Show ferrs review of current events WE MUST ARM FOR PEACE secretary hull states america s foreign policy flays world anarchy and the rule of force q Q air 5 z k A this picture made in an austrian bolder town and transmitted by radio photo shows a contingent of Hit hillers lers troops marching toward vienna after being landed from airplanes in the country that has now been made a state of ibe the german reich SW ay iy 1114 y summarizes THE TWP WORLDS worta WEEK Q western newspaper union armed peace no alliances abor A MERICA must pursue its quest for world peace but must follow a policy of arming for protection of its rights against international lawlessness so declared secre fil tary of state cordell hull in an exposition of americas foreign policy and a discussion of all aspects of the world situation he spoke at the national press club in washington and his address was broad cast over the land secretary hull and to other nations by radio in brief he set forth a policy of peace no alliances collaboration with peaceful nations military preparedness pa redness and opposition to the viewpoint it is my considered judgment that in the present state of world affairs to do less than is now proposed would lay our country open to unpredictable hazards he said referring to the naval expansion program the momentous question he said is whether the doctrine of force shall become enthroned once more and bring in its wake inexorably international anarchy and a relapse into barbarism hull expressed our deep concern over the rising tide of lawlessness the growing disregard of treaties the increasing reversion to the use of force and the numerous other ominous tendencies which a are r e emerging in the sphere of international relations his speech abounded with such sharp phrases as methods of violence another dark night of international ter anarchy rule of force violators of international decencies medieval chaos and blind extremism he did not refer to any nation by name but his implication with regard to legal recognition of aus absorption by germany and japans expansion in china was clear when he said the catastrophic developments of recent years the startling events of the past weeks offer a tragic demonstration of how quickly the contagious scourge of treaty break ing and armed violence spreads from one region to another the secretary came out strongly for an adequate armed force for this country in a world in which the rule of force has not as yet been firmly and surely supplanted by the rule of law it is the manifest duty of a great nation to maintain armed forces adequate for its national defense no policy would prove more disastrous than for an important nation to fail to arm adequately when international lawlessness is on the rampage in the far east crisis hull bull said the united states has consistently collaborated with other peace seek ing nations but there is not a trace of alliance or involvement of any sort he disclaimed the slightest intention to entertain any such notion as the use of american armed forces for policing the world he specifically opposed the proposal the united states retire from the far east the triumph of the viewpoint he said would inescapably carry the whole world back to the conditions of medieval chaos conditions toward which some parts of both the eastern and the western worlds are already moving mars in the ascendant i W AR clouds over europe were growing dense and alarm in increased throughout the world S securities e curi ties experienced sharp breaks on the exchanges in america london paris and elsewhere because of the disquieting reports cabinets and diplomats everywhere were trying desperately to find a way as to peace the ne dan an 1 1 ger seemed to in volve at the moment chiefly maxim the civil war litvinoff iovino in m spain and the renewed quarrel between poland and lithuania maxim litvinoff wise commissar commissar for foreign affairs of soviet russia put forth an invitation to the great powers other than germany italy and japan to confer on joint action aimed at checking further development of aggression and eliminating increased danger of a new world massacre the united states was asked to participate in this action france and russia formally notified czechoslovakia that they would give that nation armed support against any aggressive ac action tion by germany great britain while not going so far as this warned hitler that it expected h him im to observe ill the e assurances he had given that he would not attack the czechs czecho dispatches from warsaw said more than of dussias Rus sias parachutist soldiers had been mobilized and were ready to be flown to czechoslovakia in case of emergency several russian and french generals hastened to prague to confer with the czech military chiefs nazi leaders of the germans in czechoslovakia boldly warned the czech parliament that the country had better yield to hitler and this demand was strengthened when other large groups of germans in that country decided to party france stood ready to pour troops and armament into spain to aid the loyalists because of reports that germany and italy were sending large reinforcements to franco whose insurgent forces were pressing rapidly on toward the east coast madrid had sent word to paris pari s that the government could not hold out much longer unless it received help france called on britain to join her in an effort to bring about an armistice in spain during which all foreign troops could be withdrawn and the british ambassador to rome was instructed to tell mussolini that unless he called horne home his volunteers in spain britain would be unable to restrain france from sending troops and munitions across the pyrenees Pyre nees border to aid the loyalists the british government has promised naval help to prance france to keep open her communications in the mediterranean if she becomes involved with italy of spain but the british will keep out ditc itc lithuania alarmed L T and poland have been in an unofficial state of war for 18 years because of po land lands s seizure of vilna and a trifling border incident has brought them near to open conflict warsaw on the point of was sending an ultimatum to kaunas but delayed this on appeal from france and britain the liehs also were afraid that germany taking advantage of the general ferment in undertake europe would to recover er the once german city of me memel in el which also is coveted by pol poland and austria a german state AUSTRIA as a sovereign state I 1 is s no more in the twinkling of an eye its independent identity was wiped out and it became merely another state in the german reich An was made a fact and the treaty of st germain by which this union of germany with austria was forbidden is just another torn scrap of paper the german reich ff has acquired acquin ed square miles of ter arthur and inquardt more inhabitants arthur inquardt rules the austrian state after the enforced resignation of president miklas and chancellor such is the concrete result of hit lers startlingly sudden invasion of austria and seizure of power ohp there p his coup was well planned and it was carried out with a swiftness that demonstrated the speed with which motorized troops can act great britain and france filed strong protests against the german coup but their notes were scornfully rejected by the berlin foreign office italy taken by surprise like the rest of the world was supposed to be in a tight place but after hitler in a personal letter to mussolini aromi promised sed that german expansion would stop at the italian frontier the fascist grand council gave its approval to the Fuehr ers coup eta TVA will be probed PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT told congressional leaders that he would agree to a joint congressional investigation of the tennessee valley authority but only if no avowed ener enemies nies of TVA were named on the committee of inquiry therefore senator barkley majority leader of the senate and speaker bankhead changed their stands and came out for the investigation and senator norris dropped his demand that it be conducted by the federal trade commission commission mr Roosevel ts session with the TVA board was without result for chairman A E morgan steadily refused to present facts to substantiate the charges he has made against david lilienthal and harcourt morgan his colleagues the chairman held the conference was not and could not be an effective or fact finding occasion thereupon the president told them if they compose their differences within a week they all should resign would keep philippines PAUL V mcnutt high commissioner to the philippines has come to the conclusion that if we turn the islands entirely free in 1946 they y will become v the ground of bloody and long continued warfare so with tle the apparent approval of president roosevelt he proposes that the question of their fate be reopened for careful consideration McNut ts plan was offered by mannel ID nuel ran gement with quezon ezo manuel que quezon zon president of the philippine commonwealth and that veteran nationalist gave it his instant indorsement endorsement indor later he added that there should be no question about the ultimate independence of the islands being convinced that the united states would not undertake protection of an independent philippine nation from japan and would not continue a free trade relationship quezon has been maneuvering for some time to revise the independence grant and obtain a dominion status may quit olympic games A AMERICAN MERICAN amateur athletes may not take part in the olympic pie games to be held in tokyo in 1940 this is because the international committee meeting in cairo egypt yielded to the request of japan that the games be postponed from august 25 september 8 to september 21 october 8 japan said the former date would set the games in the midst of hot weather the united states great britain and prance france vainly objected to the change athletic leaders in this country believe we should withdraw immediately im me because most colleges here start their school year at about the time the games would be held and consequent cons consequently equen t I 1 y americas chances would be g greatly re atly weakened must boost income tax THE THE senate finance committee be gan consideration of the re revenue act passed by the house at the same time chairman pat harrison of that committee gave out a warning that if the administration continues income its high spending policy the tax base must be widened the present exemptions being lowered harrison came out flatly the against undistributed pr profits a fits tax which is retained in house modified form in the version of the biu bill he also said that the graduated capital gains tax should be rate of replaced by a flat approximately 15 per on all cent capital gains from sales of property held for more than two years one or I 1 |