Detroit evening times., 1945-07-14

semblance of unity, which is likely TO be de-
stroyed at any moment by some new crisis,
some new clash of national interests.
The first condition of such a policy is
that We define our aims and obligations clearly
and precisely.
For the second time within generation
we have committed the objectionable blunder
of drifting into war without making any seri-
Gus attempt to see that our associates. whom
we supplied so lavishly with manpower mu-
nitons and supplies, were prepared to honor
our and their professed war aims.
They Wanted our tanks, not our
ideas; our men, not our moral principles.
THIS Is WHY THE ATLANTIC CHAR
TER, LIKE WILSON'S Ii POINTS, HAS
BECOME A MOCKERY AND A LAUGHING
STOCK, IF ONE COMPARES IT. CLAUSE
BY-CLAUSE,- WITH THE HARD AND
BRUTAL REALITIES OF THE CARTHA-
GINIAN PEACE THAT lS IN THE MAKING.
Any independent foreign policy, like char
ity, should begin at home.
THE Western Hemisphere has re-
Il n,ained relatively untouched by the
catastrophe CONCLUSIONS of Europe and
Asia. By making II a stable bostion OF
peace and prosperity Ue shall be serving
ourselves and serving the Uorfd.
This means closer economic and cultural
links with Canada, our friendly neighbor TO
the -north.-It- means expansion and develop
ment of the good neighbor policy toward our
neghbors to the south.
1t is a matter of qualification, not for
shamefaced regret that the Pan American
system has been maintained intact through
the acceptance of Argentina rs one of the
United Nations The people of Argentina will
remain after the present abnormal political
dictatorship has passed away
1T Is IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOULD
NOT BE PROPAG GANDIZED OR MA
NEUNERED INTO 4 POSITION OF
SEEMING TO CENSOR THE POLITICAL
INSTITUTIONS OF LATIN AMERICAN
COUNTRIES WHICH DO NOT POSSESS
OUR POLITICAL AND CULTURAL BACK
GROUND.
This could easily be construed as a revival
Of Yankee Imperialism and work TO our dis
advantage and TO the advantage of certain
foreign powers.
EUROPE outside of Russia, few neutral
IL. oases excepted is a bomb.wrecked, gutted
shell of its former self.
We cannot in our own interest throw up
a
ton which is in part sequel 10 our "uncon-
dltional surrender" slogan and 10 the exgen-
cies Of modern total war.
We should aim at the preservation of the
liberty Of the European peoples and at the
formation Of regional federations which
might ultimately fuse into general Euro
pean federation which might become fourth
world power and turn what is danger
Gus political power vacuum into an area Of
order and stability
In the Far East our positive objective
after the defeat Of Japan should be the crea-
tlon of a strong united China.
Just as We should oppose the substi-
tuition of totalifaridn communism for
nazisn, in Europe, We should be Uigilont
and insistent that China should not be-
come a second Poland, With the Chinese
Reds forming the nucleus OF Soviet
puppet government and rDith Manchurio
and Korea becoming satellites of Russia.
We should work by persuasion and exam
pie for the replacement of obsolete imperiahst
relations with friendly cooperation between
East and West, on a basis similar TO that
which exists between ourselves and the indus
trlally and technically less developed countries
to the south of the Rio Grande.
A CLEARCUT INDEPENDENT AMERI-
CAN FOREIGN POLICY Is THE BEST
HOPE. PERHAPS THE ONLY HOPE, OF
CURING THE MANY IMPERFECTIONS OF
THE SAN FRANCISCO CHARTER AND
GRADUALLY RESTORING ELEMENTS OF
FREEDOM. ORDER AND PROSPERITY TO
A B-WRECKED AND PASSION
HAUNTED WORLD.