The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-07-18
Whot Foces the U.S..
In World Affairs

That the United States is facing
highly critical situation in world
affairs is the thought in an article
appearing in the current issue OF
The United States News, published
in Washington, D. c. The article
discusses the subject, will the Mon
roe Doctrine Lead u. S. Into War;"
Here are a few excerpts from that
article.
All of this means that anything
that threatens the dominance of the
British fleet threatens the prospect
of continued peace for the United
States. Remove that fleet and the
dominant power in Europe presses
directly against the dominant power
in the western world. Economic in
terests of these two great powers
are conflicting rather than compile
mentary. The result is an impact
that will extend from the northern
tip of Canada to the southern tip
of Argentina. American commit
ments under the Monroe Doctrine
cover that whole vast area
Moves now under way must be in
terpreted in that light. -
Germany is warning LatlnAmer-
lean nations TO have nothing to do
with the proposals of the United
States. This warning has been SO
open and so fragrant that Cordell
Hull, Secretary of State, felt i'm
PEELED this past week to issue pub
lie statement calling attention to
German efforts to ''intimidate' 9TH
err nations of the hemisphere. At
the same time, this Government let
it be known that there would be no
Representatives of Great Britain at
the conference to sell British ideas
/ of what ought to be done with
hemisphere products
The result: Faced with a warning
by Germany, on one hand, and by
suggestions of the British, on the
other, American nations are
expected to listen politely, but to
reject decisively any effort by the
United States to get them to COM
nit themselves to positive pro-
gram of hemisphere economic de-
Tense.
1t is the economic, and not di-
rectly the military problem of Latin
America that is edging the United
States toward conflict with Ger
many.
Prospect that the United States
will make Roadway with its present
plans for hemisphere cooperation
is not bright.
Prospect that the United States
will be forced by events to adopt
firmer course in dealing both with
the nations of this hemisphere anc
with nations of Europe or the Fal
East that attemt to use economic
power to gain political power is in
creasingly strong.
President Roosevelt is laying his
course accordingly.
Billions for armament are not be-
ing voted just for effect. Neither is
insistence of the army and navy thai
the nation adopt compulsory serv-
ice mere gesture Once the Brit
ish Empire goes down, the task OF
defending Anglo-Saxon interests
around the world falls squarely up
on the United States. That task calls
for operations in two oceans and
for defense of hemisphere that
now is poorly defended, is immense
ly rich in resources coveted by 9TH
ers, and is vast in extent
Trouble spots of the future are
going to be found in Canada. in the
Caribbean and in South America
Those trouble spots are appearing
at this time. Out Of them can come
War-war not in' Europe, but in this
hemisphere-and war to enforce q
doctrine that has not been seriously
challenged, until now, for LIT years