THE ONUS ON AMERICA

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23685, 17 December 1938, Page 13

THE ONUS ON AMERICA

♦ Is there not a way by which we might escape from the unpleasant choice between subservience to Herr Hitler's intolerable violence and arrogance and, on the other hand, the calamities of war? asks Lord Hugh Cecil in a letter to the Daily Telegraph. There is such a way; it is by establishing international control over disputes leading to war. This could be effectively done if we could have the co-operation or, better, the leadership of the United States of America, It is not too much to say that if the first cause erf the present miserable state of Europe is the aggressiveness of Germany, next to it comes the isolationism of America. "America, like the priest and Levite, passes by on the other side, while the peace-loving part of Europe has fallen among thieves. If America would join with the British Empire, with France and with the smaller nations, it would be possible so to control commodities that a law-breaking nation could not make war, but must submit to reason. I would have the Government look for safety not in Berlin, but in ' Washington. German good faith and goodwill exist only for German interests. But it is not so with the people of the United States. If they would shake off the influence of that most un-Christian tradition that it is right to hold aloof, and would shoulder the burden of their greatness, there might be hope for European security. Try It: A tew words in bold tyot tn plenty of space attract attention Try it on the readers o* the Otsyjc Daily Times..