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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 30, 1939

MIRROR OF WORLD OPINION

NEUTRAL RIGHTS As the far-reaching potentialities of the war become increasingly manifest, non-belligerent countries, from the Baltic to the Pacific, are seeking anxiously to preserve their neutral rights. With vast armies mobilised near their borders, small neutrals in Europe are even wondering desper- ately whether even their independence itself

shattered under may not be invasion as the result of some Nazi Soviet violence. The Balkan States, It would appear, are banding themselves together in a neutral bloc, hoping for strength in a new-found connecting link. Mindful of her oil, diplomatic unity, with Turkey as a grain, and the possession of Bes- sarabia, Rumania is disturbed at the prospect of aggression coming from either Germany or Russia or per- haps from both together. Farther north the small Re- public of Finland, the watching Soviet armies by her frontiers, is parleying with the Kremlin, while proclaiming her in- tention to defend her freedom to the death. In the west Holland, Bel- gium, and Switzer- land are showing eloquently the de- gree of trust they put in Nazi guar-. antees of their in- tegrity by taking the utmost mill- tary precautions on their German borders: Thus the have Belgians

opened: the dykes

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only implement the Allies with such tremendously needed material but buck up courage and fighting spirit. Thus we should help shorten the war; whether or not we are required to do any actual fighting later.

Finally. Why let England France. monopolize the qualities for which America which she gloried? Can't we measure up to their standard and thus begin to recover our pride and self-respect? Many of us are praying that it may "Boston Herald.” be so!

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PUBLIC OPINION

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Mr. Arthur Greenwood, as acting Leader of the Opposition, gave ex- pression

to thoughts and feelings which, if not a little critical, yet re- flected faithfully public opinion. The whole country bitterly regrets that it

HITLER DILEMMA

Appointment of the new Su. preme Council of 81x, while it carries a time limit and is justi- flable practically, certainly Indi- cates deep breach in the Nation-

This, al Socialist philosophy. accompanied by the fact that Herr Hitler has disappointed, al- most deceived, the German people in that he has led them into war, against their belief that somehow, no matter how, nor whether it would be the last se. cond before 12, but before a war with western Democracies, Herr Hitler's policy would triumph, is also a serious blow to the Fue- hrer's and National Socialist pre- stige, the serious consequences of which would become visible should

of Germany's ideas quick triumphal war fall. J. Emryn Williams.

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was impossible to afford more active aid to Poland in her gallant but equal struggle; and it also agrees with Mr. Greenwood

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that this nation

must mobilise be- hind it all. possible resources, whether of benevolent neu- trality or of more active co-operation. Without delay, as Mr. Greenwood urges, let the Gov- out ernment "go into the world un- ashamedly to make friends. There is, indeed, nothing in the Prime Minister's tone or language to the suggest that Government is the Injunction; along the German frontiers ostensibly unheedful

In and what he said about con- for "testing the water defences."

these sideration for neutral interests shows the light of Hitler's history, neutrals must find the Nazi reas that the Government is acting up to The nation's effort, he has de- surances ominous rather than com- it.

the forting, particularly when it is report-clared, will be not less than ed that the impatient von Ribbentrop utmost of which the nation is capable; is urging a stroke at France through but not less timely is his admonition Holland and Belgium. Nor will the not to be impatient because results present keeping of the Nazi pledges do not become immediately apparent. offer more than a temporary respite That admonition, however, was ac- if, as we may deduce, it is merely cal- companied by another of a signi- missed. culated to influence American opinion ficance which will not be while Congress is considering revision The Government will not be rushed of the Neutrality Act. — "Sydney into courses of which its military ad- visers do not approve, though there Morning Herald."

is no sacrifice and no operation from which the Government will shrink if it will make an appropriate contribu- tion to victory. That is the sort of frank, direct speech which the coun- try likes to hear. It is a fitting con- clusion to a survey which cannot fail to cheer the nation's spirits and fortify its confidence. "Daily Tele- graph."

EIGHT PROPOSITIONS

The following propositions are both true and obvious:

1. That the people of the United States want this nation kept out of

war.

2. That keeping out of war is not the ultimate of our policy that 18, it has always been true of us that we preferred death on the battlefield to cowardly submission to tyranny.

3. That the people of this nation have a social conscience and an ideal- ism which will not down. That this feeling extends to the other nations of the earth. That we would like to be granted an opportunity to express

this idealism.

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NO SENSELESS INTOLERANCE

War brings with it its infamies and degradations, and our earnest prayer as a people must be that Canada's record will not be marred by sense-

less intolerance towards innocent

4. That if we should be forced into people. Let there be no witch-hunt- war Americans would be solidly being and persecution of any of us who hind the democracies without reser bear non-Ahglo-Saxon names. Let not the sins of one mad man be visit- vation.

of Germani Canadians unto the third and fourth generation

5. That ultimately the democracies' ed upon the children must win, because they believe in the power of kindness, good will; equal→ ity, brotherhood in short, the Sermon on the Mount They know instinctively that spiritual qualitie are backed by "a power: bigger than

men."

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6. That it is futile to pretend that Americans have no standard of con-- duct, no principles but the one of self-preservation.

7. That the sooner, we help the democracies the sooner the war will end and the more likely are we Americans to escape sending our boys

Immediate repeal of the "neutrality act" would not

The Garman Canadiens of western Canada are the vast majority of them; decent,-peace-loving, law-abid- ing and loyal citizens of the land of their adoption. Let us shoy them by our example that a democratic people does not yield to race hatred.

We are in this war in defence of the principle that no nation, however small,”- shall be forced to yield to threats of aggression of the use of force. It would: 111 beft us to mar record by denying locally and our individually the main principle for

fight. which we propose "Winnipeg Fre