AS MR WILLKIE SEES IT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 19, 2 November 1940, Page 4

AS MR WILLKIE SEES IT.

The loneliness of the United States is a direct result of the foreign policies of the last' eight years said Mr Wendell Willkic, Republic candidate for the United States Presidency, in a speech at San Francisco. If Britain falls we are utterly and savagely alone. No nation on earth, except Britain, owes us anything but disillusionment and ill will. Wo must—wc desperately must—rid ourselves of the fallacy that democracy can be defended with words, with poses, with political paraphernalia designed to impress the American people and no one else. Wo must send, and wc must keep sending, aid to Britain, our first line of defence and our only remaining friend. We must aid her to the limit of prudence arid effectiveness, as determined by impartial experts in this field. In the Pacific our best ends will be served by a free,strong and democratically progressive China and wo should render China economic assistance to that end. In addition I favour exploring the acquisition and development of Pacific air bases for the protection of our interests in that ocean.