NAVAL ACTION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 10

NAVAL ACTION.

THREE DEMOCRACIES. MR. STIMSON'S PROPOSAL. Thi' American Secretary of Slate. Mr. ( urdell Hull, on March 7 det-crihed a letter written hy his nredece-rMir. Mr. Henry Stiinsnii. to the "New iirk 'I'iuies" oil the subject of Aineiiean policy as "a vrrv eon'ii,! i\ e i-l a I emeu I. ' lie had not. lie -n id. had an opjiort unity to irive it full r-tudy and "'"Hid not elaborate nn the phrase lie iir-ed. Mr. S|ini-,,n a .iv.it a I <><1 joint naval action hv 1 iie I nited Stale- with (Iriat Krilain or France 'ii tliej-vent of aL';;ri—si,hi liy th<- "Fasei-t i'ower- mi either of the two Knr.i|ira ll dcniiicl a eie-, I lie \\. Ii lillu t o 11 ciilTC-pondcllt ■ "Ihe rime.-" ray- that I lie letter call he "''aided as a cm! ri hi 11 ion to Ihe din H-ri"ii o! A mei'iea 11 f,ir,'i e|| pi,|iewhicii is even now .-"i'i'-' on. hut as on," more !i!ad\ to enliven I lie deiiate than to determine il- direct ion. The policy which tlm Koo-eadi \,l mi ll ■ I ration ha- ilia inl a : ned for - time pa-t can have oiii\ mm nieanini:. and that i- tii" eimiinra lenient 1 ilfi'iiinir would perhaps he Ihe hetter ord of Ihe deilioci'atie re-i-t a lice 10 varioiH forms of inl i'liidat imi recurrently I'an I i,-"d hv I h-' anl Inn it a ria u I'owers. In "ciicral. ami in -pile the fnl iii ina t ions of ■"'in' Scini e- and ( "li-nieii. thi- rectus I" 'i.i'ie -1; 11 i■a i • 111 p 111' I i riippni't. Hut Mr. Slims,,,l. while he prai-cs rind, p.di.-v. w.iiild cMi'H-l i's l:.i"s 1,, the pi.int of comnnni naval a i lam liy tin- I h 'ce la i ire ileili'iei'a "i".-. i n -hid ili ll" I I'lie,l St ala n.l ii ir at I iii- point that •1 i ii-l"ii i","i ily licjiii-. '|"lie accii-at i.His either 1 hat this pi.int has already iieoil rea.-'e'd. Init ""' \ in private, or Miat it will - lie leached. L'ivc tii" ~ppo-i| ion to the Pre-ident its a in>nunit ion. Public Opinion Divided. CVrf.iiiilv no res | .on—ilde uiemlier of the \d in in i-t rat ion would have raid wli.it Mr. Mim-oii has —a i.l. I lie Time-" corre«| rwidont I'eporl-. lie wants what he calls "fur righted read i lie--" translated into n-rative 1 -nr.-- ~f a mm h p. iri' iv e kind I ''a ll 1 i 11,:;.' i11'.,:, w ■ .n',l iu-l now i,- Hkely sup;,,,::. I i,i■ f .rmcr <ci ie:.ii v of 'stale i- n..: 'jiv.'ii a. jc ... .;. i•a I c a'li.Hi. ii.. r in •:.it!"ia ..f f.. ia •_• 11 \ j- In- a -tri-t :,ir'' •'■an. IF - v ii"., - ~n Ihe .1 ■ •:i'i• -1 ■ ■ p .ii.• \ ~f lac I'i i -.- i. I. • i;' im ha- -ta'.-d ii i- : ni' : v ti'i'l 'I natal-..i i•• n ancl . II" want- nnitv •:'•<••• • iia n I 1 'Ina a i.l V"" «,i him t.i '• ni v a .'...ih : "'v." lie - i : v wi:; „ a i..-::.-m- t1.,.t "' "'a ' ' I!\ " , 111 I.' i-• 111 at"■ i or n-a ,-t i-ed with t . \ i■- in!"' ,'-!-, and -o far a- :he \.I •II -11" -•I a ; :,.t| hi- d -1,.1-le.l I* I "||| il. he ''lid- eel,..' f." a •". va i. M -':".n - m 1, -a i I w iia ! he I'.• I•• ll' a i.l ha - -i ; d i' wit "I" ei •. ■• •• 1.1". a' i■. 11: aml 1m -,v ii' li n.l :ii i: many :<«>•< c wii h hill'. Kilt nuMi ' .. .ini.Hl. .■' Iho ii : i t'l'llv .: - reed ~n ilm nc. ! |".. r •:'•>.iter a" 1 -t i-" I: 1 h f. > r the I*lli t, -d <:atcr. i- l.y I--, neans united ~n I !"■ -pie-t ""ll "f wliether ii.ii -iren'jth -hniihl in' n-cd to rimpoif a j-.-ilive or '.r"ii'':Hlti'c a m'jalive p.day. Mr. Stimson's Letter. 11l hi- let'. :■ «.. re "\e vv Yolk 'I i Mr. 'na' a i'a "-' .ar y "in.oit an armed a'iaeh ■"...' iI, -t i 'ie \a I' ra :'"i V "f "lie ~f i lie tw .. Krilain "!' France. sp.-h an alt.nk vim.; 1 .In "-I ill-vital.ly inv.dve li.ali "f til..-" he .'" I ill I'y al! three of til" Fa- -' I'.'Wer.-. In thai .•> ."it oiilv "lie iid ha'.l ea rue 1 "j ; i i-a ihm upon whidi our ~vvn 11 11 " ,11.1 i v. ei fa "C I .'-I . "I''"hiv the a'j • a-cs-a v e ir r" 1111 N im't'e : .vv," in tl," air and ..:i the land than even Fa' C ami |!''h -in .-m 1 d ned. and it i- p.-" a i-l v alii 'lent ■ -1 ''ontr a' -e a to pin d ivv nt h I'.i it'-i- am! Freii-h t'-ci - in laiiopean watc -. 1 a v i'le e\ : „ i-i .1 to liie pov\e I* f 111 .1.1 pa ini-c tlec; ' lie w h.dc Wi-te'li I'lcitic (tcC.III. ill illtlill'J tim 1 ■ai.i;!i.-h s)-••.!kiiilt 1 lomini'in- of An-tialia ami \cw Xcaland. and even W'c-tern Canada. ... w eil a- tim naval lia-e of soiilm ;,,,re. which i- ihe h-y to tiie ni"! ce! ion of i ho-p regions. "licfciii e a'j 'in-t rii. ii j.iint action in Fiir.ipe ami \-ia hy lia- Fa-.i-l Tiiweiv can "lily r" -i ir.• 1 v lie aenmi |d i-lied by the coinnion ."lion "f tin- naval power ..f liie tiuee la !-.;•• • 1 1 -*i,o" ai ■ i i—. i imi ml i n the I "nit e< 1 Mate-, -ii "lid ail v "in' of i hc.-e I luce nath.iir atlenipt I 111 i- dil ed lhe re-lilt vv . .11 id 1,1.1 fair be all 11' ii■ 11 all ■ di-irter I" t lien ah: oil liie .a h.-r iia nd. tic eon v i-t lon on tiie pait of !he I'i - i-l I'ower- lh.il rll 'a •-■•ni ii t• i n a. lion wi--I :■! 11 inn wnuhl he lma-t putciil ! ■ "ll i- far fiiiai i ncHHci v a hie that a 1 iiii ei' ""a d "a -: aa ,1 lain •■ .•■ ain 1h.ha,1.1 ml dil f,..-,-.-d 1" . etc t" a I '•' -"i- i 111''",, r ' ' • : .11- ill I ll" ' ■ "I " "lent- a.th.r I'.l I inn Wit *',-!| v. "11.l evt'l j" —11 ."II I.' h•• led IIV idlv Wailing i.c that a > ...; I■■.l i v : ' • ii." -.an na : ic.l 'i -: h■ - I' " - V I-l V"1 . .... ' il I a.I II : 'i !he v i l - ed iu _■ Ini) j. t ..i A i erica 1" ■-* • t 11 —r "ii- of rindi a ri nl past."