The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-02
A Common Cause
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era hltHCltb brah OF th' I o.
rigu Policy Association has this to
say.
As q matter of cold realism.
there is no reason why the liberats
ed peoples should be grateful 10
4 the non.European powers-Britain.
+ the United States and Russia, OF
the three, Britain alone can be said
70 have had an interest IN the
fate of Europe from the outset Oh
the war The United states and
Russia did not become directly con
cerned until. they themselves were
attacked in 1871, The best thing
we can hope for is that The hberat
ed peoples will feel that we are all
lighting a common enemy in a com
mon cause.
Now that is demonstrably untrue.
The United States gave OF its
blood and wealth during the last
war IN a strictly European cause
aud discovered when it was all over
that the Europeans had secret
agreements. private compacts am
ong themselves and with Japan 10
which We were not a party and con
| corning which this country was not
informed either when the arrange
ments were made or while we We're
assisting our allies in the war. The
record with regard to the Secret
, Treaties" Of the last war is COM
plete and ugly and If there is any.
thing OF the same In this war, we
shall renounce and denounce them
as soon as we know about them.
Subsequent to our discovery OF
this treachery, we organized 10 feed
the starving peoples OF ( rope; we
| lent them huge sums of money
which they failed to repay; we
hel ped a number OF small democ-
r. cies TO establish themselves, we
assisted the League OF Nations
! financially although We were not
part of il. But more than that,
when the Manchurian issue arose
between China and Japan, which
laid the basis for the present war,
il was the United States which s.
sued the Hoover-Stimson Doctrine
and it was this country which was
ready to do something about it
only to discover that Great Britain
and France were unwilling to go
along.
But to say the United States DID
not go along we were attacked In
1871 in a complete refutation OF the
facts. What is the date Of Lend
Lease? What is the date OF our
participation in the Iceland cam
paign? What Is the date OF our
permitting the British to use Us as
the arsenal for her war? What IS
the date OF the Atlantic Charter?
All of this happened before Decem-
Der :, 1871. 1t happened te'ore we
entered the war. And had We new
entered the war at all. Lend
Lease alone would have been
tremendous association with the
European war. AS any honest stn-
dy OF the war can prove beyo~d
per.adventure, Lend-I ease, the
Roosevelt-C Churchill meeting at sea
ard our support of Britain by SUP
lies and diplomacy made us a bel
ligerent before Ja0an attacked us
at Pearl Harbor. We were deep IN
this war while we were talking
various brands of isolationism.
And what does Mrs. Dean mean
by a common cause? Are the Eu D
peans today acting as though we
can make common cause with
them? Can We agree TO the com
pete humiliation OF the independ-
ence of every small country IN
Europe? Can we agree 10 the bal
ance OF power between Russia and
England? Can we agree TO Fus;
sias insisteuce upon friendly
governments; that is. 10 puD-e ct
governments of Russia's choosing?
Can we agree to the use OF reyolu-
tionary and counter-revolutiona-y
puppets while we are doing at lest
IS per cent OF the fighting for
/ Europe's freedom?
The United States can MAZE com
mon cause With any country that
believes in and practices respect
for the independence of every ma
ton and the liberty of every indi-
vidual-the liberty not only of
conscience and expression but OF
movement and of the determination
OF the character OF the individuals
own life Who Joins us in that
today? Perhaps only Great Bril-
tain. Surely Poland, Finland.
Greece, Italy, Belgium must recog-
nize that the United States does
have fundamental war aims from
which we have not retreated war
aims and peace aims additionally
best expressed in John Hays Open
Door Policy-the ideal Of terri.
torial and administrative integrity
for every people. And on that
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