The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-08-16
England To Blame
For War, Says
Lincoln u. Professor

Full responsibility for the fact that
men are fighting to destroy the thing men
have built up so laboriously for thousands
OF years was laid at the door of England
by Associate Professor Lorenzo j. Green
OF Lincoln University when he addressed
students and teachers at Chapel recently.
According to Mr.. Green Diplomacy
has been relegated into the limbo Of the
past, the Christian religion has lost its
virility, and we are living in world of
uncertainty and impending destruction"
because of four factors, which are
/. Englands failure to persuade France
IN 1919 to deal mort lenently with Ger
many.
2. England's failure with that of the
United States, to ratify the Treaty Of
Guarantee in which the British and
Americans had pledged themselves to in
sure against German aggression
3. England's traditional policy Of peace
as means Of preserving her own interests.
A. England's hatred and fear Of Com
munism.
Il England had persuaded France to
deal more leniently with Germany, the
speaker said 1t would have been less
probable that Hitler could have arisen"
Germany would not have been exploited
and circumscribed as was provided in tht
Treaty of Versailles and consequently,
the urge for vengeance would have been
mitigated.'
fGermany's navy was taken, her air
plane production restricted, she was hem
med in by Fnench allies, slices of German
territory were taken, her army was re-
duced, and she was charged with the en-
tire expense and responsibility for the war
The fact that England and the United
States had not pledged to protect France
caused France to do 4all within her pow
er TO stigmatlze Germany and keep Ger
many Down." according to Mr.. Green
Germany was III desperate plight, and
her people We're ready for the appearance
of a Hitler
1T was Englands traditional policy Of
peace as long as it served England's in
terests which enabled aggressor nations
to commit outnages against China, Ethiop-
la and Spain These acts destroyed the
ideal of collective security as envisaged
by the League of Nations. Emperor Halle
Selassie of Ethiopia clearly foresaw the
existing situation While his people were
being destroyed by Italian bombs and
mustard gas, Halle Selassie vainly ap-
pealed to the League for aid At the end
Of an eloquent and moving plea to the
League of Nations in November Of 1885,
the Emperor stated that he was defending
CilS laoL OutpCSL OI ClVIilLdllOu dIlu UG
sought the aid which the League had
promised him. Halle Selassie pathetically
warned the League that if it's members
did not come to his aid, the West shall
perish
In utten defiance of the interests of the
British peoples and in fragrant disregard
of the vital security of her French ally
England permitted Germany to rearm, to
rebuild her navy, to remlitarize the
Rhineland and to take Austria. When
France protested, the threat Of British
raid upon the franc brought France into
humble acquiescence in Britain's dipom-
acy. England also sabotaged the disarm-
ament conference Of 1933-34 in irder to
permit Germany to make itself militarily
powerful. It was the hope of the ruling
classes of Britain that the might Of re-
armed Germany would be directed toward
overthrowing Soviet Russia. The absorp-
fion b" Austria bS Germany was In keep.
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