At "No War" Pacts Senator Borah Disgusted With "Insincerity"
Washington, Dec. 9. The most influential members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Key Pittman, chairman, and Senator William E. Borah, today expressed disbelief in the value of Europe's "no war" treaties.
Other Foreign Relations Committee-men shared their cynicism, Senator Borah pointed out that treaties were broken in the past and that there was no guarantee that they would be adheméd tó in the future, Senator William H, King also assailed what he- termed to be "German insincerity."
Senator Borah described the agreements as "expressions of the day.' The Republican Senator from Idaho Said that "Ethiopia was protected by treaties but was betrayed alike by democracies and dictators who were signers of the treaties. The same is true of Manchuria......and Czechoslovakia.
"If only dictators disregarded the treaties it would be bad enough, but so-called republics of Europe joined each instance of disregarding these treaties."
Senator Pittman believed that "Herr Adolf Hitler can not be trusted to keep his word. He is in league with) Signor Benito Mussolini and Japan to destroy democracies all over the world""—United Press.
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