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DEMOCRACY VERSUS

DEMAGOGUERY

WHEN Winston Churchill said that he was watching "with deep emotion the stirring processes" by which American democracy is preparing to give Britain the support to hold "the front line," he paid tribute to the ability of| a free people. to reach decisions

by free discussion. On the -whole,-the-American_people_are: displaying a grasp of essentials

February 17, 1941.

BEHIND WASHINGTON POLICY

U.S. EAGER TO KNOW

BRITISH WAR

By

EVERETT HOLLES

(United Press Cables Editor)

Administration

leaders

AIMS

official reaching Washington quarters so far havo described the British war spirit as high, Mr Hopkins will report on his first-hand tour of provincial cen- tres.

3. Whether Britain means, as Mr Churchill has said, to in carry the war back to Germany

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 (UP)-The United States is anxious to learn, before it goes "all out" in forging masses of weapons for Bri tam, the full scope of the British war aims, and to be convinced that the unwaver- fence, and basing his all-out nid ing determination is to wipe programme on that principle, Washington told me in private with an invasion of the con- out Hitlerism in a struggle Mr Roosevelt must, in order to conversation that they believe tinent in 1942, and what re- make his plans effective on a Britain means to fight it out to sources she will have for such to the finish.

long-range basis, have know- a finish, particularly now that an undertaking, on the basis of This is a subject which high ledge of how far Britain intends billions of dollars in U.S. arms the present situation. Washington officials refuse to to go in fighting Hitler.

anywhere from $2,000,000,000

4. How the United States discuss publicly, but it can This, of course, assumes that to $10,000,000,000-is in sight.

can help in preparations for bo stated on good authori- the British can withstand and They pointed to the recent such a British offensive, not repulse Hitler's "supreme at statenient of the British Prime only in supplying planes and tack" to break their resistance, Minister indicating that, with other arms but, by. means of Hopkins' Task in whatever form that attack out formidable American aid, economic warfare, issist to

the best Britain could hope for cripple Germany internally. It was one of the principle. may be.

Should the British repulse would be a stalemate and a tasks of President Roosevelt's

German "knock-out" blow and negotiated pence, personal envoy to London, Mr

then, feeling their bargaining Harry Hopkins, to get the position to be stronger, consent War Deferred private low-down on Britain's

to a negotinted peace, the United States might be left hold

ty that they are making quiet

and thorough inquiries.

ing the bag.

5. Whether Britain is pre- pared, in the event of victory,. to give full support to Mr Roose-

But Mr Churchill added-for velt's announcement that this war aims as well as to discuss

the benefit of American on nation insists upon a scat at any means of standardisation and collaboration in British and

ponents to all-out aid to Britain peace conference, whether or From policy of all-out aid that a negotiated peace would not she actually enters the war. American arms productión.

Information from London in point of sacrificing in the emer- and "on worse terms," and "the disarmament.

to Britain, perhaps even to the only mean war again later on and will insist upon world-wide dicates that Mr Hopkins and Mr

gency weapons intended for the chance of setting the march of 0. Whether the British are pre- Winston Churchill have discuss U. S. armed forces, this country mankind along the high roads of pared to give other peoples afte ed these war alms and have decided not to elaborate upon overnight on the necessity of and might never return."

would be forced back almost human progress would be lost are in the resources of her Empire, righting the maladjustments of the them publicly at this time be throwing up a new front line of

World War settlements and offering However, speculation in them both the material advantages cause Britain's immediate task, defence in the western hemis- Washington as to the possibili. which some of them have obtained as Churchill has said, is to "ox-

phere,

ties of a negotiated peace is not system as well as the advantages of

from Hiller's own peculiar economie tirpate Hitlerism."

limited to non-interventionist liberty and self-respect, This desire to learn the full quarters.

7. Whether Britain's, war alms There are those who fear that foresee some sort of European the crushing of Hitlerism but scope of Britain's war plans does post-war Britain as well, there not betray a suspicion of the the British, whatever their pur- federation, powerful enough to with- will remain some apprehension British, I was assured in high poses, might be left so prostrate and any attack and providing for the climination of cut-throat as to what socialistic imprints Washington circles, but is mo- after repulsing a knock-out Ger- economie competition while sull will be left in Britain after the tivated by the U. S. Govern man assault that they might be protecting the individual identity of conflict..

ment's insistence "upon building willing to negotiate to end the various nations. In contending that Britain is our defences in the most prac- bloodshed and destruction.

U.S. Peace Aims this country's first line of de- tical, long-range manner.".

But until these war aims are. No Suspicion set forth, in regard not only to

Progress of the Blockade

Germans Spread Coal on Bread

which deserves that tribute. BRI

By H. ROBERTSON HOLMES, famous_rescarch chemist,

RITAIN'S ever - tighten- Have the German chemists any special discoveries which we ing blockade of the con- lack? But some of the performances tinent is forcing Germany to

Why don't we make "Ersatz" that have turned the hearings on fall back on more and more rubber, butter, sonn, fabrics and the lend-lease bill into a side-Ersatz products.

so forth? show evoke "deep emotion"] which is far from admiration.

processes can survive. Such

Germany might be loft too spent to try another assault Mr Roosevelt, making it clear that while the British, weakened in regardless of the extent of U. S. in- planes, men and other resources, volvement in the conflict this country would be too exhausted to at framing the post-war world, already is determined to have its say in tempt an invasion of the Euro- has set forth in a generalised way the pear continent. Then, it is U. S. peace alma. feared, a stalemate might invite They call for (1) freedom of speech peace discussions.

and expression everywhere, (2) free- Suspicion still exists in Wa- dom of worship, (3) freedom from shington that some Britons are and (4) freedom from fear, which want and economic maladjustments; still waiting quietly "under means disarmaments to a point where cover" for such a development, no Power will be capable of aggres- and would come forth with a ston. proposal to "pen up Hitler on A New Halifax

save the

the continent” and

In connection with Washington's British overseas Empire.

This British view, according peculation as to the fibre of "nego- tiated peace" feeling in Britain, there to some reports-reaching Wa---un-interesting story going the shington, contends that British- Washington rounds regarding the American naval power could de- new British Ambassador to the fend the rest of the world and United States, Viscount Halifax. "leave it to Germany and Russia a man closely associated with the to fight it out on the continent." Chamberlain policy of "negotiation"

Should Britain, within the has an explanation, according to this next six months, suddenly agree story.

The fact that Mr Churchill chose

to any sort of a negotiated Lord Hallfax came to the United peace, there would be one of the States because of his former views, worst snarls imaginable in the not in spite of them, it is sald. U.S. arms programme, it is ad- tionalists, mitted in Washington.

and

to President Roosevelt's policies in themselves.

So far as the first query is con- The ingenuity of her chemists is being hard put to it to supply cerned, I can assure you that the bigger combines like Imperial

His task is to inform non-interven-:- the country's need of vital chem- Chemical Industries, Levers, und so

such The witnesses before the

groups as the icals and foods.

on bave for years made a close study

America First Committee,

that of Nazi Ersatz, and some of our

Britain is determined to see the war House Foreign Relations Com

Meanwhile, the disgruntled "espionage" stories in this connection

through to the complete crushing of "Fluid" State mittec have testified

Hitlerism; that he, once known as with German hausfrau faces the win- equal any of the spy adventures of

the Foreign Office!

The entire month-to-month an appeaser, represents this changed earnestness and dignity. But ter with real dread.

We have our own agents actually schedule for arms shipments to and hardened policy in British Tory

circles. when some committee members Well she might. Just before woriting in the big German chemical Britain would be thrown com- As to non-interventionism in the Indulge in such demagoguery, the war began I and a number works, and for years our Fifth pletely out of gear, because United States, Administration sup-

of other British chemists were Column" chemists have been reveal- headline hunting, irrelevancies at the German Sebacic Acid ing to us every new discovery of Nazi these arms are being produced porters assert that it is cracking up for Britain's specific needs for more rapidly than in 1914-1917, scientists. and buffoonery as to disgust works at Witten-in-the-Rulir.

This, is claimed, can be attri rather than primarily for west- When Krupp could no longer rely fellow members, reporters and

Von Klotzbach; one of the on getting good supplies of Chillan ern hemisphere defence under buted as much to Hitler's reaction as the public, the question must senior chemists of the Krupp nitrates lie began to use a secret pre- Mr Roosevelt's proposals. rise as to whether democratic combine, lifted a serviette from cess for extracting toluol from conl. Washington appears to have

only the most meagre Informa- Hitler's Attitude a dish.

Grim Joko

tion now regarding Britain's

Last year, when I accompanied "Lunch is served," he beamed,

war aims, despite the hand-in-under-Secretary of State Sumner a display of Nero's fiddling

I can assure you that this same revealing piece of ordinary system for making high-explosives hand functioning of the two walles on his tour of Europe's belll- at, a time

when the world white deal wood!

from cool has been tested in Not- tingham laboratory, but we have no governments, and to most in- gerent capitals, the German attitude is afire is surely to be de-

"From this block of wood we need to waste money on the whole-quiries the British are reported toward the United States appeared to. to have replied that, the situa- would outweigh any aggressive Roo-. precated. We believe the vast Bombs & Petrol for a majority of Americans do deeply he said. "And"

can get alcohol, sugar, and glue," sale development of the scheme.

We can still get our nitrate and tion being what it is, these aims sevelt policles as regards the Axis. uncovering disapprove. And the sideshow another serviette, to disclose other supplies from South America; necessarily are in a "fiuld" state. Now, the Roosevelt administration and were we folled from doing so we Nevertheless. It is apparent belleves that Hitler's attitude has. eleven lumps of hard conl- should use an even superior method that this lack of information is changed to bellef that the United has not prevented the soberer "from this coal we can get rub- of obtaining nitrates. and important parts of the hear-ber, butter, nitric acid, artificial

not without effect upon both States really menus business,

No one in Washington knows, of How do they get sugar and alcohol our arms production programme course, what Hitler's actual answer ing from carrying to the people textiles, and toluol, the vital con- from wood?"

and the course of U.S. foreign will be but the President, it can be atituent of the high-explosive the information they sock.

said, Intends to play this psycholn- T.N.T.!"

policy on a long-range basis.

cal factor to the limit, and on this Information Sought

lic bases to a large extent his hopes of keeping the United States out of to absorb oven demagoguery-if.

Through Mr. Hopkins and the hostilles. When A German hausfrau Wood Ahavings OFC stored in other channels Washington, is there is time. The most dis-grouses, "This butter tastes like towers like Canadian wheat towers, turbing feature of the hearings rubber," she may be quite right, and after several months of forage anxious to learn:

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Von Klotzbach was the inventor of the steam-treating process that, from 200 1bs, of wood, produces 24 quarts of pure alcohol and 60 lbs, of lignia.

be that non-intervention sentiment

In this respect, the provision in the President's aid to Dritain, bill turn-

British warships to significant." . Come what may, the United States

is the evidence that so many for a chemical combino of Krupp, treated under great pressure, and the ger that Britain, after some sort

the bales of, shavings are steam- 1. Whether there is any dan. lng over U. S. bases for the repair of

gether.

1 35,000 Ton Battleship members of the Committee do Hosch and Haniel-Konzern (who natural resin of the wood is then dis of a victory bolstering the Bri- wants to make sure that the British are leaders among the coal lled in the same way that crude oil tish bargaining position, would and American fleets will stand to- not sense the fact that they are "kings" of Germany) are now is turned into petrol. able to take time for such hear making artificial butter and rub- The resulting Ersatz alcohol works negotiate a peace in the manner

Ju'his recent reside radio talk, ings only because the British ber from the same lumps of coal, much better in aeroplane engines which Mr Roosevelt has said Mr Roosevelt said: "I believe that "would bring no security for the Axl powers are not going to and deriving a considerable pro- than in the human stomachi bulwark still holds. We hope at thereby.

"Mir lauft das Wasser im Munde ourselves or our neighbours.” win this war. I base that belief on zusammen (my mouth is watering 2. The actual state of morale the latest and the best Information." the people are adequately awake

already)," joked a Nazi doctor when to that fact.-Christian Science arise

votzbuch showed me the block among the British people, not So long as Brilish and American seu power is dominant, titler can of wood from which he was going to only the leaders but the people never accomplish his broad plan of Monitor.

make alcohol. It was a grim joke. of the provinces. All reports conquest.

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