economic and finan-
cial welfare and national security.
And yet, did we do anything to pre-
pare for trouble? No. On the con-
trary, Mr.. Roosevelt and his sub
servient Congress undertook all kinds
of Utopian experiments that al
most exhausted the resources of the
Nation. In the end we have but
little of practical value to show for
them. Piled upon the backs of the
people is a mountain of debt that
we will in all probability never be
able to liquidate 1t will be exceed
ingly difficult for us to build up our
national defenSes without almost
bankrupting the Nation.
ALEXANDER S. LANIER.
June 13.
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