Show university speaker voices war fears salt lake city july L 1 hasty chasty action of some subaltern navy officer in the par far east can precipitate the whole world into a war declared J reuben dark clark jr speaking at the university of utah institute of public affairs held annually in connection with the summer session our navy is over in china and there is always danger when there is trouble in foreign countries and our navy is present mr dark clark former under secre tary of state and former ambassador to mexico is now first counselor in the first presidency in the church from all signs about us we are on the very brink of war he told the university audience with particular reference to the far east he explained the war in china is a war de facto in fact although not a war 11 de juri by virtue of law the war hinges on united states mr clark said france is reluctant the british are waiting if we come to clash with japan in the east we can very easily without action of congress have a de facto war quickly to become a de m ri war if we go to war we are t w ost DA sure to be joined by great duain ta t ain and france and then germany and italy would join japan that would mean war in europe as well as in the east and it could blossom out into a first class european war clark put the hope of the for peace in the settlement of disputes by talking it out rather than fighting it out t he praised the record of the united states and great in the arbitration of disputes which he said is more difficult than usually because of lack of rules governing the rights of nations in times of peace |