| Show economic ic highlights to quo quote te a business magai magazine lue tho the threat of a world war will affect almost everything that Is done lu in washington from now on uial aal construction merchant maune marille army expansion taxes nee kw felary kitias reciprocal trade program gram perhaps even government reorganization war wai past present una aud future la Is ominous and exceed lindly active element in american attalea today most moat obvious example of our preoccupation with the hie prospect of war ar la is tho the naval building program the largest in our peacetime peace time ills his 1 vory tory lits its prop propounds and there uro tire many arguo that our but best guarantee guar anteo of peace is a mailed list second to none on the tahe other hand thero are men of distinction distinction and authority who arguo argue with force that this program is leading us tit raight luto war reason lloa soa navy 81 today call for fight lug of atme crul crussing sing ranges and for vessels able to make runs luna of 0 thousands of miles provide the fleet with oil food munitions nit ions and ami return to bases on the continental united states how yay say we the opponents oppe enta of 0 tho the building program cau can ships of this tn type be justified as essential tools or 0 the national uati onial defense why do we not build instead small fast ships with a relatively short curl sing range sufficient in number and power to defend 1 our coasts but not mot to tight in foreign la Is it poss slUe they conclude that the unspoken purpose pm post behind the current program la Is the creation of a U S fleet primarily designed for und and capable of fighting lu ju the china acas or the mediterranean there theio is no definite ans answer to friese questions now but they arp indicative of the contusion confusion that exists in a tho the minda mind of the people even moro more important perhaps is ia tile attitude altitude of the state department toward european troubles tin an attitude that has received a great doal deal less interpretation than a subject eject of such moment deserves apparently the day la Is over when of great governments could sit down arguo argue differences feren foren ces arrive at agreements and go homo home with all concerned knowing that tho the agreements would be kept at least until some crisis arrived which made one of the par balits fool feel that it was necessary to sacrifice principal to expediency tho the U 8 state department at the present say it in so eo many words but it obviously feels that tho the words treaties and promises of the belligerent powers germany japan and italy cannot bo trusted there art arc two concrete examples of this which are arc not widely known A few months ago iho japanese Jai kinese government intimated that it was ana again ready to discuss a tr treaty LIty for tho the of capital fighting ships and the U S government offered no encouragement and for two years hitler has periodically proposed an agree mont ment among the areat powers to ameliorate some of the evils of war var such as the unrestricted use of sub submarines submarine marin and the ruthless lambing of civilian centers und and again this government has turned a goat deaf ear car to tile tho suggestion it is of coure coulee almost biblo to blame thu the U fi government lor for this attitude the dictators who agreed to lu in the 4 spanish revolution resolution have all but made it a france Pru tico victory certain by wulling ending him apparently unlimited quantities of 01 men planes cannons luia and other essentials of war vai and j japan apan which now burdened under a staggering debt might wish to slow down the world orid naval building race lace waa the first to violate the previous naval building treaty the state departments attitude Is ia simp simply lyan an indication of difficulties of carrying on diplomacy in IU a world where the old values have been 80 largely destroyed one byproduct of this Is secretary units policy of caution officially fici ally we have haie not yet ed cd italis conquest of abyssinia nor germanys germanas Germ anys sudden seizure of austria austila wo have made protests against these acts act 8 but mostly in wiled veiled and indirect terms our fear of foreign entanglements entangle ments lias has made it impossible for us to take the load or even a prominent part in seeking to curb the ravages and unjust injustices I 1 c c 8 of tile dictators yet no one thinks tha ithe feeling of this country it a neutral one american sentiment against the dictators Is almost per cent strong judging by what evidence there Is the majority oi of americans were disappointed atthe at the failure of eden and tho the adoption by Enji england lind of of the chamberlain peace at any price foreign policy it is not nob a remote possibility that this partisan sentiment will in the future be reflected a in the govern governments menVa attitude and result in a more aggressive and pointed U S policy boward the states whether that would make our participation in the next world war unavoidable is a topic that la Is being debated fiercely by all manner of theorists lut iut it cannot be settled save in the infallible test tube of time Aff tf |
