Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-11-26
False Security

rnlSs sense of security. MOI only IS
the map OF Europe, of Asia and OF
Africa being changed, but likewise
the pattern Of civilization is being
altered by events in the Old World.
Only small portion of the Amer
lean people are awake to or more
than casually concerned about what
+. yojng on. Vet preScnt-day trends
mn, Shaping our future for us. in
n,rt ut least. while we sleep on in
iunorance or indifference, or both.
President Roosevelt said last week
fh3t the United States is giving all
IN, aid ~ Great Britain that it pos
>iblv can give just now. Il statement
which drew from one commentary
Nm, charge that il that be true. the
bn,stcd power OF the American in
,4ustrial system is pure myth.
Assurances come from England
,b,f her power is greater than at the
,,.a,- of ho>,jlitieS. and greater than
- my time during the war. But Ger
oYn war planes get through to the
r,,d13nd< industrial cities to blast
,b,n, into destruction much more
a,s;1y than they got even to London
, short few months ago. Then, the
same authority holds. England is
,-,h3hly doomed 10 defeat unless the
T-r,teI States can get effective aid
,o hey in time. Which means that
Sar,,rracv IN this country and else
Whore N this hemisphere is facing
obliteya;ion if England gives IN.
American aid 50 far has certainly not
neen sufficient to put the British on
mn equality with Germany. and that
oo,ial;rv must definitely not only be
achieved but must be exceeded II
Britain IS TO win.
Hitler has found military invasion
Of Britain impossible now. He may
-,.v il aga;u N the spring, but not
unless he IS convinced in his own
mind that he can succeed. Mean
time. he j. moving to the cast and
: bringing one small state after an
other under his control. II he can
ee, across Greece. Subdue Turkey
and cain the DurdanelleS and Suez.
Fueland'~ lifeline 10 her empire in
the east will bc cut. II. too. with or
without SPANS acquie>cence. he can
smash Gibraltar, the two achieve
ment> combined will be 4 body blow
10 Britain.
Assuming that the English can
hold Hitler out of the Isles. what
will it matter greatly to him so long
IS he has them blocked out of the
Mediterranean? On top Of: that, it
would be necessary for Britain to
remain indefinitely in the future an
armed camp to prevent invasion. But
eventually the present tactics OF
bombing the great cltleS VIII nave us
effect
The only thing that can or will
save England Is AID TO the utmost
from the United States. We talk here
OF gong the full distance snort OF
WAY But few Americans nave the
rem0tc>t conception OF what that
means.
More seriously and more tragl-
calIy. We are not yet as people con-
>cjou> Of the fact that if England
passes. our whole way OF LIE Will
be altered. whether we assent or not.
Our very rights and liberties will be
challenged if that eventually comes.
For years afterwards the new order
would continue and perhaps never
again would we know life as we en-
joy it now.
This is not Il question of pessimism:
it is a matter Of looking STRAIGHT in
the face the hard cold facts that
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