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Slow Action
Gives Hitler
Peace Exit
'Stop' Ultimatum
Serves Double
Purpose
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
To place war guilt has been the
purpose of the written notes and
the diplomatic exchanges between
Berlin and London these last few
days, but, as was _
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the world makes
up its mind on
the basis of the
■equence of
published dJ s
patches. This
time there has
been a prolong
ed d 1 s c u ssion 1
and there has 1
been little op- 1
port unity for I
Germany to es- a
cape the accusa- g|
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her for provok- D*Tid t*wr*nc».
ing, after 26 years, another era of
bloodshed.
There are significant statements
In the European cables which per
mit one possible inference of a
hopeful nature to be drawn. Herr
Hitler did not declare war, but
considered his orders for air bomb
ings and the march of troops to
be "reprisals” for Polish border inci
dents. This meant that if Britain
and France chose to regard these
"reprisals" as isolated acts, they
could still do so. It was Hitlers
method of trying to confine the
war to the German-Polish theater
and make it seem as if France and
Britain were actually initiating a
general war.
The British and French govern
ments. however, have no choice.
An attack on Poland, whether it be
a "reprisal” or an act of retaliation,
is construed by Warsaw as an act of
aggression and now the solemn
pledges of the alliance signed last
week between Britain and Poland
necessarily come into force.
Another Path to Negotiation.
The dispatch of a "stop” ulti
matum by the British and French
simultaneously was. from the stand
point, of the democracies, necessi
tated in order to justify their own
beginning of military and naval
action. Hitler could, if he liked,
use the opportunity to begin parleys
of delay, taking the position that
he is still ready to negotiate on the
basis of a return of Danzig and the
Polish Corridor, and on the 16-point
program.
The impression here in Wash
ington is that Hitler is still counting
on some circumstances to cause
Britain and France to limit their
operations to the naval blockade in
the Baltic and North Sea areas. The
decision of Italy to remain "neu
tral,” in the sense of refraining
from joint military or naval action
with Hitler is regarded here as part
of a plan determined upon long
ago in order to keep the British
fleet in the Mediterranean on patrol
and yet not affording any chance
to attack Italy.
In other words, Italian "neutral
tty" is expected to be friendly to
Hitler and is in no sense a turning
toward the democracies. The fact
that the British need not give as
much concern as they had expected
to operations in the Mediterranean
may assist in making a blockade of
German ports effective in the north
and 8 Iso may mean search and
seizure of vessels entering the Med
iterranean at either Suez or Gibral
tar.
Fleet Can Trouble Germany.
The full extent of British naval
power is scarcely realized until a
war begins. For then a real block
ade Is on and even shipments des
tined to so-call neutral countries in
the Balkans and countries bordering
on Germany are subject to indefinite
delays. Germany's internal econ
omy will feel the full impact of the
British fleet if Britain is provoked
Into a general war.
American shipping will find Itself
affected by the examinations of car
goes at sea. and for a time American
commerce will suffer. The first six
months of the 1914 war was, as I
recall, a serious period of harass
ment. for American commerce by
the British ships, and a depression
of an economic character ensupd.
but it was quickly followed by a war
boom. The preparations for the war
this time have been long-drawn-out
end any decline in business will be
ihort-lived.
The most significant business npws
Of the last 24 hours was the voting
bv the British Parliament of a
credit, of about $2,250,000,009. Most
of this will be spent in the Western
Hemisphere, where extensive sur
pluses of food and war materials
are readily to be found. Likewise,
American plant capacity, lying idle
since the depression began and never
used to its fullest extent, can be
quickly swung into action in manu
facturing war munitions. America
will profit out of the war situation
again as 25 years ago.
Anything Can Be Shipped.
By the time Congress reconvenes,
the war trade will have boomed so
greatly that any necessary changes
In the neutrality laws will be made.
For the moment, unless the Presi
dent Issues a proclamation finding
a state of war to exist among for
eign states, no embargo Is legally
Imposed and anything can be
shipped abroad. Though China and
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has been invoked against them.
Hitler has been careful not to
Issue a formal declaration of war.
Mr. Roosevelt may feel that, in view
of the technicalities involved, he will
put the question before Congress
when it reconvenes. If he decides
to take that view, there may be no
hurry about the calling of a spe
cial session. Should public opinion
disapprove this course, it will mani
fest itself and then a special ses
sion can be promptly summoned.
The hope here is that somehow a
general war may yet be avoided or
be held to a short interval, but,
meanwhile, America's industrial ma
chine prepares for war orders.
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Union Services
The Rev. George A. Ackerly, as
sociate minister of Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church, will preach
at the union service tomorrow at 11
o'clock. All Souls’ Unitarian and
the Universalist National Memorial
Churches are co-operating. His sub
ject will be "Religion and Labor.”
Ireland is trying to revive interest
In a tunnel to England.
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The Capital Parade
Conservative-Left Wing Feud Rekindled
By Hancock's Appointment to War Board
By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER
News that the President has chosen John Hancock of Lehman
Bros, to be a member of the War Resources Board has touched off a
subterranean explosion in the administration. The explosion is unusually
significant, being the first outbreak of the old conservative-left wing
rivalry in connection with the current campaign for American prepared
ness.
Prom many points of view, the President s choice of Hancock is quite
natural. Hancock himself is an able, forthright and experienced man,
respected by both enemies and friends. Although he is comparatively
young, he was an Important figure in
Bernard M. Baruch's War Industries
Board in the last world conflict. At
that time, he served as the Navy's
purchasing agent, in which capacity
iic iimuc menus wim me yuutniui
Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Now, as
a partner in Lehman Bros., he
is a member of an investment bank
ing house with which the President's
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amiable. His standing as a businessman is undoubted.
He originally was invited to come to Washington by Assistant
Secretary of War Louis Johnson, who wanted the benefit of his World War
experience. He came down this week, talked Navy purchasing, and made
an excellent impression. Soon after his arrival, Johnson suggested to
the President that he would make an excellent addition to the War
Resources Board, on which seven places then remained to be filled. The
President assented promptly, and the word of Hancock's appointment
was privately passed throughout the administration.
A Stench in the Nostrils
The explosion followed immediately—for a reason which the Presi
dent, who is probably not very adept in the politics of his own palace,
probably did not foresee. The reason's foundation is Hancock's leadership
of those members of the New York Stock Exchange who want fairly
drastic revision of trading regulations.
Hancock was, in fact, the acknowledged chieftain of the revisionists
when they made their first important assault on the Securities and
Exchange Commission last winter It will be remembered how the New
York Exchange named a committee to consider revision, with Hancock
as chairman; how the committee was enlarged to include representatives
of the exchanges in other cities, and how they came to Washington to
present "demands" for far-reaching changes.
Their criticism went, chiefly, to the rules against insider manipula
tion of the markets, which are the very palladium of the S. E. C.
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, who was then S. E. C. chair
man. was enraged to the point of issuing one of the sharpest public
statements ever written by a local bureaucrat. Hancock, whom Douglas
denounced by name, thereupon became a stench in the nostrils of all
good New Dealers, who hold the S. E. C. in the same veneration as the
S. E. C. holds its rules against insider manipulation. The feeling
against him was especially strong, since he had seemed a fairly friendly
businessman before his sally against the S. E. C. and was thus con
sidered a turncoat.
Strength to S. E. C. Foes
The specific outcry against Hancock s appointment takes (he form
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has "strengthened the hand ' of the
antt-S. E. C. forces in Wall Street.
A large number of.brokers, thinking
that the President's time is run
ning out, have begun to take heart
again, to murmur against the pro
S. E. C. stock exchange president,
William McC. Martin, and to urge
another public demand for easier
regulation. Hancock is chnrceri with
being associated with these men.
and, if the facts are as claimed, it is undoubtedly true that his ap
pointment may encourage the rebellious element.
There is, however, a deeper and more serious significance in the
recriminations of the pro and anti Hancockites. The character of the
previous appointees to the War Resources Board was conservative enough
to cause disquiet among the New Deal group. The choice of Hancock
has crystallized this feeling of uneasiness, so that one of the regular
rows between the administration right and left seems to threaten. It R
to be hoped that the row will be averted by the other appointments to
the board. If it is not. the whole preparedness program will be confused
by bickering and palace politics.
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Atonement Lists Final
Early Summer Service
Atonement Lutheran Church will
observe its final early summer serv
ice tomorrow at 8 a.m., when the
Rev. Howard E. Snyder will preach
on *‘If a Man Will Not Work, Neither
Shall He Eat.” The regular fall
and winter services will go into ef
fect September 10.
Tire new assistant pastor, the Rev.
James T. Powers, will arrive tomor
row. His work will be especially to
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promote the drive in parish evan
gelism of which the spiritual visi
tation is the first effort. Prepara
tory meetings for this visitation will
. begin in the parish hall September
I 11 at 8 p.m. and will continue
. throughout the week. His other
1 work will be among the young peo
ple. He will preach his first sermon
: here September 10 at the vesper
service.
Mrs. Robins will give a party at
her home. 1005 Douglas street N.E.,
for members of the Ladies’ Aid So
| cietv and the Sewing Circle Septem
ber 7 at 12:30 p.m.
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necessarily The Star’s. Such opinions are presented in The
Star’s effort to give all sides of Questions of interest to its
readers, although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Star's.
The Political Mill
America Watchfully Waits as Sentiment
Against War Involvement Finds Voice
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.
American politics along with the
rest of the world and its affairs
may be profoundly stirred by Hit
ler's determination to go to war.
Now that war is
a faff o rnnmnlt
with the attack B
upon Poland, po- B
litical lines In K
this country will i
in all probabil- Hi
11 y crystallize B
quickly. THere M
will be a strong B
group in this |§|
country opposed
to American pi
participation in
the European
struggle. It is B
i n si trn i f
that President Gould Lincoln.
' Roosevelt has already given assur
I ances he will do all he can to pre
vent the involvement of America.
In such position he will have strong
backing.
On the other hand, it is expected
j there will be a great pressure
brought to bear to amend the pres
ent neutrality laws, doing away
with the mandatory embargo
against the shipment of arms and
munitions from this country to the
belligerent nations. The President's
demand heretofore has been for a
repeal of the embargo.
If there is no formal declaration
of war in Europe and hostilities
1 continue without such a declaration,
j it is suggested that the President
might not feel compelled to apply
! the embargo, just as he has not
applied an embargo in the Far East,
i where Japan and China have been
at grips for the last two years,
j With no session of Congress called,
; th» Chief Executive would have a
free hand in the matter.
Enormous Pressure in Offing.
If there should come a formal
declaration of war, or if the Presi
dent should feel impelled to declare
a state of war exists abroad and ap
ply the embargo, there will be an
immediate demand from those
whose sympathies are with Great
Britain and France for a repeal of
the law which would prevent their
purchasing war supplies in this
country. And certainly a strong de
mand for repeal on the part of those
who desire to make such sales
abroad. The pressure will be enor
I mous.
voi me oiner nano. mose Amer
icans who are anxious to prevent
any participation of this country in
the war abroad and whose sympa
| thies are not with the British and
the French are likely to take an
opposition position and fight repeal
of the embargo. They will also de
mand action by the President to
carry out the spirit of the neutrality
laws whether there is a formal dec
laration of war or not.
V. F. W. Asks Session.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars,
meeting in convention in Boston,
already have adopted a resolution
urging the President to call a session
of Congress without delay. The rea
son given for this action was that
Congress would act as a stabilizing
influence and might prevent action
by the administration which would
cause this country to become in
, volved.
Republican spokesmen have ranged
themselves strongly in opposition to
any step that would force an entry
of the United States into war. That
was the burden of their song weeks
and months ago and in recent days
it has been reiterated. Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts
has reannounced it within the last
eight hours. Senator Nye of North
Dakota, speaking apparently for the
Republicans of the Northwestern
part of the country, has taken a
similar attitude.
Democrats have been no less cut
spoken against American partici
pation in the war abroad. Senator
Walsh of Massachusetts, Senator
: Wheeler of Montana and others
! have warned against any move thtft
might involve this countrv. The
President has just added his own
potent voice, saying that the United
I States can remain aloof from the
war.
Parly Lines to Fall.
If the showdown comes, however,
over the question of repealing the
mandatory embargo against the sale
and shipment of arms to belligerent
nations, party lines may be smashed.
Some Republicans will be found vot
ing for repeal and some Democrats
.will vote against it.
Senators Vandenberg of Michigan
and Taft of Ohio have in the past
ranged themselves strongly in op
position to any step that might lead
to American involvement in the
European war. Both have been
prominently mentioned as possible
presidential candidates and both are
candidates for the nomination
today. Thomas E. Dewev, New*
xvma. uiouai Huorney ana also a
strong candidate for the G. O. P.
presidential nomination next year,
has still to express himself on inter
national relations.
The attitude of the Roosevelt ad
ministration has been in the past
anti-Hitler and pro-British and pro
Fiench, in the controversies abroad.
To many of the political leaders
.n both parties it seems incredible
(that the administration should
change its attitude now that hos
tilities have broken out. It mav be
that the administration will wait to
feel out the public sentiment, now
that the Germans have actually
foiced the fighting abroad, before
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it takes any step, either for a call
of Congress or for repeal of the
embargo against the shipment of
arms and munitions to those coun
tries which can really purchase
them with some prospect of having
them delivered, Great Britain and
France.
May Demand Full Information.
One thing seems certain: There
will be resentment in this country
against any leader or group which
seeks arbitrarily to embroil this
country in the European conflict.
There will be a demand the Ameri
can people be given full opportunity
to know what steps are taken by the
Government before they are taken.
There have been many signs already
that any effort to ally this country
with European countries would meet
resistance.
But in the growth of public senti
ment in America against the Ger
mans and their allies, whether they
be Russian or Italian or both, a
different situation may develop. The
sympathies of the American people
are easily aroused. That already
their sympathies are strongly anti
Hitler and pro-British and pro
French there can be no doubt. It is
one thing, however, to sympathize
with these nations and another to
go to the extent of carrying Amer
ica into the war.
So far the attitude in this country
is one of watchful waiting.
Sermon Series Planned
By Rev. C. B. Austin
The Rev. C. B. Austin, pastor of
the West Washington Baptist
Church, will begin a series of ser
mons Sunday on the general theme.
"Ways of the Christian Life.” Some
of the subjects are as follows: "The
Christian Message for the World
Today,” “What Are Some of the
Things Which Will Happen to You
When You Read the Bible?" "How
to Overcome Temptation." "How
Can a Christian Make His Life
Count in the World Today?" "How
to Use Your Church."
The church will resume its night
preaching service on September 10
at 8 p.m.
Evangelical Christian
Council to Convene
The eighth annual council of the
Evangelical Christian Church.
Conn., will convene at the First
■Evangelical Christian Church, 1106
T street N.W, September 12-17.
Dr. C. P. Dixon is the presiding
bishop.
Each local church will send a del
egate to the sessions. Thev will
come from North Carolina. Mary
land. Alabama. Virginia, Georgia.
New York, Michigan. Ohio. New
Jersey and the District of Colum
bia.
18 Are Promoted
In Marine Corps
Promotions for IS officers of the
Marine Corps, subject to confirma
tion. have been announced by the
Navy Department. Those promoted,
wdth their new grades, are:
Col. Thomas E. Watson. Lt. Cols.
Fred S. Robillard. Blythe G. Jones,
Robert C. Kilmartin. jr.; Edward A.
Craig. Bernard Dubel, Leland S.
Swindler, Ford O. Rogers. Walter G.
Farrell. Ralph R. Robinson and
Frederick E Stack; Majs. William
E. Burke. Robert G. Hunt. William
G Manley. Albert D. Cooley. Theo
dore A Holdahl and James E. Kerr
and Cap*. James G. Smith.
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This Changing World
Germans Too Intelligent to Be Led
Blindly by Group of Demagogues
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.
After the present war there will be no more quibbling as to who must
shoulder the responsibility of this catastrophe. Hitler, by his action yes
terday placed It squarely. The responsibility for the worst calamity In
modern history lies with the government of the Reich.
There are many sentimentalists who will say that the people who
have produced Goethe and Schiller and Wagner and so many other famous
men cannot be blamed for the action of their leaders. The German
people are too Intelligent and understanding not to be made responsible
for the actions of the leaders. If they wanted to avert this tragedy, which
will injury every nation in the world, they could have rid themselves of
the men who don’t represent their desires. The Germans are not a
nation of ignorant peasants who can be led by demagogues. They are
as advanced as any of the most intelligent and intellectual nations in
the world.
In Position of Serbs
The Poles are very much in the position of the Serbians in 1914.
They will fight as bravely as the Serbs did; they will inflict tremendous
_ losses on the Germans, but unless
Sir me rrencii biiu me sriusn are aoie
to distract Important forces from
£ Germany's eastern front by a direct
gg and immediate action, they will
succumb.
Of course, the battle for the
gg freedom of Poland, as Lord Hali
ng fax told a foreign diplomat on
— Thursday, will not be fought on the
=1- Polish battlefields. It will be fought
5ST. on t.hA sa» in thA air anri mavhp
in the far-away regions of Africa, the Po Valley and Germany itself.
The Poles are leas fortunate than the Serbians or the Belgians in
the last war. The Serbs, after having been defeated, were able to with
draw from their country to Albania and then form an army based on
Salonika.
The Belgians were able to withdraw to France, reform their shattered
forces there and fight again from France for the freedom of their country.
There is no place w here the Poles can retire unless it is to Rumania
and that possibility, to say the least, is very remote.
Hitler's Celebration
Hitler celebrated on August 17 the 25th anniversary of his joining
the German Army by inviting to Berchtesgaden a delegation of the 17th
Bavarian Infantry Regiment which he joined at that time by special
dispensation from the Kaizer.
The delegation, composed of the colonel commanding the regiment,
a major, a captain and a sergeant of the 12th company where he served,
was given a light luncheon in Hitler's office.
He recalled the time in Munich before his enlistment when he did
not make enough money to buy himself a square meal a day. He said
that his lack of money for food made him a vegetarian.
Little did the Germans think that the gloomy and unfriendly Austrian,
who used to be kicked about by the top sergeants because of his slackness,
would become the man of destiny who 25 years later was to plunge the
world into a greater disaster than the Kaizer himself.
German Vessels Hunted
British men of war of the South Atlantic and West Indies squadron
are on the lookout for German merchantmen who have strayed in these
waters.
The German admiralty ordered all boats which are in the Atlantic
to make for South American harbors as quickly as possible. Some will
be armed, if the Germans can de
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Americans, and will be transformed
into raiders.
Unlike in the last war there will
be no German men of war in the
Pacific, South Atlantic or Indian
Oceans. In 1914 Germany was an
important naval power and had a r
strong naval detachment at Tsing
tao. That detachment went to sea HEs
in t Un OO rlu eloi-e nf tVln n’n r n r\ rl
the vesspls which escaped destruction at Falkland Island continued to
harass allied shipping for a long time after Germany's main sea power in
the Western Hemisphere had been destroyed.
There are no German ships in this neighborhood now. But there is
a strong possibility that some of the German submarines might appear
some day on the main sea lines and try to interfere with British and
French shipping. But on the whole the British are not worried about this
possibility. Besides the lack of any base, the German submarines are
small and built mainly for campaigning in the North Atlantic close to
their Wilhelmshaffen and Kiel bases.
Hitler stated yesterday emphatically that war between Russia and
Germany will be henceforth unthinkable for many years.
Unless the memory of men is short, he made the same emphatic
statement-at Munich when he signed an agreement with Great Britain
! that the two nations will never fight against each other. That happened
less than a year ago. It is wondered whether the Russians ever heard
about that pledge.
Services Resume
At Grace Reformed
Services which were discontinued
during August at Grace Reformed
Church will be resumed tomorrow
when the Rev. Dr. Henry H. Ranck.
pastor emeritus, will preach on "The
Labor Sunday Message.” This will
be his last preaching at the church.
The Rev. Calvin H. Wungert, pas
tor of the Church of the Ascension,
Norristown. Pa., has succeeded Dr.
Ranck as pastor. He will begin his
duties on October 1.
Officiating ministers during Sep
tember will be: September 10, the
Rev. George Cummings; September
17, the Rev. Dr. George S. Duncan
of American University; September
24, the Rev. Dr. W. L. Darby, ex
ecutive secretary of the Washington
Federation of Churches. i
Headline Folk
And What
They Do
Benes Insists War
Would Not Mean
End of Civilization
By LEMUEL F. PARTON.
If this means “the end of civiliza
tion.” it might be better just to
hand Herr Hitler the works now,
accept a slave state, save a lot of
lives, pick up the, goose-step and
hope for some future Spartacus to
lead us into a return engagement.
The phrase, “The contemporaneous
ness of the past,” is, I believe, Dr.
Charles Beard's. Along with Dr.
Beard's book, "The Rise of Ameri
can Civilization.” it has reminded
this onlooker that no madman ever
has WTecked the world and that the
creative and hu
■ mane spirit nas
■ never failed.
■ History did not
1 sustain Lord
I Grey when, in
>1 1914, he said,
( ‘‘The lights of
I the world have
A gone out and I
I doubt if they
■ ever will be lit in
I our lifetime.”
■ In the spirit
I of these media -
9 tions, this de
narfmont «•« 11
Dr. fcnn. the forthcoming
dark days, keep a sharp eye out for
lamplighters, men of creative intel
ligence. and their names will be car
ried on this mast-head whenever
possible. For a start, here's Eduard
Benes. former President of Czecho
slovakia. an old story in personality
columns, but news today as a wise,
calm spirit in a world of howling
demagogues. The belch of the guns
in Poland was answered almost to
the minute by his book, "Democracy
Today and Tomorrow." Here is
what he says about "the end of
civilization
"We hear verv often the slogan
that war or revolution in Europe
will mean the end of human civil
ization. That is a mistake. Modern
civilization cannot be destroyed. One
can destroy in one country, through
war or revolution, some of the re
markable monuments of human
culture and civilization, ancient and
modern:.but the present organiza
tion of the world does not allow anv
body to destroy human civilization.
Human civilization is. first of all,
the moral conception of modern
mankind, although including, of
course, all economic values, all
achievements of technological prog
ress, all great cultural monuments,
buildings, cities, universities, li
braries. museums of art and science;
many of them are of inestimable
value and could, of course, be de
stroyed in a great catastrophe. And
that would be a loss which could
never be replaced. But that does not
mean the destruction of human civ
ilization. The human spirit, in it3
great creative nower. having saved
in innumerable places the results
of modern science, technologv and
progress—material and moral—wall
continue in any case its great
creative work."
There is no bland optimism in
Mr. Benes' book. He invpkes no easy
formulas and sees salvation onlv in
the collective work ,-yid intelligence
of men of good will.
In the pre-war and war years, he
was a conspirator against the
Austrian captors of his country. He
used many aliases and was arrested
as a spy six times. Peasant born,
youngest of eight children, bril
liantly educated in law and the hu
manities, stubborn and tireless in
his championship of the humane
spirit, he believes civilization will, in
the end, be saved by a new’ leader
ship which will be both informed
and enlightened.
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