Evening star., 1948-01-18

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lomats and politicians failed to tax,
In 1917 the United States went to
war to end all war and to make
the world safe for democracy. In
1910 our Government decided that
we must intervene once more to
destroy the tyranny Of dictators
and establish a long period Of peace.
Charter and IA Points Failed
We fought two theological wars.
Unlike both our Allies and our
we sought no new terri
tory and no other gains. The only
profit we hoped to obtain was an
era. of peace for ourselves and the
rest OF the world.
!. In both cases before we engaged
ip military operations our wartime
Observation-Disclosures Wilson and
Franklin Rooseyelt-frankly ex-
posed our program to the world.
These were contained in Mr.. Will
sons IA points and in Mr.. Roose-
velt's Atlantic Charter. Both were
admirable documents which met
with the whole-hearted approval
Of the vast majority of citizens OF
this country, but were paid only lip
service by our war associates.
Some Of the provisions Of Mr..
Wilson'S IA points were put into
practice. None Of Mr.. Rooseyelt's
ever became anything more than a
pious wish. The doctrines of Mr.
Wilson were by-passed politely over
q period of several years. Mr..
Roosevelt's were thrown into the
trash can only a few months after
they were announced to the world.
In both wars the Allies would not
have survived the enemy's on
slaught II it had not been for the
complete assistance ,of the United
States. Before we became actively
engaged in war we advanced large
sums of money to the French and
British. Because Of the bitterness
by the debts OF World
War Mr.. Roosevelt decided long
before we entered World War II to
give grants to the victims of totali-
tartan aggression in the form OF
lend lease.
u. S. Not Firm Enough
Neither wartime President took
advantage Of the fact that without
the United States the victims OF
aggression would have been de-
feated. They did not press the
beneficiaries Of American support
to implement - unreservedly ane
honestly-the doctrines We espoused
The IA points were gradually
torpedoed after 1919. The Atlantic
Charter was brutally murdered BY
the U. s. s. R.-the chief recipient
Of American wartime aid. Botf
could have been saved If our Chie1
Executives and their confidential
advisers had remained adamant ir
support OF the principles for which
this !. country was sacrificing its
sons and substance.
World War II was the inevitable
consequence Of World War ! ano
we Jared far worse after vi day
than after November II, 1918. After
1918 we had at least an illusion o,
peace for 81 years. After World
War II we did not enjoy that
illusion for even that many weeks.
=: Through their Government the
American people now are following
but on a larger scale-the same
policies which we believed woulc
bring peace after World War I. We
decided then to help Europe out o1
her troubles and devised the Dawes
and Young plans, which eventually
were followed by Herbert Hoovers
moratorium.
We were told then-as we are
more forcefully told today y thai
money can buy peace. We pouret
a few billions-chicken feed com
pared to our present expenditures
into Germany to recreate he
economic potential.
League Died of Inaction
Since vi day we have sen
some $40, 900, 100000 to Europe ans
Asia to restore the national econ
omies OF the war-torn countries
The important difference between
now and then Is that whereas afte
World War we sent abroad prin
cipally dollars, We are now calle'
on to divest ourselves of our alread.
depleted raw materials.
The League Of Nations-like tn
United Nations-was an American
creation. Although the Unitet
States Senate never ratified tn
League covenant, and we did no
take our place at Geneva, we dit
encourage its work, and In som
instances-like the Sino-Japanes
conflict over Manchuria in 1882
we did take a modest seat at tina
international gathering.
The League died Of tnactior
Europeans openly blamed tn
United States for the Leagues fail
ure because we created it and the,
refused to have anything to do witt
1t. The truth is that the majo
powers-there were five after Worl'
War decided to make that peac
organization into an instrument TO
their plan to maintain conquest
and promote their own selfish objec
| tives.
The League survived. however
until the u. N. was created and oc
casionally did give the appearanc
Of trying to live up to the purpose
for which it was created.
The principal trouble with tn
League, its supporters stated, wa
that it had no teeth. 1t had n
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