The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-27
HULL WARNS U. S.
OF WAR DANGERS
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and guile; forced labor; conils'
cation of property; imposed star
walton and deprivations OF every
sort-all these are weapons con
stantly used by the conquerors 1ol
the invasion and subjugatlon Oh
other nations"
These same nations, Hull de-
clared-presumably in reference 70
Germany's reported efforts to Sc
cure the French fleet and japan S
warship building program nave
as an objective 1.-The securing OF
control of the high seas"
"They adhere to no geographic
lines and they fix no time limit
on their programs of invasion and
destruction" he went on.
'They ~cynically disregard every
right of neutral nations, and, haV-
ing occupied several such coun-
tries, they then proceed to warn
all peaceful nations that they must
remain strictly neutral until an
invading force is actually cross
ing their borders.
''They threaten peaceful nations
with the direst consequences if the
nations do not remain acquiescent,
while the conquerors r Selling
the other continents and most OF
the Seven Seas of the EARTH"
The aggressions, Hull said,
should not be regarded as mere
excuses or exigencies of war, to
be abandoned when fightin g
ceases" he added:
by deed and by utterance, the
Would-be conquerors have made 1t
abundantly clear that they are en-
gagged upon a relentless attempt
to transform the civilized world
as we have known it into a world
in which mankind will be reduced
agai nto the degradation of a
master-and-slave relationship and
among nations and among indi-
viduals, maintained by brute
force"
AS a result of these aggressions,
Hull said, dangers have been Gre
ated which threaten the human
freedom, national independence,
and order under law of all peace
full nations, including the United
States.
only once before in our nation
al existence during the Revolu-
tom has as grave a danger from
without threatened this nation" he
said, las the danger which looms
on the international horizon"
At another point, he said that
there can be nothing more dan
gerous for our nation than for us
to assume that the avalanche OF
conquest could under no circum.
stances reach any vital portion Of
this hemisphere"
"Also Highways"
Oceans" he added, ARE bar.
riers but they are also highways
Barriers of distance are merely
barriers of time. Should the would
be conquerors gain control of 9th.
err continents they would next con
centrate on perfecting their con
troll of the seas, of the air ovel
the seas. and of the worlds econ
omy; they might then be able
with ships and with planes to strike
at the communication lines, the
commerce and the life of this hem
isphere; and ultimately, we nigh
find ourselves compelled to figh
on u own soil, under our o w I
skies, in defense of our indepen
dence and our very lives.
I'VE are in the presence not O
local or regional wars, but of al
organized and determined move
ment for steadily expanding con
quest. Against this drive for power
no nation and no region is secure
save as its inhabitants create fo]
themselves means of defense Sc
formidable that even the would
be conquerors will not dare te
raise against them the hand O:
attack" ?
The United States, Hull assert
ed, long ago recognized the inner
ent dangers to this country and hac
made every possible effort te
achieve solution of world prob
lens through pleading for arms
reduction, naval limitation, econo
mic adjustments and trade .expan.
sion.
In opposition to that sane pro-
gram for world peace, he said,
aggressor nations had adopted a
policy of attempting world DONNA
ton by force of arms.
Then he proceeded to indict ia.
pan, Italy and Germany by turn,
Japan's occupation of Manchuria
d93D, he said, proved to be
only the beginning of an epidemic
of callous disregard of information.
al commitments-probably unpar.
alleled in the annals of history"
Japan's termination of the Wash.
ington treaty for the limitation of
naval ornaments, Hull said,
Opened the way for a new arm
ament race"
And in the summer of 1887, he
added, Japan struck a new threat
at world peace by attacking China.
ltaly's seizure of Ethiopia ''by
force of arms" Hull continued,