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can adventures twenty "Those wretched colonies; The danger of the United States be- another of Disraeli's outbursts.

Gladstone was no more a "colonies ing drawn into the war does not rest upon any possible action by the Allies, man" than Bismarck, nor can Salls- but upon its duration. The longer it bury be called exactly enthusiastic: lasts the more danger of it becoming "It was impossible that England should more widespread, and ultimately in- have the right to lock up the whole volving the United States. If by ad- of Africa and say that nobody should hering to the present policy, which be there except hersel?" Of "pranc- "X belongs President Roosevelt clearly character- ing. proconsuls" he said: izes as a distinct departure from the to the Gordon-Frere type of official, historic foreign policy of the country, who thinks it his mission to save a the United States contribute to the short-sighted Government in spite of difficulty of the Allies, in bringing itself." And of some budding Rhodes. about as quick a victory as possible; who complained of ill-use he remark-

"Buccaneers must expect the danger of a general war will be ed: increased, and it is upon that fact that rough it."-"Manchester Guardian," The argues that the best method of

keeping the United States out of trou- GERMANY'S BIETH RATE: ble is by the adoption of an interna-

Herr Hitler has pushed up: the birth tionally legal policy, which would pro- vide that all customers able to pay the rate by more than four full points in money and transport the goods they five years, actual births in Germany require should not have them denied. in 1933 being 971,000, in 1938 1,340,000 made that any (not counting the new and fertile The point has to be scheme whereby the

Allies are

de areas gained by conquest). The Nazis: prived of the advantages of their naval were so eager for demographic victory, XX=>=%=%=%E%=%E%E×2×@XX position, and such a scheme as that that their press they put the birth

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under the present Neutrality Act most rate up before Hitler had been in certainly does that, can have about it power nine months. Thus, whether nothing of the quality of true neutra- Hitler tells them to put up their right: lity, and is in effect something which arms or to put up the birth rate, to operates in favour of Germany by create life or to prepare to destroy it;. German friends. tending to nullify an advantage, which the Germans obey.

CAIN THE FIRST ISOLATIONIST

the Allies undoubtedly do possess in have, said that ladies in their forties: their sea power. An attitude of com- who had brought up familles, and had plete detachment from the issues which have brought about this war, and from the actual hostilities itself, making sure. that the balance is hold level between the contending Powers, would be one which would be best cal- culated to

"If there is a general European war wo, may be able to stay out, and that may well be.the wisest course left open to us. But make no mistake in assuming that we can remain untouched by the brutal spectacle. It is not well for any nation to say, it is naught to us what happens across the water. There are no caves in per-which men can hide' when their

tellows cry out in agony. We are part of the world and all human beings are knitted together into a corporeal unity. It was Caln who said, am my brother's keeper?" And for his ein he was banished, from the company of his follows. Ho was the first of the world's fsolationists."-- Höywood Broun, American columnist.

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thought they had said good-bye to all that, but who were inspired. by patriotic impulses to emerge from re- tirement and pro- vide one more baby for Hitler. At least, that was their own explanation. The "Schwarze Korps," organ of the SS. militia, advertises: and encourages the- prolificity of the black-shirted: guards by publish- ing photographs of their babies. In its pages babies wandı guns are appro-. priately mingled:. To those bred in the era it must seem.

petuate that peace which the people of the United States so Earnestly desire. That cannot be achieved by a policy of isola- tion, and it is Idle to contend. that America; can for long remain unaffected by what is pre-totalitarian happening in Europe. American cur- slightly odd to be born for political rents of commerce are changing, reasons. "Here is little Rudolf," America's mind is filled with new parent might say, "who owes his exis- problems, her position in world affairs tence to the 1939 erly over Danzig. is already altered, and it is with the He was our supplementary offering. to But if States control! Idea of equipping the United States to the Fuehrer." meet the situation that President Roo- the birth rate, as they strive, in some- sevelt is asking for the amendment of cases with success, to do, one may ex-- the Neutralify Act "N.C.D.N:"/

ANTI-COLONIALS

Mr. Ramsay Muir's; plans for sole ing the colonial question bring to mind one curious fact about - colonies →→→ namely, that evidence could be pro- duced in most cases: to show that no

pect the output of babies to be deli- berately adjusted to political circum-- stances. In tranquil times if there are ever to be such in Totalitarin, sous- margin might be allowed for the luxury of what the Grand Council of Fascism. calls "the calculations of reason." But: In disturbed and orainous periods: country wanted them very much In "healthy natural insanet" would be the past. Bismarck, for instance, de mobilized, perhaps by official decrees published in the press and stuck on the clared that he was no colonies man. Citizens of the United States had been walls, and ordered to do its duty.. looking forward with relief to the day The cradles would be filled against an when they could get rid of their Philip emergency, along with the granaries pine Islands liability, though world- and the arsenals. Just as shadow foc- events may now make a different policy tories would be started up to expand necessary. But it is surely true that the air force, so the reserve resources "anti-colonies" is...the .prevailing of a prolific race would be called into American spirit. Those who tried to the service of the State. For as Spen- maintain France's American empire in gler expressed it, and as Germans the eighteenth century found plenty have believed for generations, "the In the home' individual does not count; he must sa- of which to complain

crifice himself to the whole." "The Government's attitude..

In our own caso the instances are Prussian military State, which Hegel striking enough. They are provided thought was the supreme realisation whose achievement by-gusinent men from the time of the of the freedom American Declaration of Independence was the purpose of the universe, comes onwards" "Aave the Cangülans to first. If the State wants babies it is defend themselves," wrote Disraeli to the business of the individual to pró-

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