Show Czechs Are Arc R Recognized cogl ed edIN I IN N following the thc lead of Great Britain France and Italy in recognizing the Slovak Czecho-Slovak nation we take the stand we should have 6 assumed from the outset War Yar has bas brought many changes to the United States and ono one of the foremost demands that we ive give gi due duc attention attention atten atten- tion to world politics With our entry into war we wc abandoned that policy of confining our activities to the western hemisphere hemisphere- and became a n. part pare of the world For years wo we have felt ourselves secure in the west believed that in the tho old world could not affect affect af af- af- af fec our future Consequently we wo were not prepared for the nefarious schemes of German propaganda designed designed de de- de signed to undermine our country We Ve had stood aloof from World ivorid politics believing ing them unworthy of ot our r association Then Wo discovered disco that while we wo keeping keeping- out of the old world mu muddle dl Germa Germany y was sending her diplomats mets here to spy py on us and deprive c us I of strength h in the world Our indifference to the affairs of the old world al already already already al- al ready has exacted a stiff price from us and we must pursue pur- pur sue new tactics We can no longer look upon the ac- ac of the tho old world as strictly foreign to our ours s safety safely and our future We Ye are a 3 world po er power not a 3 power in the west and we must participate in inthe inthe the thc politics of the w world or hazard our security Henceforth Henceforth Hence Hence- forth forth- we must know v what the thc old world is doing must know that its politics will not endanger r our institutions We TC y c have e cast our lot with the thc allies allie and we wc cannot remain indifferent to the thc things which threaten their lot as a whole If recognition of the Slovak Czecho-Slovak ak nation naHon was a good thing for Great Britain France find Italy and we believe c it 3 was it likewise is a n good thing for lor the States The Slovaks CzechoSlovaks have earned recognition b by reason of their determination to he be rid of or the thc yoke Joke of and we are arc glad lad to see sec ft it t accorded them Allied diplomacy in this war like allied military activity must have a n common s sympathy rind and seek seck a common en end ena 1 |