The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 156, Ed. 1 Monday, September 4, 1939 Page: 4 of 4
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• Washington, Sept. 8. — Pleading
that America face Europe’s havoc
with "national unity,” not selfish
partisanship, President Roosevelt to-
night solemnly promised the nation
his utmost effort to keep the country
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"As long as it remains within my
power to prevent,” he said in a
broadcast address, "there will be no
blackout of peace in the United
States."
A neutrality proclamation is in
process of preparation in accordance
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Washington, Sept. 8.—A great bur-"
den of diplomatic representation bn
behalf of fighting nations is expected
to face the U hi ted States if the pres-
ent German-Polish conflict leads to a
general European war.
Knowing the American diplomatic
service probably will be called on to
perform the highly delicate tasks of
representing some warring, nations in
the capitals of their enemies, the
State Department already is prepar-
ing for this emergency.
Instructions are ready to go out to
American Embassies and Legations
abroad the moment the United States
is asked to assume these new duties.
New sections will be created in the . may represent are generally respon-
American Embassies especially to
handle the added work of carrying on
diplomatic relations for other nations.
New personnel probably will have to
be engaged.
The magnitude of the task facing
the American foreign service may be
measured with reasonable accuracy
by what happened during the World
war. Then the United States assumed
protection of the interests of eleven'
nations, Including all the major bel-
ligerent! on both sides—Atfstria-Hun-
gary, Bulgaria, France. Gghnany,
Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Rumania,
Russia, Serbia and Turkey.
The wholesale way the interests of
fighting nations were thrust on the
United States is indicated in a dis-
patch fro mthe American Minister at
Bucharest, Rumania, who telegraphed
the State Department Nov. 25, 1916,
when the Germans were occupying
Rumania, that in one swoop the Brit-
ish, Russian, Italian «nd Serbian Min-
isters had requested him “to take
charge of their interests and I have
accepted subject to the approval of
the department.”
The instructions that will be sent
to American Ambassadors and Minis-
ters abroad, if the United States is
asked to assume the protection of in-
terests of belligerent nations, will
follow somewhat these lines:
The arrangement whereby this gov-
ernment takes over the protection of
the interest of belligerent nations in
their enemy capitals does not involve
any official function but solely .unof-
ficial good offices. Our diplomats do
not become officials of the belligerent
government, rince this is contrary to
the Constitution.
Moreover, thq relation between the
two foreign governments concerned,
who are at war wit heach other, nec-
govemments we
rible for egpresses incurred in this
rervice, consequently American dip-
lomata will be expected to keep an
accurate account of the money they
spend in this work.
Some officials here doubt, however,
that the United States would be call-
ed on to undertake the extensive rep-
resentations it shouldered in the
World War. When that, conflict broke
out the United States’ relations were
good at all capitals.
For the last several months, how-
ever, German-American relations have
deteriorated and neither country at
pesent has an Ambassador at the
other’s capital. Therefore Great Bri-
t-iin for instance, might be reluctant
to ask us to represent it in Berlin
where we do not even have an Am-
bassador. Germany, without even an
Ambassador here, hardly would ask
us to represent it in England.
The president’s use, anil
of the phrase served to ]
sharply his own thought* on
ter, thoughts made expli
times by hia speeches calling for a
“quarantine" on "aggressors,” for
methods short of war to halt them,
and his plea for neutrality legisla-
tion that would permit the sale of
war goods to all, and, in effort, prin-
cipally to the western European
allies,
"Think things through," Mr. Roose-
velt admonished the country, with
an accompanying statement
America has had and will have the
"beat information in the world’’ upon
which to rest its judgment.
To all thia, he attached thia ap-
peal:
“I cannot propheay the Immediate
economic effect of thia new war on
our nation, but It do say that no
American haa the moral right to pro-
fiteer, at the expense either of his
' fellow citlxens or of the men, women
|and children who are living and dy-
ing in the midst of war in Europe.”
Much attention centered upon Mr.
Roosevelt’s plea that "partisanship
and selfishness be adjourned; and
that national untiy be the thought
that underlies all others.”
For one thing, it immediately raised
the questionhwhether the president
contemplated a truce with the dis-
ident elements of his own party and
hia foes among the republicans.
The president's speech came at the
close of what for him. had been a
long and unusually arduous day. He
was up early, called from his bed by
the insistent trans-Atlantic telephone,
with American diplomats at the other
end informing him of the successive
developments which led to the British
and French declarations of war.
Early, It was announced that the
state and justice departments were
drafting the neutrality proclamation.
But, at the White House, it was said
that haste in calling the neutrality
net into play would be avoided. The
president, it was added, wanted to
discuss all the aspects of the Euro-
pean war with his cabinet, and so
hail called it into special session for
tomorrow afternoon. The proclama-
tion, it was said, would surely, not be
issued until after that, and perhaps
not until Tuesday.
. The country’s fiscal officials were
meeting throughout the day, con-
sidering any further steps that might
be taken to protect American market
from such disruption as that which
followed 1914’s outbreak of hostilities.
Plans, in that respect, were for the
most part complete. However, since
tomorrow* Is Labor Day and the mar-
kets will be closed anyway, it was
said that no immediate action would
be taken.
In tonight’s speech, Mr. Roosevelt
spoke first of all of how, until the
early hours of this morning, he had
hoped that “some miracle” would pre-
vent th? European war and end "the
invasion of Poland by Germany.”
He recalled the efforts of his admin-
istration to "throw the full weight of
• he United States” into the balance
for peace.
"It ia right, too,” he continued,
“to point out that the unfortunate
events of these recent years have
been based on the use of force or the
• hernt of force. And it seems to me
clear, even at the outbreak of this
great war, that the influence of
America should be consistent in seek-
ing for humanity a final peace which
will eliminate, as far as it is possible
to do so, the continued use of force
between nations.”
Unable, as yet, to fortell the exact
economic consequences here of war wn<> Brv Wttr w,t nwcn vuiw, nev-
nbroad, Mr. Roosevelt asked Ameri- I <?»««tily call for personal and unof-
cana to “master at the outset a
simple but unalterable fact.” That
fact is, he said, that "when peace
has been broken anywhere, peace for
all countries everywhere is in dan-
ger.”
It was easy, he continued, for
people to shrug their shoulders and
say that conflicts so far away do not
seriously affect this country.
“Passionately though we may de-
sire detachment,” he said, “we are
forced to realise that every word that
comes through the air, every ship that
sails the sea, every battle that is
; fought does, affect the American fu-
■ ture. —
“Let no man or women thoughtless-
ly or falsely talk of America send-
i ing its armies to European fields,”
| he warned.
He spoke, too, of the importance
of “spiritual values.” Almost every
one, regardless of creed, believes in
“the spirit of the new testament—
a great teaching which opposes itaelf
to the use of force, of armed force,
or marching armhs and falling
bombs," he said, adding that the
“overwhelming masses of our people
seek peace—peace at home, and the
kind of peace in other lands which
will not jeopardise peace at home.”
After appeal for "national unity,"
the president turned to his peroration
and his specific pledges on neutrality.
"This nation will remain a neutral
nation," he said, ’but I cannot ask
that every American remain neutral
in thought as well. Even a neutral
haa a right to take account of facta.
Even a neutral cannot be asked to
- ctnse hts TTrhrd or his conseienco.-----
“I have said not once but many
times that I have seen war and that
I hate war. I say that again and
again.
"I hope that the United States will
keep out of this war. I believe that
And I give you assurance
that every effort of your government
will be directed toward that end.
“As long as it remains within my
power to prevent, there will be no
blackout of peace in the United
States."
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The diplomats nevertheless are to
examine all complaints which may be
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of the b* liigerent nation under Uniied
States protection and give them what-
ever assistance and make whatever
representations may seem to be ap-
propriate.
American Ambassadors and Minis-
ters may be the custodians of the
Embassy, Legation or Consular prop-
erties of the belligerent nations whose
interests we have taken under our
wing. They may make unofficial rep-
resentations or protests if there ia any
interference by private citizens or
officials with the property in ques-
tion.
The belligerent
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It will be followed, he added by an-
other invoking >the country’s neu-
trality law, which bans shipments of
articles of war to the belligerents.
Then the preaident made a remark
which reminded many of his listen-
ers of his efforts to revive the neu-
trality law in such a way as to scrap
the arms embargo.
“1 trust that in the days to come
our neutrality can be made a true
neutrality," he asserted.
He did not say anything about a
special session of congress to revive
the law, although he is generally ex-
pected to call such a session.
Essentially, the speech was an
exposition of the view that a war
anywhere endangers peace every-
where, that economically, the Euro-
pean conflict will lay a heavy hand
upon the United States, but that by
diligent effort the United States can
be kept out of the melee.
An older generation of listeners
harked back to 1914, when the presi-
dent said that while the nation will
remain neutral, he couki not ask
that "every American remain neutral
in thought as well.” At the outset of
with International law, he asserted, the first great war, Woodrow Wilson
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