The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-12


-. livered the
thrust. Immediately following the
recent twin speeches, in London, by
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
and Canadian Premier Mackenzie
King. appealing for about Yankee
aid to John Bull.
These two having finished, Min
lister Bracken took occasion TO
broadcast an invitation to members
OF Uncle Sans congress TO visit
England and look over the situa-
ton. Were anxious he conclud-
ed, "for independent witnesses and
critics, but not peace mongers. T."
Now, IT tends to make Washing
tons interventionist statesmen sore
to be referred TO as war mongers."
Nobody likes to be represented as
an out-and-out seeker for fight.
It's perfectly respectable, however,
to advocate peace-if possible. And
the isolationists insist that it is
possible. so far as the United
States is concerned; they're FOR
It, and not only admit it, but pro-
claim il vehemently.
So before Minister Bracken had
fairly ended his remarks, the iso-
lationist bloc on Capitol Hill
sprang up as one man. Murray,
we're peace mongers, they yelled.
Everyday Conversation
The designation figures now in
ordinary conversation.
Senators Burton X. Wheeler and
Bennett Champ Clark are a couple
OF avowed peace mongers. When
they meet in the Capitol lobby, as
an exchange Of greetings, Good
morning, Peace Monger," says each
to each.
The more or less interventionistic
element don't admit that they're
war mongers, but the proclaimed
peace mongers insist that they are,
and so address EN- face to face
Good afternoon, Mr.. War Monger.
Howdy do?"
The advantage Is all with the
peace nongers, for they're thor
oughly willing to be thus identified,
whereas it makes war monger ex-
tremely angry to be saluted to this
effect. Yet he doesn't want to class
as a peace monger, either.
II the interventionists would adj
nit that they're war mongers,
there virtually would exist two new
parties in congress-peace mon
gers and war mongers.
Just which would be In major
fly it's hard to tell. The really noisy
members Of the peace mongering
alignment are rather small
group, but If the two aggregations
got down to a clean-cut vote, there
probably would be a good many
doubtful solons who'd prefer peace
to war mongering.
Anyway. Minister Bracken's
crack solicited the peace mongers,
and, if anything. it ratified the in
terventionists, which certainly
wasn't what he intended to do.
Not only are some. Of our own
Yankees a bit critical of English
statesmen's utterances and Of the
English press comment relative to
Uncle Sans activities in connec-
ton with the war. l notice that
Canadians incline to be similarly
critical. Their news correspondents
are pretty numerous in Washing
ton, on war assignments. They
think they understand the United
States far better than their home
islanders, and their freely ex-
pressed judgment is that the latter
indulge in considerable comment
that they don't think calculated to
make hit with Americans gener-
ally.
A Canadians View
AS one Of them observed to me
the other day, IF you, as a citizen
of the United States. were to speak
Of some Of your own senators and
representatives as peace mongers,
1t would be your privilege
But it comes with a poor grace
from an Englishman. It's none Of his
business who's elected to congress
over here
AS 70 Senator Bennett Champ
Clark's response to Minister Brack-
ems invitation to our lawmakers to
visit England for look-see, 'T'u
have to send my regrets" quoth
the Missouri solon. I'm a peace