"The lady doth protest too much," said the Queen to Hamlet as they watched the players. This same sentiment is echoed by those who observe how the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, protests time and time again as each successive crisis affrights the world, that the United States is acting independently and on her own without consulting with or ce-operating with other Powers. Countries inspired by the same ideals and confronted with common dificult ties will inevitably follow parallel paths in dealing with those difficulties, the Secretary of State is at pains to explain. If anyone heard the international telephone bells jangling the explanation is simple, Full exchange of information is proceeding as is right and proper among friendly Powers, The net result of all this is that the United States can be relied upon to ce-operate for useful purposes provided none of the outward forms of ce-operation are visible. Bright young backbenchers who steal a brief headline in the English press by demanding why the Government does not seek American ce-operation do their country @ grave disservice. They tend to stir up suspicion in the minds of a public taught since George Washington's day to be eternally vigilant where the wiles of foreign nations were concerned.
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