Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1935, Page 6

E 1—;6 *4F NEUTRALITY PLEA MADEBY THONAS Futility of War in Solving| Questions Stressed by Radio Forum Speaker. America must stay out of war, Sen- ator Elbert Thomas, Democrat, of Utah, warned last night in a talk on the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Evening Star. “We know more about international war in 1935 than we ever have be- fore,” Thomas said in a speech broad- cast on a coast-to-coast network by the National Broadcasting Co. “We know of its utter futility in solving questions and we know, too, that the good which in theory war is supposed to accomplish drags with it 1lls of such magnitude that the as- sumed good is lost.” Thomas, & member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged the United States to disregard the prospects of the wealth that could be carved from war, as he pointed out strict neutrality is a modern impos- sibility. Dollar Diplomacy Condemned. ‘He importuned Americans to stand by the recent renunciation of “dollar | diplomacy” and the neutrality law | forbidding sale of .arms and munitions | to belligerents. “Neutrality in the sense of not helping or hurting either side in our modern world is utterly impossible,” ‘Thomas declared. “Nations today are interdependent. § “If we decide to sell merely the ne- cessities of life to the two warring nations, theoretically neutrally and impartially, we help the nation with | the greatest credit or the most means to purchase. “Still our American neutrality law should receive the support of all be- cause it is a sincere gesture for a worthy objective.” Text of Address. ‘The text of Senator Thomas’ address follows: When the early Greeks first came into contact with Egypt that country was thought of as a topsy-turvy land. ‘The Egyptians did things differently | from the way in which the Greeks did | them, and even nature seemed upside | down. In Greece floods came in the Spring of the year, but in Egypt the | Nile overflowed its banks in the Fall. | It was not until a late period of | know more about international war in | things that make for war, we find | C R OS A M.E RI.C A Says U. S. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FR Must Shun War SENATOR ELBERT THOMAS. Senator Thomas of Utah declared last night In a National Radio Forum address that this time the United States “must mean it, we must stay out of war.” —Star Staff Photo. ancient Greek history that the Greeks learned to recognize the fact that the Nile's overflowing was due to the heavy rains in Ethiopia. The rainy season in Ethiopia had much to do with the development of civilization in ancient Egypt. The rainy season in Ethiopia this year is given credit for a delay in military action which is giving our present-day civilization a chance to be thoughtful about civilization's greatest enemy—war. Outlook Is Dark. The outlook for peace in the world seems dark and discouraging to those who judge conditions only from news- paper headings and who make deduc- tions based upon the latest rumor. ‘To me there are extremely significant and hopeful signs as well as signs of discouragement. For example, we B Y S 5:6 RREAT.E S ‘PAY MORE? NOT WHEN 1935 than we ever have before. We know of its utter futility in solving questions, and we know, too, from | painful experience, that the good which in theory war is supposed to | accomplish drags with it ills of such | magnitude that the assumed good is |lost. We know today why nations | have fought in the past, and we know | that if we are not to fight again we | must avold doing those things which in the past led us into war. Wars for the last 100 years have been fought for economic advantage, yet they have | brought economic destruction to both | the victorious and the vanquished. | When Ethiopia granted the oil lease | to a British-American co-operation another complexity seemed to be added to the present world crisis; but, } due to the changing attitude of men | and a deeper understanding of those H OE S TN A L UE.S |or forty million-dollar battleship to that this lease had an opposite effect. England condemned it as being con- trary to treaty. America disavowed it, and in our disavowal and later request to the American corporation to with- draw both our country and Great Britain made a complete about-face in regard to a principle which for generations has been called dollar diplomacy. Think of what that means as a victory for peaceful processes. Dollar diplomacy in America reached its zenith in theory when a former American Secretary of the Navy an- nounced that “wherever an American dollar was invested there should be an American battleship to protect it.” To say the least, the use of & thirty take care of a dollar investment does not smack of good business, much less of sound economics. If the two great- est and present-day leading commer- cial nations of the world realize that dollar diplomacy does not pay | economically and that it is not worth the candle when measured in the terms of human blood and human sacrifice, the world is moving forward to the acceptance of a concept which dreamers of a generation ago felt could not come within an age. New Step Is Taken. Our peutrality act lately adopted by | Congress and signed by the President, | even with the provision that it shall hold for only six months, marks such s fallacy. The word neutrality comes from the Latin word which means neither. In Washington's time America stood some chance of being neutral because we were 50 far removed from the European world. To use Washing- ton’s own words, “We, at this great distance from the northern part of Europe, hear of wars and rumors of wars as if they were the events or re- ports of another planet.”” Therefore when we decided not to take sides neither side was hurt. But neutrality in the sense of not helping or hurting either. side in our modern world is utterly impossible. Nations today are interdependent. Even in peace times no nation is completely leu-luau!nlng.! therefore in war times the warring na- tions are more dependent upon the outside world than ever. Our whole | great Nation could be regimented into | self-sufficlency, bus to do so it would | mean changing our food habits, our clothing habits, our transportation | habits and much of our economic | | structure. If two countries are at war ' and a third country decides to be; neutral, that action, of course, helps the stronger of the two combatants. If we decide to sell merely the necessi- ties of life to the two warring nations theoretically, neutrally and impartiaily, | we help the nation with the greatest | credit or the most means to purchase. You see, the application of absolute | neutrality is utterly impossible, Support of All Urged. a complete break with the past that the peace-loving citizens of our Nation | must be impressed. The theory of neutrality in wartime is based upoa | WEEK-END FRIDAY TO M Selected CASHEWS WHOLE BROKEN 57 .|3"7e . SALTED IN BUTTER NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY GOOD NUTS— ROASTED FRESH DAILY BEFORE YOUR EYES AND SALTED IN PURE CREAMERY BUTTER Still our American neutrality hw% should receive the support of all be- | cause it is a sincere gesture for a| " (Continued on Seventh Page.) SPECIALS! 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