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On U. S.
Confms 8#e)u U> Define roreign
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By AL JEDLIOKA
World War II, but tills time the
Question of our future foreign
policy has been brought to the
, forefront while the heat of battle
Postwar Relations rages.
While the discussion today is
guarded because it is taking place
during the war when maintenance
of relations with our Allies is im
perative fpr the final conclusion
of victory, the same deep, funda
mental differences that marked
the debates of 1919~’20 remain.
But instead of the bitter and
sometimes personal character of
the World War I debates, the
present discussions are being fea
tured by the more political jockey-
ings to broaden or limit our fu
ture foreign commitments through
the meaning Of congressional res
olutions.
Old ideas.
Such fancy words as “sovereign
ty" and “international machin
ery” have been introduced into
the discussion, but they are mere-
It was only after hostilities had
ceased in 1910 that congress be
an discussion of the extent. of
America’s future in world affairs-
It was then that president
Woodrow Wilson made his tour of
'he country in an effort to sell the
people on the principle of the
. .eagoe of Nations, and it was
-hen that his opposition arose,
'nd led by the late Sen, William
Borah, went before the people
hemselves with a vigorous plea
nationalism.
Twenty-four years later, Ameri
ca finds herself embroiled in
If
Bui —that’s me—leads a hard
life. I’m nursemaid and dog-
robber for every robkie.buck
private and ordinary seaman
that rides with me. Which at
times is too many for one bus.
However,you’re welcome,
and no matter how thick you
come. I’ll do my durndest to
tuck you in somewhere.
That’s the least I can do for
you chaps who may soon
know what real hardship is.
But when you come back,
then I’m expectin’<to give
you some rea/serviee.
BiU-tltehtlJbUoe/i
P.S. Don't forget—Buy an extra War Bond this month!
ly new dressings for old ideas.
Any way you look at it. “s *v
ereignty” still means self-regula-
lion, and “international macLii.-
ery” means collective action. Pres
ent battle-lines have been drawn
on those grounds.
Despite apparent hedgings on
this position of “sovereignty” or
seif-regulation, it still retains its
old meaning.- As its chief expon
ent, the Republicans’ national
postwar advisory committee, meet
ing at Mackinac island, Michigan,
recently, called for future Ameri
can participation in maintaining
world peace, but only if we de- i
cided under what conditions.
It was Senator Arthur Vanden- ;
berg (Mich,) who was instrument
al in championing that reserva
tion in the GOP committee’s for
eign plank, and it has been Sen
ator Vandenberg who has led the
fight in congress for our future
participation in world affairs on
that basis.
The advocates of “sovereignty,”
therefore, feel that we should
step into world affairs when they
are important enough to threaten
our interests, but not otherwise.
On the other side stand the
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for it puts congress on record as
“favoring the creation of an or
ganization with definite power to
establish and maintain a just and
lasting peace, with the U. S. tak
ing a part after constitutional
processes.
The Connally bill is much more
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vague, for it speaks of no organi-
proponents of America’s partici-1 nation specifically, but only of
pation in future world affairs as “international authority” to pre-
a member of an international
organization together on all mat
ters relating to establishing peace
and then maintaining it. Their
attitude has been closely bound
with the idea of a world “police
force.”
The greatest objection to such
a commitment by congress has
been in the allegation that some
of the work such a so-called “po
lice force” containing U. S. sol
diers might do would be of no im
mediate benefit to this country,
say, such as putting down minor
disturbances in foreign posses
sions of other nations.
Compromise Sought
In an attempt to reconcile
these two divergent points of
view, several bills have been in
troduced in congress, with the
house having passed one written
by Congressman Fulbright, and
ths seriate considering another,
composed under guidance of Sen
ator Connally.
Of the two, the Fulbright reso
lution is the more directly worded,
vent future aggression, which, in
its broadest sense, might even in
clude a postwar U. S.-British alli-
By LYTLE BULL
TEUTONIC TACTLESSNESS
The Germans have always led
ance as proposed by Gov. Thomas world in “tactlessness.” When
Dpwpv of Npw York they took Pans at the end of the
Dewey of New York. Franco-Prussian war, they insist-
, Like the Fulbright resolution, ed upon staging a triumphal pro-
the Connally bill would provide cession through the streets of that
n 5 iv,,— half—starved and bitterly humili-
for American participation in this. a ted city. This crowning bit of
international authority only stupidity so wounded French pride
through constitutional processes.
In both cases, it is presumed “con
stitutional processes” is taken to
mean congressional approval of
some form. Under the Constitu
tion, the senate must approve all
treaties by a two-thirds vote, but
of late there has been a jockeying
that hatred — already intense —
deepened into a sort of passionate
fanaticism which has ever since
been almost part of Frenchmen’s
religion.
The Japanese ascend into the
higher strata of psycological im
becility when they perform such
acts as the execution of the Amer
ican fliers who bombed Tokyo,
with ideas, some people contending n ow the reported beheading
.TTifv. of another Allied flier, and the
that any understandings witn 0 p era ti 0 n — without an opiate —
foregin countries could be classi- upon an American soldier. But the
fied as “agreements” rather than Japanese figure they cannot be
“treaties,” and as such Tsnly need defeated and therefore cannot be
’ J punished for their crimes. By this
an ordinary congressional ma
jority.
Much bickering has arisen over
the Connally bill, with senators
led by Claude Pepper (Fla.) con
tending that it is too weak to
clearly express America’s postwar
intentions. Instead of the bill,
tv
I am asking you as a friend
Jl
‘This is your friend Adolf asking you not to
^ cut that tree. Do you know what your govern
ment can do with the pulpwood made from
that tree?
“They can make rayon parachutes to drop
invaders on the sacred soil of my Fatherland.
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But if you disagree with Hitler... if you would
rather your trees were used to help destroy
him and all he stands for, cut all the pulpwood
you can. Bring it to us.
“They can make nitrocellulose explosives to
sink my beautiful U-boats. ,
They can make incendiary bombs to destroy
my cities.
i
f “It is better you should leave that tree stand
ing for now. Save it for me. After i have con-
cftiered America, I will tell you when to cut
that tree.”
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Augusta, wa.
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time, however, it must have seep
ed through the adamantine crani-
ums of Mr. Hitler’s Teutonic fra—
f err.ity that their military position
is not so rosy as the Japs think
theirs is.
are new stories of sabotage and of
looting.
There is the rumor current that
the buildings and ruins of Ancient
and Renaissance Rome are mined
‘md will be destroyed unlqss our
armies by-pass the Holy City.
Whether or not this be true re
mains to be seen, but even this
condensation of tactlessness would
appear to 1)6 within the realm of
Nazi sophistry. We are also told
that the Germans are looting the
museums and palaces of- Rome.
One would expect this from a con
quering horde — but from a re
treating army whose own baliwick
msv become a harvest ground for
a bit of “return looting,” this pro
cedure. if true, hardly appears to
exemplify the pinnacle «f tactful
prudence.
And now to cap the climax of
their genius for embittering al
ready bitter enemies, they plant a
bomb in the post office in Naples
and destroy innocent members of
a people who may be renresented
on their own “trial jury.”
Horrible things happen in war
fare and the Germans are not the
sol'' offenders: that rare seems
to be more capable of getting it-
Under like circumstances nor- “disliked” — through just
mal self-loving human beings plain tactlessness and lack of un-
would begin to take stock of the i derstanding of the feelings of non
days when they might become the Teutons — than any people on
“invadees” and would “soft pedal” earth. Not this war only, nor the
upon atrocities and upon such re
venge creating acts as sabotage
and looting. Not so the Germans
however — if the reports coming
from behind their lines are to be
credited, for added to atrocities,
which are said to be continuing,
Pepper and Senators Ball (Minn.),
Hill (Ala.), Hatch (N. M.)l
Bridges (N. H.) and Maybank, (S.
C.) drafted a substitute measure
pledging . . , “that the United
States, acting through its con
stitutional processes, join wRh free
and sovereign nations in the es
tablishment and maintenance of
an international organisation to
promote co-operation among na
tions, with authority to settle in
ternational \ disputes peacefully
and with power, including military
force, to suppress military aggres
sion and to preserve the peace of
the world.”
Xgainst the effort to frame Am
erica’s postwar foreign policy now
have come many suggestions to
hold off»any action until U. S.
soldiers return from the battle-
front and are given the oppor
tunity to express their opinions.
X
Market The Pulp
wood To Aid In
War Effort
Sfluda, Oct. 16.—The experienc?
of C. A. Bodie of Ward is a pood
example of how South Carolina
farmers mav make a fine contri
bution to the war effort on the
h-^me front by wise use of labor
■ nd low-grade tre°R in their farm
woodland, says C. W. Hall. Clemson
assistant extension forester.
Mr. Bodie cut and loaded a car
of outewoed recenttv containing
about 12 units of 160 cubic feet,
aach. He paid his labor $1.00 per
m it for cutting. He and his two
workers cut the 12 units in three
days.
Cutting and hauling,, costs a-
oonnted to $4.00 per unit. The
">PA price is $8.50 per unit f. o. b.
Mr. Bodie has $4.50 per unit F’t
to take care of stumpage and
labor and supervision. Allow ^
SS.SO per unit for stumpage,
has left $24.00 for his labor r. id
rupervision.
The trees cut for pulpwood ? i
this case were trees left in a ~ r '-
ure and were too rough for ]
her. He plans now to load 't^ir
’"ore cars this winter from a yo-'"g
stand of pine containing trees that
ornoked, diseased, or
otherwise unsuitable • for future
lumber prospects.
last World war, but all through
the history of Germanic warfare
this trait seems to stand out more
prominently in this race than in
any other.
It’s too bad for them.
Oct. 18.
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