Anglo-American Attitude Analysed

Northern Advocate, 27 December 1937, Page 5

Anglo-American Attitude Analysed

(Received 1 p.m.)

NEW YORK, December 26

The “New York Times,” in a three{column leader, says that the seed of | international banditry, which scattered | from the bombs and bullets that destroyed the gunboat Panay on the jYangtse, were sown long before the ]. Japanese invaded China this year in violation of treaties. They were sown by Signor Mussolini at Corfu in 1923, by Herr Hitler 'when he tore up the Versailles Treaty, (by Japan when she seized Manchukuo. | and by the Italian Army when it seized 1 Ethiopia. Yet, if they serve to -awaken ! the United States to its responsibilities, ■ they cannot be written down as wholly ! disastrous. Britain and the United States are moving in parallel lines, says the paper, in an attempt to restore order, decency and safety to the world. This parallel course is as sensible as it is strong. Cohesive policy in China is the need of the two Governments if further incitements are to be averted.

The United States is • not pulling British chestnuts from the fire. In consulting with the British, we pull chestnuts from our own, as the Panay incident vividly brings to mind. The paper insists that, due to United States politics ,and traditions, joint action with Britain is impossible, but parallel action is sufficient. It indicates that bankers could refrain from granting credits, and sale of raw materials could be stopped. It adds that with the present concert between Britain and America in the Far Easi as a model, peace will come sooner to the world,

The Government at Washington, in such an undertaking, is truly representing the sensei and sentiment of the American people. The United States, without firing a shot, can regain lost leadership, and the President and Mr Hull are moving wisely and securely to a dearly-desired objective. The Washington correspondent of the New York “Herald-Tribune” telegraphed that as the Japanese Government prolonged its deliberations regarding its reply to America, officials were disposed to make their annoyance evident. Mr Hull announced that the American Ambassador to China, Mr Johnson, would remain with the Chinese Government at Hankow. This friendly gesture to the harassed Chinese Government was all the more marked since other Ambassadors, with the exception - of the German, had withdrawn to Shanghai, leaving only charges d’affaires.