The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-06-06

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Anthony Eden John Bulls war
objective an
the kind Of peace he plans to
create afterward It also was in
teresting in that Anthony empha-
sized the cooperative part he ex-
poets the United States to take in
developing idea international
postwar conditions 1t was es-
pecially interesting Americanly
from the fact that the speaker
dwelt particularly upon the ne
cessity for guaranteeing the -four
freedoms" previously mentioned
by President Roosevelt as essential
to mankind's happiness-freedom
Of speech, freedom Of worship,
freedom from want, freedom from
fear.
And 1t was remarkable how eX-
actly Anthony expressed himself
in agreement with the world or
der" which State Secretary Hull,
throughout his whole public career.
has campaigned for.
He didn't refer to Secretary Hull
by name, but anybody who's fol-
lowed, as have for years, the
latter's utterances and advocates
in the house Of representatives.
the senate and the cabinet, couldn't
fail to be struck by the closeness
with which Minister Eden's sketch
was in line with them.
Cordell Hull, In short, always
has insisted that no country, by
itself alone, can attain its proper
maximum Of prosperity and all
around well-being. In the best
sense he's an internationalist. He
doesn't argue for fusion of peo-
pies, like our present-day advo-
Gates Of a federation of the de-
mocracies. but he does contend
that. economically, all groups or
earth are more or less dependent
upon one another. Down with
trade barriers" was his initial slo-
gan from the date Of his first cleo.
ton to congress.
Reciprocal Treaties
In the state department (our
foreign office Hulls vital preoccu-
patton has been the conclusion
OF reciprocal commercial treaties
wherever possible. High tariff
advocates haven't liked 1t. And
it's true that worldwide disorder,
and now the war, have handicap
ped him badly. He's done his best,
though, and, if he could have done
II. faster, maybe he could have
headed OF what's happening to us
today.
Well, Anthony Eden's concept Of
a new world order, as satisfactory
as Is humanity possible, is an order
to be arrived at through the "cre-
alton and preservation Of economic
health In every country"
He doesn't urge a merger Of ma
tionalities any more than Secre-
tary Hull does. He envisages a
postwar order which Seeks no
selfish national advantage for any
one Of US, an order In which each
country shall realize its own char
acter and perfect its own gifts in
liberty Of conscience and person"
It's an order that Cordell Hull,
all these years, has been striving
for. He and Anthony Eden could
swap philosophers and not know
the difference between 'em,
That Is, they could swap eco
nomic PHILOSOPHERS. Anthony ad-
vances one suggestion, however,
concerning which some Washing
ton critics are a trifie doubtful.
He wants Germany in on his
scheduled System of free eco
nomic cooperation" But he adds.
I'VE mustn't forget that, FIVE times
in the last century. she's violated
the peace. Our political and mill
tary terms will be designed to pre-
vent repetition Of her misdeeds."
Now, nobody disputes that Herr
Hitler's got to be eliminated, and
the Germans doubtless have got to
be licked to accomplish 1t.
But the last time. before this,
the victorious Allies, having
whaled the tar out Of the Teutons,
dictated terms intended to prevent
'em, politically and militarily, from
committing any more misdeeds.
They made such a thorough job of
it, that they virtually invented
Herr Hitler. It's the pretty gen
eral consensus that the Versailles
treaty's severity with the Germans
furnished him, in due course. with
his opportunity - and then he
started THIS war.
All Over Again:
Suppose IL ends with his country
men licked again, and with Adolf
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