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Show America Headed for War, Senator Johnson Warns v 1 m am i 1M 7 w SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. It INSI Warning America Is headed on "th road to war." Senator Hiram W. Johnson (R. Cal l today called on President Roosevelt to tell the American people lust what he will do and will not do." Referring to the president's recant re-cant Chicago speech. Senator Johnson, John-son, a member of th senate foreign relations committee, said: "When a responsible ruler of a nation says that another nation must b 'quarantined' bees use of Its brutality and Inhumanity, If that responsible re-sponsible ruler be of a democracy, he should tell his people what he means by th word and how far he la going. Th senior California senator declared de-clared "Americans with almost absolute ab-solute unanimity cry keep us out of this; mind our own business; we want no combination with the League of Nations or Its members; w want no war." See Secret Pact Senator Johnson further charged that assignment of Ambassador Davis Da-vis to th nine-power conference at Brussels indicated a secret agreement agree-ment between the United States and Great Britain He said: "We know perfectly well that Mr. Davis would not be going to Brussels Brus-sels unless In advance a program had been agreed on between England Eng-land and this country." Th full text of Johnson's statement; state-ment; "In th present crisis all Americans Ameri-cans are for peace and would keep us out of war. All Americans are keenly alive to the events leading to the last war and to the propaganda propa-ganda that took us Into It. We re-cell re-cell very vividly that w were making th world safe for democracy, democ-racy, protecting small nations, fighting fight-ing a war to end wars, and all the spiritual assertions and exhortations exhorta-tions by which starry-eyed oratora beguiled us. Th same sort of propaganda today befools and bemuses be-muses us. Americans must not for-gU for-gU Neutrality Law "Within the past six months a neutrality act was forced through the senate by the administration. I was opposed to it in th foreign relations re-lations committee and on the floor of the senate. On th final vote on the conference report a combination of Senator Robinson, the Democratic Demo-cratic leader: Senator Plttman, chairman of the foreign relations committee, and Senator Borah, ranking Republican, who had voted against the original bill, had no difficulty In carrying it. "It waa proclaimed by th administration ad-ministration that It was not a neutrality neu-trality bill, but a peace bill designed to keep us out of war. It was the answer of the administration to the peace societies. It Is now the law of the land to be obeyed by rich and poor alike. Were the protestations protesta-tions of the representatives of the administration mere empty sham? If not, why Is this law not invoked? 'Th natural public amotions, the detestation and Indignation with which we view the actions of Japan are well nigh Irresistible. They arouse the deepest sympathy for the Crimes and abhorrenc of the Japanese; but this is a far cry from embarking in the conflict We want none of it De want no union with welshing nations who will receive us with open arms and tell us we i must lead mankind and save the world. "Ther should be no mystery H1KAM W. JOHNSON Queries Roosevelt policy when lives are at stake, and when a responsible ruler of a nation says that another nation must be 'quarantined' 'quar-antined' because of Its brutality and inhumanity, if that responsible ruler b of a democracy, ho should tell his people what he means by the word and how far he is going. "When he says that between 1913 and 1R21 he learned what to do and what not to do, no expression of a generality will suffice. The American people are entitled to know just what he will do and just what he will not do. "They may be pardoned for recalling re-calling that he was- an ardent League of Nations man and, like nearly all Americans, he saw the League of Nations degenerate into a selfish, hypocritical, political body, and In 1932. to his infinite credit, he expressed himself as having hav-ing changed his views. "The people furnish th cannon fodder that will go to death for this republic and they are entitled to be informed in plain language just what is th intention of th president presi-dent Clash Foreseen "This Is not said in a critical spirit, but It is a statement of an inherent right of th citiiens of a democracy. Th people should know when their ruler approaches war. We know the attitude of Mr. Hull and th ambulatory ambassador. am-bassador. Mr. Norman Davis, and we know perfectly well that Mr. Davis would not be going to Brussels Brus-sels unless in advance a program had been agreed on between England En-gland and this country. We know perfectly well that If Mr. Davis followed his own bent he would return to America with the cheering cheer-ing news that England expects every American to do his duty. "According to the internationalists international-ists the signatories of the nine-power nine-power treaty are to be called together. to-gether. Suppose, as is likely, they decide Japan must be stopped, who is to furnish the men and the money? If Japan Is 'quarantined' by the remaining signatories of the nine-power treaty, and they indulge in notes with a diminishing crescendo, cre-scendo, will not our country's conduct con-duct be deemed pusillanimous and ridiculous? "Again th president apparently assumes the leadership of the League of Nations, the wild ambition ambi-tion of the Internationalists surrounding sur-rounding him, and the league under his leadership decides upon levying sanctions against Japan. The navy of what nation Is to be ei". 'yed te stop ths ships of those taking supplies sup-plies to Japan? However this thing is considered, unless we mean nothing noth-ing but words, the ultimate answer must be the exercise of force-war. force-war. Lrat W Forget "England looks to the United States with enthusiasm as wa now assume the leadership. Do we forget for-get so soon? Americana must re-membeY re-membeY the humiliating episode when Japan began her aggressions against China, and our own aecre-tary aecre-tary of state, Mr. Stimson. csurage-ously csurage-ously interposed himself. Americans Amer-icans must remember how he marched boldly on. hugging to his bosom the loud praises of Sir John Simon and the encomiums of th English press. "We cannot forget that at a crucial cru-cial time when Mr. Stimson looked to find Mr. Simon, that gentleman was nowhere around but was In London telling the English parliament parlia-ment that England was neutral. It was a humiliating episode and the fear that we are running again Into just this sort of thing Is the justification justifi-cation for this statement. "Americans remember even If their government does not. Americana Amer-icana with almost absolute unanimity unanim-ity cry krep us out of this, mind our own business, we want no combination com-bination with the League of Nations Na-tions or its members, ws want no war." |