The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-12

time and time again, in all our history.
 "Our Policy"
 Our policy has applied from time immemorial-and still ap- ulies-not merely to the Atlantic but to the Pacific and to all other oceans as well.
 Unrestricted submarine warfare in 1941 constitutes a defiance-an act of aggression = against that historic American policy.
 It is now clear that Hitler has begun his campaign to control the seas by ruthless force and by wipirg out every vestige of inter- national law and humanity.
 His intention has been made clear. The American people can have no further illusions about it.
 No tender whisperings of ap . peasers that Hitler is not inter- ested in the Western Hemisphere, no soporif1c lullabies that wide ocean protects us from him-can long have any effect on the hard headed, far sighted and realistic American people.
 Facing Cruel Facts
 Because of these episodes, be- cause of the movements and op- erations of German warships, and because of the clear, repeated proof that the present govern ment of Germany has no respect for treaties or for international law, that it has no decent attitude toward neutral nations or human life-we Americans are now face to face not with abstract theories but with cruel, relentless facts.
 This attack on the Greer was no localized military operation in the North Atlantic. This was no mere episode in struggle between two nations. This was one determined step towards creating permanent world system based on force, ter- TOT and murder
 And I am sure that even now the Nazis are waiting to see whether the United States will by silence give them the green light to go ahead on this path of destruction.
 The Nazi danger to our Western world has long ceased to be a mere possibility. The danger is here rlow-not only from 8 mili- tary enemy but from an enemy of all law, all liberty, all moral ity. all religion.
 There has now come time when you and I must see the cold memorable necessity of saying to these inhuman, unrestrained seekers of world conquest and permanent world domination by the Sword-"you seek to throw our children and our childrenS children into your form of ter- rorism and slavery. You have now attacked our own safety. You shall go no further"
 Normal practices of diplomacy note writing-are of no possi- ble use in dealing with interna- tional outlaws who sink our ships and kill our citizens.
 One peaceful nation after an- other has met disaster because each refused to look the Nazi danger squarely in the eye until it actually had them by the throat.
 The United States will not make that fatal mistake.
 No act of violence or intimida- ton will keep up from maintain ing intact two bulwarks of de- fenSe: First, our line of supply of material to the enemies of Hitler, and second, the freedom of our shipping on the high seas.
 No matter what it takes, no matter what it costs, we will keep open the line of legitimate com- merce in these defensive waters.
 Poised RattIesnake
 We have sought no shooting war with Hitler. We do not seek it now But neither do we want peace so much, that we are will ing to pay for it by permitting him to attack our naval and mer- chant ships while they are on legitimate business.