Evening star., 1940-10-06

note pointed out that the American
people could not assent to the es-
tablishment "of a regime which
would arbitrarily deprive them Of
the long-established rights Of equal
opportunity and fair treatment"
Konoye Warning Recalled.
This policy and Secretary Hull's
recent related insiStence upon pres
ervation of the status quo in
French Indo-China, the Netherlands
Indies and other areas upon which
Japan has her eye, is irreconcilable
with ''the true intentions Of Japan
which, according to Prince Konoye's
statement Friday, the United States
must respect" in order to avoid a
collision with the axis.
The Japanese premier's warning
was generally regarded as part of
determined campaign of "bluster'
undertaken by the axis powers in
an effort to influence American
public opinion against increased
cooperation with Great Britain, or
further steps to reinforce the Gov
ernment's policy in the Far East.
Belief that the axis hoped fear of
a war with Japan might encourage
a movement here for "appeasement
of her aims in the Pacific and at the
same time bring pressure for cutting
of the flow of war supplies to the
British in order to retain them for
internal defense, was expressed in
some quarters.
Applies to 35,09l.
Authority for the call of the re-
serves was given the Navy through
an executive order issued Septem-
ber 8, 1899, by President Roosevelt.
Yesterdays order, effective i'm
mediately. applies to two officers and
1871 men of the Navy's Fleet Re-
serves. 1908 officers and ll,0l0 men
of the Organized Reserves, 1000
men of the Fleet Marine Reserves
and about 400 officers and $500 men
of the Organized Marine Corps Re-
serve.
From the total of 35,0ol, officials
said, about 1900 Should be sub
tracted because this number already
is on active duty.
Naval officers and men already in
active service include l528o8 regu-
lars and 1914 enlisted reservists of
various categories, 10,774 regular Of
ncers and 1,749 reserve officers.
The Marine Corps now numbers
81, AS, composed of 35,278 enlisted
regulars and 166 reservists. 1,541
regular officers and 460 reserve Of
flcers on active duty.
Declaring that the national de-
fense effort requires the earnest
participation of ali the people. =
Secretary Knox referred in his ad-
dress to thousands of saboteurs
within our gates and said I'VE must
tear out by the roots the evil weeds
that grow in the garden of our in
dustrial democracy"
He warned that "the pro-Hitler
talker in loud voice will not be half
so dangerous to our national safety
as the saboteur who plots our de-
Structlon IN the dark corners of his
mind" and added:
You will hear people say a de-
mocracy just doesn't work at a time
like this. that it cannot begin to ap-
proach the efficiency of organization
under dictatorship. Others will tell
you we have nothing to fear with
our wide oceans separating us from
Europe, Asia and Africa.
Still others will regret the
amount of money being spent on ma
tional defense. They are against
universal service, the only demo-
cratic way that can protect the
wheels of industry from being
jammed in an effort of this kind.
you will be called upon to weigh
such thinking and remarks and the
subversive activities that follow in
their wake on the scales of justice. "