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MORAL SANCTIONS

peatedly... made, remarks. „tending to minimize its importance. The President on the other hand has enhanced it.

on

The fundamental question rais- ed by this situation is whether the attitude toward Germany stops at "moral sanctions," or proceeds to financial and economic sanctions. It can be stated Washington reports of reliability that this question is the subject of intense controversy within the Administration with the Presi- dent holding, the power of deci- sion between two aggressive groups urging opposite of action.

courses

The proponents of proceeding beyond "moral sanctions” are stronger outside than inside the State Department. They include liberal groups generally headed by Mr. Harold Ickes; Secretary of the Interior, strongly abetted by influential groups at the Trea- sury. They have stressed the extremely strong economic and financial weapons at the disposal of the United States and urge that these weapons be used to the utmost to bring pressure to bear on Germany.

The appearance in the lists, in the Nazi anti-American campaign,

An important aspect of the of Dr. Walter Funk, Herr Hitler's controversy is its relations to Minister of Economics, corres- events in Europe. For, while ponding to our President of the Washington policy towards Italy Board of Trade, affords further is in close harmony with that evidence of the critical stage re-of London, its policy towards lations between Germany and the Germany is out of step to a de- United States have reached. It is gree unprecedented in recent clear enough that American American diplomacy. The only policy towards Germany is now possible explanation, and one in a stage which can be best des-which is confirmed in high quar- cribed as one of "moral sanc-ters, is a deliberate effort to tions." While State Department influence London to abandon its officials give evidence of a con-policy of appeasement with Ger- tinuing effort to tone down and many, and stiffen London against minimize the extent of this posi-Berlin.

tion, President Roosevelt, in vari- ous remarks on various ocea-

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sions, has unmistakably put it "Miss” Fitting? in this position.

The "charter" recently issued

At the same time that this at-by Britain's new National Union titude has been adopted toward of Domestic Workers includes, Germany, it is significant that among several proposals, a sug- there is agreement between the gestion that domestic workers President and his diplomatic ad- should be addressed by their em- visors on another related phase ployers as "Mrs." or "Miss," in- of foreign policy-attitude to- stead of by their Christian or [ward Italy.

surnames. It appears, however, Events until the past few days that this innovation is not univer- when Mr. Chamberlain returned sally welcomed by the workers; empty-handed from Rome, point- and the reason is understandable. ed to a trend paralleling that The dropping of the title is of British foreign policy to by no means taken always to im- distinguish between the govern-ply inferiority in the addressee, ments of Germany and Italy nor is it frequently intended with what has been described as such; and it' often leads to a abhorrence for the first and an closer, more informal, and, hence, effort to conciliate the latter. more congenial relationship. In Mr. Hugh Wilson, Ambassador such circumstances, a "Miss" is to Germany, is to be kept in as good as a mile in the distance Washington on an indeterminate it sets between the parties; and basis. The President has made many workers feel that the add- it clear that there is no thought ed dignity would be rather dear yet of letting him return to his at the price.

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post. At the same time Mr. Wil- The waitress, who is widely liam Phillips, Ambassador to known as "Miss," is often cited Italy, was sent back to Rome as a precedent; but her case is and was soon in diplomatic talks hardly the same, for since she is both with Count Ciano and Mus-anonymous to most of her cus- solini.

tomers, there is little choice. True, Thus the United States stands she may be summoned by “Wait- jon a line of conduct toward the ress!" but it is felt to be a cum- totalitarian states of Europe brous and slightly pedantic form; which on the one hand is obvious-while "Hi!" does credit to none ly intended to stiffen British and concerned. Again, married cooks French resistance to Germany, would seem to have established a while on the other hand joints in prescriptive right to the “Mrs."; their efforts to conciliate Italy-but, as rulers of the kitchen, they to break the Rome-Berlin axis, are also in a different position. An interesting aspect of the In the cause of discipline, they situation is the degree of initia-bave had to give more considéra- tive which the White House has tion to dignity, and to cultivate taken in formulating the first that independence at which Saki part of this attitude. It is clear poked fun in his famous com- that it was the President who ment: "She was a good cook, as was directly responsible for sum-cooks go, and as cooké go, she moning the Ambassador to Ber-went:""

lin home, and it is the President Very wisely, the charter has who has continually given a more not laid down any hard and fast extreme interpretation to this rule on the point; but leaves it action than the State Department, “to be decided by the contract- Mr. Hugh Wilson himself has re- ing partien.”