Berlin, Feb, 23.
"We Germans are unable to discover in President Roosevelt's face the lineaments of an Angel of Peace, but only hatred against States who regard Bolshevism as the deadly enemy of mankind."
This statement is contained in an article published in the "Berliner Boersen-Zeitung" today, which maintains that the suggested fortification of Guam and the establishment of American Naval bases in the Pacifc are the result of a hint from Mr. Anthony Eden, former British Foreign Secretary, when he visited the United States.
The paper, which asks whether Mr. Eden acted privately or by request, says that there are only two possibilities:
1. Has a nex of the world b tween the Unite Britain? or 2. Is the propaganda action against Germany and other States with which she is friendly, only a flimsy pretext for diverting public attention from really decisive events?
"These questions are justified in view of the growing probability that the hint for building Pacific Naval bases came from Mr. Eden.
"Is it possible," the paper asks, "that the dagger pointed at the heart of Japan has been placed in the hands of a willing United States by politicians of third Power Reuter.
Mr. Warren G. Magnuson, Democret of Washington, a Pacific coast sta staunchly defended the Guam provision and urged the United States te overlook any Japanese objections tu American rearmament plans, He said the fortification of Guam should not be regarded as provocative by Japan. He pointed out that Japan had fortified islands within 682 miles of the American Aleutian Islands.
"The time has come when we should talk plainly and carry a big stick," he said. "Didn't Japan violate every sacred treaty to which she ever ascribed? Didn't Japan close the 'Open Door' in China? Didn't Japan fortify islands within 900 miles of American possessions? Didn't Japan tell America to go to Hell when she closed the 'Open Door' in China? Didn't her) airplanes bomb, shoot down American: and sink an American vessel flying the Stars and Stripes? The American frontier is where the Stars and Stripes fly."
The Vinson Bill approved by the House today was drafted from the famous Naval Board report submitted to Congress in January by Admiral Arthur Hepburn, head of ihe special board. The report urged the establishment of new bases in the Caribbean and Atlantic, but placed greatest emphasis on the Pacific.
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