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unconcern.

As everyone knows, a chunge has recently taken place in the opinions

sentiments of und

the American For i people regard to the War. considerable time they tried to adopt

of neutral attitude Many of them assumed an air of philosophie detachment. Some bold. ly asserted that their interest in this "purely European

struggle"

WRE There headernic and not practicni. was much loose talk about the self- nuffelency of the States. its Im- and pregnable position In

B navel milltary sense, the dunger of en- tangling alliances, and the beauties of isolationism. Recently, however, many Americans seem to have dis. covered reasons for revising Viele opinions of a few months ago,

The Atlantic Monthly is one of the outstanding American periodicals In which educated publie vuinton upon current questions usually finds expression, and its writers are now speaking their minds very freely con- cerning isolationism, and even gu so far as to advocate actual intervention In the War. Of course it would hardly do for an outsider to use the plain-spoken words and arguments employed by The Atlantic, but t quite permissible to quote a few of them.

In an open letter to American undergraduates, Arnold Whitridge, Master of Cnihoun College and Pro- fessor of English at Yale University, says that the average undergraduate student of Dartmouth, Cornell, Harvard, and Yale, although he hopes that Britain may win in the prefent struggle, is nevertheless so anxious to keep America out of war that he hopes that the United States will "grant no credit, give no supplies, und send no me

to help the Allies." Some of these undergraduates, Mr. Whitridge saya, are Christian paclists and as such are worthy of respect. The true religious paclist is a lion of courage. Some persons, however, who call themselves conscientious

September 16, 1940.

DESTROYER PATROL

by Taffrail

(The famous British Naval

Writer)

We slipped from our' buoy and steamed out to sea for our night's patrol in the grey Weakness of the winter after- noon. Other destroyers went with us. We had some dis- tance to go before reaching our appointed beat.

The wind blew shrewdly from the north-east, to-raise a confused jabble of leaping white horses out- side the harbour entrance. One felt the lip kick a little as she met the first of them. For the next eighteen hours, until we re- turned to harbour, she was never

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Steaming twenty knots, we pass ed a convoy of bluff-bowed mer- chant ships making up for their anchorage before dark. On one of the shoals to starboard lay two broken-backċd wrecks with the rea breaking over them, victims of U-boat mines or torpedoes. Mer- chantmen ny ot

anchor

In the ronds nearby. Beyond them the land showed as a faint grey blur against the darkening horizon. The visibility was low, the horizon to seaward being shut out in a blanket of mist.

We passed by a buoy or two, and a lightship pitching at her moor. ings, Night came as we turned to- wards our patrol line.

The first lieutenant, somewhere in the middle twenties, came climb- ing on to the bridge to report the ship darkened. Our depth charges were ready, our guna inanned for Instant action.

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"Shall we have the torpedo-tubes trained out now,

the Arst kieutenant asked the commander,

Kajd the "Yes, Number One," Jutter, a tall figure in a duffle cont and sea boots, with the inevitable glasses

stung round hin neck. "Pleana do.

Once out from the land the wind grew stronger, and the sea more steep and confused, probably be- cause a strong tide and wind were running in opposite directions. Whiffs of spray came aweeping over the bows, and on the open bridge i

was bitterly cold. The navigator,

of the watch, officer lookout and myself were sea-booted and mumed almost to the eyes.

buoy The light of a winking showed away in the darkness to port. The navigator, bending down to look along the compass, noted its bearing, and then dived down to crouch under the canvas cover of the chart table.

position "We're on the sir," came his muffled voice after The new course is An interval. oh-eight-four."

"AU right," the commander re- plied.

round to oh. "Bring her eight-four, Mr. Carver"

The officer put his mouth to the voicepipe communicating with the wheelhouse below.

now.

"Starboard Afteen," he ordered. "Starboard Afteen It is, sir."

from wheel.

the quartermaster

the

"Midships," after un interval. uh-eight-

Lense

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"Port len-steady four."

"Stendy on oh-eight-four," cume the voice of the quartermaster.

The darkness had become in- Astern I could only just see the black shapes of two of the vers following in our wake. destroyers

Several times during that long night I groped my way aft ΟΙ rd along the darkened upper forward

picking my way foot by foot ough the many encumbrances

throw which threatened to headlong, dodging from port

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starboard to escape the overhang- ing lips of the after torpedo-tubes. visited the mess decks, to see few figures, fully clothed and on tables, ready for a call, sleeping on lockers and even the deck itself, Out on the bleak, windswept deck the men at the guns, torpedo-tubes and depth charges relieved each other at regular Intervals.

All through that night we carri- ed out our patrol the exact locality of which cannot be disclosed. We were listening for enemy sub- marines with that uncanny inven- tion which has already been re-

other

use our herculean

objectors enrol themselves under that "Technically we are at peace with the banner, not because of conscience, but from unwillingness to take up a Third Reich; actually we are at war. hord duty. Again, there are some We did not choose to help students who admire Hitler because nations to keep the peace. We did they have been brought up to admire not choose to

power to prevent wars. We had no success in any realm of effort. Mr. Whitridge, however, warns them that foreign policy that made sense. We in the midst of their admiration they have been intoxicated by the sound should remember what Professor of our high-flown words." He de William James sald about the danger clares that the upshot of all this that to-day the United besetting America: "The danger of futility moral dabbiness born of an exclusive States faces a hostile world in arms strong friend save Britain. worship of the goddess, Success," At France, he says, is in chains; Japan, if the close of his appeal Mr. Whitridge not actively hostile, is non-co-opera- states his own position and belief in tive, and the South American coun- these words: "If the way of life which tries are a liability rather than an we have evolved in America 15 worth

asset.

without

a

preserving--and we have taken it for Hie advice to his fellow Americans granted so long that we forget how is that they should join Great Britain much we love it-1. bellove we shall to fight and fight offensively, carrying have to do something more than hope the war to the enemy on his own for victory and sell second-hand ships terms, on his own soil." He exhorta to Great Britain on a strictly cash them to organize for production, basis. I believe that, much as we build planes, train pilots, and find hate wor, we shall have to fight, and mechanics; but, he adds, strike at the sooner we get ready for it, the once, for America now faces "the better."

direst, peril it has ever known." He In the same August issue. The might well have added that his advice Atlantic, Mr. David Cohn, described to Americans to-day is practically the by the editor as "a Southerner who some, as that which Mr. Churchill, would defend with his life democracy gave to other neutral countries here and in England says, without earlier. They all falled to take it and minding his words that the United everyone knows the fate that over. States is again at war with Germany, took them as the result of their folly.

ferred to by the First Lord of the

Admiralty as producing the dead- llest results.

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But on this occasion there was no luck. We sighted, or located, no more than a neutral steamer showing her lights, and a buoy or two. As the commander himself observed in the small hours of the morning while sipping steaming it WAS cocon in the charthouse, largely a matter of luck. In any case a good many thousands of

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Arranging to be in certain spoteserting that there is no place Europe were. at certain Ümes, we half expected, for any "ism" other than certainly

locate hoped, to

"Only two years ago, for example, Americanism in this country,' U-boat, in which case we should

I visited Copenhagen. While there have made a concerted attack with Harry M. Warner, president of I met the Prime Minister. We dis depth charges.

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., cussed the future of his country for two hours. When I asked him why called 6,200 employees he didn't do something to protect his turning over all information and people, he said. They would not tried to evidence of subversive activities dare to come near us. I

convince him the enemy was not In and out of the studio to the just on the other side of the border Federal Bureau of Investigation, but actually within. I had the same experience in Oslo.. I had the same People In London. Speaking to the first mana experience

be enemies within,” kata tee meeting of its kind in Holly couldn't understand that there could wood, which was attended by

Warner then read two paragraphe Warner employees and repre- from a book printed in Germany sentatives of other studios, the under the title of "The Deglement executive stated that the FBI. of Race,"

"Bear in mind," he explained, alone could not cope with the "that anything printed in Germany

miles must be steamed by many hunters for every U-boat that is attacked or Bunk. Ho hoped for better fortune one day.

producidy, brewing cocor and expanding "fifth column" ac- represents the viewpoint of the gov

its

At about 7 a.m., chilled through and through, I went below to one of the warmest places in the ship, the ship's company's galley under the forecastle. The chief cook was there

early breakfasts. In this small compartment, about fifteen

half nearly feet by twelve, nes

coal deck space occupied

onc range, the chief cook,

three OT

four assistant, produced hot meals a day for 170 hungry Ballors. They weren't half "per- nickety" either, growling like fury if he falled to produce what they wanted.

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to smy Yes, he said in answer question, it was A loughish job. liis day's work started round about four o'clock in the morning and Before ended at ten at night. coming here he'd been used to a ship with an oil-fired galley In this and a host of assistants.

during bad weather the sea e developed habit of coming in through door to send his pots and pans flying, and himself as well. These like fury in a gale destroyers roiled of wind with a heavy beam scn. All the same, he prided himself on his job, reckoning that his ship's company, growl though they sutne times might, were the best fed in the Botilla.

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tivities of democracy's op ernment. It can't be printed unless it does. Please follow these words ponents.

carefully because your future de-

He called for an awakening of pends on them: the public to the dangers threat- ened by the same subversive methods which laid Norway. Denmark and Holland open to totalitarian invasion. Ho cited the "it can't happen here" at- titude be encountered in those countries on his last trip abroad.

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"THEY laughed off the dan- ger. We must take it seriously. We fought to obtain our inde- pendence and democracy when the country was founded. We must fight to retain it now," Warner said.

The presence of subversive within propaganda literatúre studio gates was revealed by Warner when he described the finding of such material in his automobile.

MR. JACK WARNER

of German "The mission tionality in the world is to free this world of Jews and Christians. When "We must report those hap the meaning of national freedom is other unfree penings and track them down. recognised by all

peoples they will also recover from There is no place in our studio the illness that besets them by. fol for exponents of Nazism, Fas- lowing the example set by the Ger- clam or any other 'ism but man spirit... Americanism. We do not want

A1 7.20 I returned to the bridge, to find it was half daylight with low visibility and a biling breeze from the north-castward with stifish lop through which the ship Our anti-air- plunged uneasily. craft guns were manned and ready in case of an attack; rurme Probably the weather was too boisterous, and the clouds too low. For another hour, until full daylight came, we continued our hunt for a possible lurking U-boat; but no luck came our way.

We

thefacing us and this country." turned homewards by route whence we had come, even- and 10 tually to reach harbour

an oiler to re- secure

alongside

plenish our diminished fuel. I was to leave the ship that day; but the next night she would be at sea again, and the two nights follow- ing.

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Since the war began that little ship had spent between 70 and 75 per cent. of her time at sea, und had been under way for 100 days out of 127.

ure

of

to lose the freedom that permits "IF we wish to create some us to hold such a meeting as this thing now we cannot permit the to discuss the serious problems existence and operation of dis-

such organising factors Christianity. If we wish to do

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WARNER read from official a thorough job, we must over- German propaganda material throw and shatter all opposing that "Germanic blood and Chris- and destructive forces unspar tian baptismal water does not ingly and without compromise.. Germanic blood and Christian mix."

baptismal water can never mix.” He also read from President

"We are confrontod," Warner con- Roosevelt's speech of May 26 on tinued, "with the greatest organised

the

"fifth machine,

subversive....or means the

the dangers of column"

and

military, of that the world has ever seen.

fighting it, pleading for every "We are faced with the same kind American to do his duty in Op of perl) when anybody invades any posing encroachments on the part of our country with subversive fundamental democratic ideals methods to divide and destroy uz of the United States.

The least we can do is unite for our own protection.

My chief recollections those muffled figures on the bridge peering out through the inky dark- ness; of the patient quartermaster with his face in the wheelhouse illuminated in the dim light of the

Robert Schless, European "You must join together to pro- Kyro compaas; of the mum stationed

manager for Warner Bros, with tect yourselves. If you know some-. round the guns, torpedo-tubes, and for instant depth charges ready

those others below headquarters in Paris, reported one working with you who is an action; and of in the engine room and stokeholds.briefly on the situation abroad enemy, I think you owe it to your- selves to turn him over to those who and ended with a stirring plen will know what to do about it. Të The whole impression

gained

to "Awake, America."

was one of readiness for anything that might happen-of that sleep- less watchfulness and preparedness which are the prime duties of the

Royal Navy in time of war.

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"Our problem, as I see it," Warner said, "is to avoid being

"Watch your residence,

By. Abner Dean

ABER

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convince you that they will work to turn him over to-Arthur Corne for you, I want you to meet the man llus, Jr., in charge of the F.B.I. in this district. We want to help him and prove to him that we are serious.

"We don't want anybody employed by our company who belongs to any bunds Communist, Fascist" or any other un-American organisations. I would rather deal with a burglar- than with those enemies.

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"PUBLIC calamity is

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mighty leveller. Bursting shells and machine gun bullets are no respecters of race, colour or creed.

"The fact that you are Republican, Democrat or whatever is no protec-. tion from the horror of brutal. Com- munist invasions

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"God knows I want peace. The. only certain way to insure peace is to be so strong in arms and defence that we can command it. We will never be strong enough, to see that realised until we erase from our midst those enemies who are boring. from within to undermine our na➡ tional security and 'plan the sabotage

our great country.

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1 don't know of a finer leaching in the world than Christianity, I pray that It may Burvive. Where can you find anything aner than "Peace on earth-good will to dil men'?" Christ didn't say peace on earth and good will to any particu Jar falth,

I have a great deal of confidence In the future of mankind. I cannot think for one moment that every body in this world is no good. Calamities have taken place in the past. Filatory tells us, that.. Atla the Hun existed. He was destroyed. Others like him have been destroyed.

the future. I am sure that we who bave faith whatever, that falin may be, will burvive in as greater world,