Evening star., 1943-01-03
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN,

who believe that economic and political
nationalism is at the bottom of all the
Ills plaguing the world today.
Since the end Of the World War this
country has carried the torch of dis
armament and set the example of what
should be done by depriving herself of
the powerful army. navy and air force
which her strength and position in the
world entitled her to have. The conse-
quences were seen in a practical manner
by the outbreak of the Second World
War and the difficulties encountered by
our armed forces in the first few months
after Pearl Harbor.
Disarmament Failure.
Military disarmament has failed The
-nationalists," as the group of post
war blueprinters in Washington may be
called, have now devised the idea of
bringing prosperity to the entire world
even if the American people have to pay
for it. After all is over, they say. this
sacrifice will prove a bonanza since in
this way the world might be able to rid
itself Of wars. If people have enough
to eat, possess roof over their head
and manage to get together few other
things, they will never listen to future
Hitlers, Tojos or Mussolinis.
The microbe of old-fashioned national
ism still may exist among certain leaders
in the European countries, but if the
example of the United States and our
self-sacrificing theories catch the fancy
OF these nations, the leaders may be out
voted and an era of peace and harmony
may prevail everywhere.
We may have to tighten our belts and
pay much heavier taxes, but the net re-
suit will be glorious in the end, if we are
to believe the Washington theorists.
OF course. these superidealistic quar-
ters realize that the people of the United
States must be properly educated to their
way of thinking in order to send to the
White House and to Congress men who
would put into effect the blueprints
which are now being drafted
To educate the American people to
that theory which oldtimers have the
temerity to call the suckers theory we
patriotism which has led us to isolation
ism in the past. Of course, even the in
durable biologists admit that this edu-
cation must take place everywhere They
believe, however, that the people of Eu-
rope and Asia must be indoctrinated
since they have suffered physically much
more than the people in this country.
The fact that pure old-fashioned ma
tionalism was the handspring of Brit
aims resistance in the dark hours be-
tween 1910 and 1912: the fact that un-
adulterated and fanatical nationalism
has enabled the Russians to resist the
Germans so successfully, are brushed off
by our enthusiastic internationalists as
incidents" and as reminders of a world
that will soon be only memory.
These internationalists even refuse to
admit that Frances internationalism be-
fore the war, together with that of the
late British Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain, led to Munich and eventu-
ally to this war.
So strong is the feeling among this
group against anything that smacks of
old-fashioned nationalism that at one
time last summer those who advocated
an offensive against Japan, because they
regarded the danger from that quarter
as more dangerous than the peril from
across the Atlantic, were described as
Fascists and reactionaries who should
hide their unpatriotic heads in shame.
Matters such as future boundaries of the
various warning nations are of little con-
Germ, because they won't matter
ultimately.
When the people abroad become happy