Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-10-26
u. S. Must Help

While the postwar collaboration
resolution now being debated IN the
Senate Will undoubtedly be approx
ed, and while the United States can
IL. afford not 10 stand by lis COM
m.tmcntS, the provision will not be
So Ironclad but that sufficient elias
ITCHY Will bc Incorporated 10 permit
Sct-up IN conformity with the
mind Of the country when the time
comes for specific and concrete ac-
ton.
Generally speaking. II Is high time
for not only this but all Allied cot,n-
tries 10 outline III reasonably DELI
H!;e manner what they are fighting
Tor and what they intend 10 do
when they have put the dictator
countries IN their proper place The
Cunaaliy resolution. as we under
stand Il. does not go that far. But
some broad statement of detectives
i already overdue. and If set forth
IN clear and concise manner should
DE helpful 10 bc!Iigercnt and ncu-
t"al peoples alike.
Apparently the country as whole
has about come around tn the con-
N.ctlon that this nation cannot stand
entirely a!uOf in u world where it
l. the largest and most powerful of
all peoples. Il cannot dodge li>
responsibilities any more than the
others. nor even as much. II there is
I" be rca! substance to the hope and
the demand everywhere for a lust
and lasting peace N the world. The
United States must help.
Spiritual realities must have real
recognition IN the new order. And
by that we do not mean religious
dcn"minat!unalISm. Rather il is
a consciousness of right and wrong.
of Justice and injustice. and of toll
GRANGE between nations and individ-
uals alike.
No better system has as yet been
devised or proposed than he League
of Nations. which was the BRAIN
child OF President Wilson dur;au
and after the first World War. TIL,
charge that II failed is an injustice.
II was deserted. and dcgcncratcd
into an !mpotcnt and helpless or
Ganism. and largely because the
Cnltcd States refused TO assume its
own obligations. Had not a handful
q politically minded men in The
Senate torpcdocd the plan in 1919.
together with the peace treaty Itself.
which Wilson brought back from
Paris, the idea probably would have
taken root and grown. and the pres
cnt war might have been avcrtcd.
The Covenant of the League Of
Nations contained nothing that was
in direct contravcntiOn of American
sovereignty or independence. l..
merely provided for cooperation OF
all the powers 20 the end that hos
:lliiicS might be prevented between
amy two nations or groups of ma
lions. Until and unless the world
comes around to that doctrine.
whether called by that or some
other name. there will be no ell
during peace.
The Senate will pass the Connally
resolution. but that will not assure
in specific terms postwar accord
of the Kind that will be sufficient
TO meet all requirements.
OF late there has seemed to be-
in some quarters renewed evidences
of a revival--or perhaps survival
of the old spirit Of isolationism.
which made important contribution
TO the present miserics of the world.
Much Of this stems. too. we think
from feeling that our own rights
must be Safeguarded. And so they
must. But il is as certain as anything
can be that il the United States with
draws into its own shell after this war
and refuses to cooperate or assume
responsibility Of any kind in the
family of nations. this devastating
struggle will have TO be gone through
with again several decades hence.