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Show I Bruchart's Brucharts Bruckart Bruckart's Bruckarts ' ' Washington DigestKeeping Digest DigestKeeping Keeping Ieeping ( Out of Europe's Europes ' War WarIs WarIs Is Order of Business for U . S . Conflict's Conflicts ' Spread to Norwayand Norway and Denmark Brmgs Brings BrmgsProblem BringsProblem BringsProblem Problem of Neutrality Neutrahty to Attention of ofNatIOn's ofNation's ofNation's ofNations NatIOn's NatIOns ' Statesmen . - By WILLIAM BRUCKART BRUCKARTVNU BRUCKART1VNU BRUCKARTWNU \VNU VNU 1VNU \ Service , National Press PressBldg PressBldg PressBid Bldg ? , Washington , D CW CWASHINGTON C CWASHINGTON W ASillNGTONMore WASHINGTONMore WASHINGTON ASillNGTON -More More - More and more morepcople morepeople morepeople pcople people seem to be eypressmg expressing doubt doubtthat doubtthat doubtthat that the United Umted States can stay out outof outof outof of the new . world v.orld vorld war One hears hearsthe hearsthe hearsthe the talk in many manyquarters manyquarters manyquarters quarters orecla1 oflicia orecla1and officialand ) and unofficial It Itfrightens Itfrightens Itfrightens frightens me It isdIsturbing isdisturbing is m mdisturbing \ \disturbing disturbing \ becauseso because v "so so " dIsturbing y- y yv - so many seem tofeel to RJ , , lIS I Iifeel ifeel feel that the war ISgrowmg isgrowing is 5 ' | W ' ; growing growmg closer to usand us | L 'JJi JJi ' T Tand & ' ; .and and . they are theretore there Bt BtS ? -S S - " tore fore ( ore taking the VIewthat viewthat view si 'IA11 IA11 ' * ' * that we cannot stayout stayout stay Baa , ' " ' , Sout out of ItTo itTo it itTo To all of those who whoare whoare whoare are saying that it Wilham William Wilhamappears Williamappears Williamappears appears v . ve we , e are Bruckar Bruckart Bruckartdoomed Bmchartdoomed & doomed to get mto into mtothe intothe intothe the war . which v.hIch vhIch remains as before beforesimply beforesimply beforesimply simply Europe s war and to every everyone everyone everyone one else I want to present this ques questlOn question question questionWhy tlOn tion tlOnWhy tionWhy Why is it necessary tor for us to get getinto getinto getinto into it ' ? That is the question It is not hO\'l hO 'l l how hO'lcan howcan howcan \ ' can we stay out but why should we weget weget weget get into mto It it . . . There is no doubt of course that thate thatextension thatextension e extension tenslon of ot the war spread ot of the theflames theflames theflames flames to Norway and Denmark Denmarktouches Denmarktouches Denmarktouches touches more American hearts It ItIS Itis Itis IS sad indeed But it would sad sadI sadden sadden sadden I den many more hearts m 111 in these theseUruted theseUnited theseUnited Uruted United States IIe if II \ we \\e e get mixed mlXed up upm upin upin m in the conflagration Moreover no noone noone noone one has presented so far as I know knowany knowany knowany any reason . why v.hy vhy the United Umted States Statesor Statesor Statesor or any of its people or any of its In Interests interests interests terests should be involved mvolved in m a war warthat warthat warthat that represents fundamentally noth nothmg nothing nothing mg ing more than the thirst for power powerof powerof powerof of a aery \ery ery \ ery few men in m all of the thepeople thepeople thepeople people Again Agam it is sad but it is not nota nota a quarrel of our making and I fall fail fallto failto failto to see any reason why or how the theUmted theUnited theUnited Umted United States should shoulder any anyres anyreapons anyrespons res reapons pons billtyThe bihtyThe bility billty bihty bilityThe The American government is tak takIng taking taking Ing precautions Some of them themseem themseem themseem seem to be rather silly rather an ane anexcitable anexcitable e excitable cltable react on For mstance instance mstanceSenator instanceSenator instanceSenator Senator Walsh of Massachusetts Massachusettsand and Representative Vmson Vinson of Georg Gearg Geor Gear g ; a chairmen of the senate and andhouse andhouse andlouse house naval committees respec respectn respectrtely respectiiely tn trtely ely held a long conference wIth wIthPresident withPresident withPresident President Roosevelt the other day dayat dayat dayat at athlCh \ which \\hlCh hlCh they d scussed the propo proposltlon propositlon proposition sltlon sitlon of an expanded e'Cpanded eCpanded ' navyPresident navy navyPresident President Has ExtendedForeign Extended Extendedoreign ForeIgn oreign Combat ZonesThe ZonesThe Zones ZonesThe The President has extended the thecombat thecombat thecombat combat zones which no American Americansh sh ps or citizens cltlZens may enter legally legallyVery legallyVery legallyVery Very wisely I believed he d d not notdelay notdelay notdelay delay in m issuing a proclama ion that thatthe thatthe that.he thathe the . w " war "ar ar ar zones of Europe mcluded included mcludedthe includedthe includedihe the waters of Norway Sweden and andsimIlar andsimilar andsimilar simIlar areas That will go far farto fartowards fartowards to\\ to toards towards \ ards preventing preventmg greedy danng daring danngand daringand daringand and chance tak ng individuals mdivlduals from fromgetting fromgetting fromgetting getting their ships shot to pieces piecesSome piecesSome piecesSome Some of o1 them would take that thatchance thatchance thatchance chance you know because the prof profits profits profits its are large But always the rest restof restof restof of us must think thmk of what our gov goy government goyernment govemment ernment is forced to do when cItI cItIzens citizens citlzens zens of the United Umted States on legal legalbusmess legalbusiness legalbusiness busmess business are slaughtered by a for forelgn forefgn toreign elgn efgn navy or army We have only onlyto onlyto onlyto to look back b"ck bck " to 1915 and 1916 to tosee tosee tosee see how such killings step by step steptook steptook steptook took us into mto World war No 1There 1There 1 1There There is considerable doubt doubt , , how howe howes howe\er howe er I e\ e es eer \ er about the wisdom shown by bythe bythe bythe the President in m sending sendmg Undersec Undersecretary Undersecretary Undersecretary retary of State Sumner Welles on onthat onthat onthat that European junket . . Mr Welles Welleshas Welleshas Welleshas has been home a month now Some Someof Someof Someof of the results can be appraised appraisedproperly appraisedproperly appraisedproperly properly The Tbe answer is that m in msofar insofar insofar sofar as tangible results are con concerned concerned concerned cerned the trip was a flop of the thefirst thefirst thefirst first water That is unless the trip tripmay tripmay tripmay may have aroused suspicions of our ourmotives ourmotives ourmotives motives it was a flop If the th . sus suspiC suspicions suspicions piC picions Ions were aroused-suspicIOns aroused suspicIOns arousedsuspicIOnsthat aroused - suspicionsthat that America was planning on fu future fulure future ture lure entry-then entry then entry - then of course the trip tripwas tripwas tripwas was a most dangerous thing thmg European Rulers MIght MightMisjudge MightMisjudge MISJudge Welles ' MissionPrivate Mission MissionPrivate Private expressions from some somed somed somed d plomats here have caused me to tobelIeve tobelieve tobelieve belIeve there Is some SuspiCIon SuspiCIonabout suspicionabout suspicionabout about us in Europe now It is nat nat- natural natural - ural I suppose , that the dictators dictatorsand dictatorsand dictatorsand and even the French and the British Britishwould Britishwould Britishwould would be looking for hidden reasons reasonsfor reasonsfor reasonstor for such a mission mlsslon as Mr Welles Wellesexecuted Wellesexecuted WellesI executed They are always double doubledealmg doubledealing doubledealing dealmg dealing themselves so we can sup suppose suppose suppose pose that they look tor for similar traits traitsamong traitsamong traitsamong among Americans In any event eventnothmg eventnothing eventnothing nothmg nothing ot of consequ consequence .nce nce < . came out of ofthat ofthat olthat that tour of the European capitals capitalsnot capitalsnot capitalsnot not even political prcst prest ge tor for the thePresident thePresident thePresident President . . Which reminds me that when Mr - Welles appointment appomtment was an announced announced announced nounced there was a good deal of ofundercurrent ofundercurrent ofundercurrent undercurrent gossip in Washmgton Washington Washmgtonthat Washingtonthat Washingtonthat that the . whole v.hole vhole plan was conceived conceivedand conceivedand conceivedand and engineered engmeered by a little group of ofNew ofNew ofNew New Dealers They thought the themission themission themission mission m ght lead to peace ncgot negot a atlons ations ations tlons tions and Mr Roosevelt would be become become become come a sure sureshot shot for a third term termm termin termin m in the White House As usual the theso theso theso so called inner mner circle had bad no noknowledge noknowledge noknowledge knowledge ot of what the real fight fightwas fightwas fightwas was about overseasAs overseasAs overseas overseasAs As against the things that might mightcause mightcause mightcause cause trouble and thereby endan endanger endanger endangcr ger our neutrahty-and neutrahty and neutrality-and neutrality neutrality - and more about aboutour aboutour aboutour our neutrality below-It below It below - it surely is a acommendable acommendable acommendable commendable thing that the mem members members members bers of congress are keeping their theirtongues theirtongues theirtongues tongues still tor for once in m their col collectJ.ve collective collective lectJ.ve lectJve lective . lifetime lIfetune I do not mean that thatsenators thatsenators thatsenators senators and representatives are areqUIet arequiet arequiet qUIet . . I do not mean that the halls hallsof hallsof hallsof of the house and the senate are not notrmgmg notringing notringing rmgmg ringing with the usual amount of ofdemagoguery ofdemagoguery ofdemagoguery demagoguery Far from it What WhatI I mean and what I am commendmg commending commendingis commendmgis is that congress as a whole has ex exerclsed exercised exercised erclsed ercised the finest caut on in m talkingabout talkingabout talking about the war Whether they re realIze reallze reahze alIze allze it or not the members of the thehou thehouse thehou'e thehoue hou house ' < e and senate by mamtalnlng maintaining mamtalnlngsilence maintainingsilence maintainingsilence silence on the subJ subject ect of the war warare warare warare are inducing mducmg mill ons of other otherpeople otherpeople otherpeople people to quit talking talkmg about the warAttitude war warAttitude Attitude in United Unrted States StatesIs StatesIs Is Not Really NeutralAbout Neutral NeutralAbout About our neutrality That is not nota nota nota a proper descr ption ptlOn of the posItIon positionof of the United Umted States We are not notneutral notneutral notneutral neutral We are as a nation cer certamly certainly certainly tamly tainly favoring the cause of the Brit BritIsh British Bntish Ish and the French I am that thatSITMNEK . . . . - - - R RIJ , IJ a -4 4 - 4"SUMMER "SUMMER SUMMER " SU\I SU I SITMNEK ' \ ER MELLES WELLES \ ELLES AND WIFE WIFEIlu WIFEIii WIFEIltl Ilu Iii , , miss picas on m sjuilgcd sJudged ? v w . way ay myself I really do not care carewho carewho carewho who blows Hitler and all of his hisgang hisgang hisgang gang sky high Officially however howeverthe howeverthe howeverthe the United Umted States is still friendly friendlyWith friendlywith friendlywith With Germany and Russia It is so soridiculous soridiculous soridiculous ridiculous that one has to laughEVidence laughEvidence laugh laughEvidence Evidence of how our siding In Inwith inwith inwith with the allies obtains even in m gov goy governmental goyernmental govemmental ernmental affairs was given just the theother theother theother other day when the President pro proI proclaimed proclaimed ' claimed the new combat zones zonesaround zonesaround zonesaround I around Norway and Sweden It was wasI wasa wasa I a proclamation that avoided samg saying samgthe sayingthe savingthe ) the countries of Sweden Norway Norwayand Norwayand Norwayand and Denmark were at warWhy warWhy war warWhy Why ? ' Well it If the United Umted States Statesgovernment Statesgovernment Statesgovernment government acting through the thePresIdent thePresident thePresident PresIdent , , had said those nations nationswere nationswere nationswere were at war another law would wouldhave wouldhave wouldhave have become operative and Mr MrRoosevelt MrRoosevelt MrRoosevelt Roosevelt did not want that law to tobe tobe tobe be operative It If those nations had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been declared formally at war waranother waranother another law would have prevented preventedany preventedany any money being bemg loaned to them themMr themMr themMr Mr Roosevelt wanted to keep the thedoor thedoor thedoor door open so that help can be ex extended extended extended tended if II it becomes necessaryThere necessaryThere necessary necessaryThere There again you can see the thepOSSlbllitles thepossibilities thepossibilities pOSSlbllitles possibilities of danger Also the thedefinite thedefinite thedefinite definite evidence ot of the Amencan American Amencandesire Americandesire Americandesire desire to help Germany s enern enem es esIS esis esis IS plain plam to see It If we think how however however however ever that the lending ot of money to a aforeign aforeign aforeign foreign nation that is engaged in fn inwar fnwar inwar war does not lead to additional steps stepsand stepsand stepsand and add tional tlonal tronal dangers then we wehave wehave wehave have become an ostrich and are aretrying aretrying aretrying trying to hide our head in m the sand dangers ot of these various vanous acts actsare actsare actsare are apparent it seems to me I Imake Imake Imake make no charge that Mr Roosevelt Rooseveltis IS trying to lead us into war I IbelIeve Ibelieve Ibehove belIeve quite the contrary But ButWith Butwith Butwith With conditions as they are-with are with are - - with a adozen adozen adozen dozen nations with their backs to tothe tothe tothe the wall-every wall every wall - - every move made here re requires requires requires quires the greatest of care and the thegreatest thegreatest thegreatest greatest of understanding wderstandmg before It itis itis 15 is made The examination exammation as I Imslsted Iinsisted Iinsisted mslsted insisted at the beginning begmnmg of this dls dis dlscuss discussion discussion cuss cussion ion should be made from the thestandpoint thestandpoint thestandpoint standpoint Why is it necessary to tostick tostick tostick stick out our necks7 necks ? ' We can find findno findno findno no valid reason to get into the warThe warThe war warThe The whole Western hemisphere hemispherehas hemispherehas hemispherehas has nothing nothmg to gain gam and everythmg everything everythingto everythmgto to lose by participating partlclpating I entertain entertainthe entertainthe entertainthe the hope that staying staymg out ot of the war warwill warwill warwill will become a major issue in the theforthcom thefortheom theforthcom forthcom fortheom ng political campaigns campaignsIn In that way the importance of ev evcrytb evcryth evcryth crytb cryth ng done m in Washington Washmgton With WithrelatIOn withrelation withrelation relatIOn to foreign affairs will be bedriven bedriven bedriven driven home by competent speak speakers speakers speakers ers And any candidate . who v.ho vho tig tiggles \ \ Ig Iggles iggles gles or squ rma rms on the tile questionot questionof question of why should we get into war ought oughtto oughtto oughtto to be snowed under so deep that thathe thathe thathe he would |