In one of the frankest statements recently made on world unrest, Reac-Admiral C. H. Woodward, Commend-ant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, today told the press that the United States must rush adequate national defence to defeat "gangster nations" and avoid becoming "the Ethiopia or China of the western hemisphere."
"Post-war diplomacy,. through hypocritical cireumlocutons and doubtful honesty, has sunk to its lowest levels," he said, "while loftily worded treaties have been flagrantly disregarded or unceremoniously ditched Diplomatic success today depends more on the calibre of guns than the calibre of diploma He said certain nations seeking 2 "place in the sun" were' sabotaging peace efforts.
"If. the United States continues to remain unprepared for war," Admiral Woodward said, "we undoubtedly will be forced into another world war, should the present sabre-rattling in Europe and Asia produce one's-United Press.
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