Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-08-17
Alliances
No Security
Against War
Lippman's New 30 OK
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BY PAUL MALLON

WASHINGTON. Aug. IT,
w Now comes another book
with another proposal 10 attain
American security in the post
war world.
This time il is by the widely
accepted international commen-
tating authority Walter Lipp-
man, who occasionally dips his
pen in official ink. His book,
~. S. Foreign Policy" has be-
come a best seller. second only
10 Mr.. WILKES "One World"
which is still going strong.
Mr.. Lippman's idea is that the
States hepef-ifi- aii-its
history has had foreign policy,
that IL must now get one 10 stop
these wars, and he confidently,
without any shadow of doubt in
his words, offers what he says 10
the sure. anSwer-a military al.
lance among the United States,
Great Britain and Russia
For a historical authority. Mr..
Lippman certainly has ignored A
lot of history Alliances as a
security for peace? Hitler and
Stain had n non-aggression Sc.
curlty alliance aug, 1881
through which Russia got half
OF Poland and furnished Ger
many wit h material 1870 but ~
months later they were at war
(June, l94D. The Anglo Japa--
nese Alliance G902-22) is not
too old 10 be forgotten. Yet
Britain and Japan are now at
war.
MILITARY alliances 10 safe
NA guard License securityY
Poland had Just such an alliance
with Britain and France at the
outset OF this war. a pact which
pledged hoth=ta= protect Polish
borders-ASthe Poles we'll know.
no help arrived. The pact could
not be made effective for the
purposes OF Poland at that time.
History is strewn with more
black pages than white on The
subject Of alliances, running all
tho way back 10 the Triple AL
lance of 1858 and even the
Holy Alliance of 1915. and vet
the world periodically came 10
war
What about the Anglo French
alliance? Britain has always
had foreign policy. and for
many generations past, II has
been exactly what Mr.. Lipp-
mann now suggests for etif fit
ture. Essentially. Il has been
! The Anglo-French- alliance 20
out-man and out-gun the rest
OF Europe.
But many English will now
testify their historic policy
based on alliances is n failure.
and got Britain into wars. but
did not give her peace from any.
Mr.. LIPPMANN'S contention
VI that this country has had
I no foreign policy is ror rooted
/ in ans more solid facts. The
L. s has had a policy. p very
determined policy even when IL
: has been negative.
In fact. Mr.. Lippman re-
flutes his own contention. bv
/ pointing out that we have even
. had un-announced. unofficial
but Ineffective alliances from
! tImc 10 time. such as those
which drew Us into the last two
wars on the side Of Britain and
Russia lie could also mention
the Kellogg BRAND pact re-
noUnClng war forever.
Now / do not wish 10 ioin
any arguments between iSola-
tioniSiS or intervenuonxsts. or
vice versa That current dis.
CuSSIou Will he out-dated az
soon as Churchill and Stain
speak their minds on postwar.
wish only 10 point out that
some very bad and misleading
history is now achieving best
seller circulation I wish only
10 say that alliances never
brought peace 10 anyone
Perhaps there will he an
Anglo American Russian ALI
anCc after this war. or AZ least
an AnClo-American alliance "
there is. let no man accept n
as a new peace panacea or a
nov solution for security Let
no American then drop his
! guard
TVIE security If not the peace
Of this country. must rest
on more substantial founda-
tons. or not AZ all We must
buttreSs whatever deals or alli-
ances the politicians make with
new air bases protecting this
continent. with a superior two
ocean navy which will shield
this continent, with a superior
air force kept continually alert
this last being the most i'm
portanO.
II may be expensive, but II II
loss costly than supporting the
rest of the world, and far less
costly than war.
II we put our faith IN ALL
anceS and not IN guns. II We
arr thus deceived into false
sense Of security and diSarna-
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