.*? r v. ' . ???????? M > By HUGO S. SIMS (Washington Correspondent) STRONG FOREIGN POLICY AGREEMENT WITH CANADA BASES FROM THE BRITISH PREPARING FOR ATTACK CAMPAIGN BEGINNING WILKIE*S ACCEPTANCE BULLITT WARNS U: S. SAYS HITLER WILL ATTACK The foreign policy of the United States is in process of startling de velopment, with arrangements being made with Canada for the joint de fense of the lands to the north of this country and with possession of necessary air and naval bases in the southern area assured as a result of negotiations initiated by Great Britain. Apparently the Government of the United States is moving to implement its pledge to defend Canat^ from invasion as 3 part of the hemisphere plan of defense. It is essential for Americans to understand that the basic idea behind this plan is the com plete defense of the United States. It is realized by naval and military experts that the requirements of our own safety make it necessary that we guard the adjacent land areas. The vital importance of Great Britain to the safety of the United States is now generally recognized as a result of the necessity of facing the possible contingencies in event the island empire is conquered by Hitler. The British fleet in the At lantic Ocean has been a bulwark of American defense. Its absence leaves a dangerous gap in our sea-wall that cannot be repaired for five or six years and nobody knows this better that the American experts. There is some opinion available to the effect that if Hitler wins his cam paign against England the Germans will immediately attempt to develop i this hemisphere. The idea is that I our corrent defense program, just ] getting underway, is enough to make 1 Hitler realize that he cannot wait to i straighten out the Western Hemis- ] phere. If he gives the United States 1 a year, or two, there will be little ?? chance of success for Hitler. Conse- t quentlv, any questions at issue must a be settled before the United States is r strengthened to any great extent. t Of coarse, we would not have read ers believe that everybody in th? United States thinks that Hitler will immediately attack this country ii he wins his war with Great Britain. There are citizens, isolationists and others, who sincely believe that there is no danger to the United States regardless of whether Hitler wins in Europe or not. The task of defending North Amer ica, vital to the safety of the United States, is complicated by the fact that Canada is now at war. This seems to make it inevitable for the United States, if we want to assure protective devices to the north, to make some kind of a deal with the Canadians, regardless of its relation ship to strict neutrality in the present struggle. In fact, there is a strong sentiment in this country supporting the idea that our defense requires immediate assistance to Great Britain in order to prevent a German victory, yhich would imperil our safety. The suggestion that the British lease this rountry naval and air bases in the north was advanced by the British Government, which hqs offer ed to make available to this nation a line of bases running from New foundLand, through Bermuda, the Ba hamas, Jamaica, and Trinidad to British Guiana on the northeast coast of South America. These bases are essential to a complete defense of the Panama Canal and their acquisi tion,^ through some form of agree ment with the British, has been urged 'by officials and Congressmen, who differ widely in their attitude toward the war in Europe. .. The presidential campaign will hardly get underway in full force until some time in September, but it has started with the delivery of Wen dell Wilkie's acceptance address. Re action to this speech has been varied, with Republicans hailing the address as a masterpiece, representing the courage of a strong leader, and the Democrats pouncing upon it as a complete acceptance of the basic ideas of the New Deal, thus almost wiping out all differences between the two parties. There con be no denial that Mr. Wilkie has bravely placed himself on the record in favor of many of the , New Deal undertakings. He seems to have in mind the idea that the ? people can be persuaded to favor his < management of these undertakings ; ind his attitude toward business and < people, rather that the President'^ 1 eadership. Mr. Wilkie, apparently, vill attempt later to draw a wide line >etween his and the President's views- i is to the proper methods of govern- i nent, with emphasis upon the impor- s ance of sustaining the anti-third- 1: [term custom as a safeguard agaiiisl > I dictatorship. _r__ While Mr. Willtie gives support fc New Deal measures he advises thi people that heavy taxes must h ' borne, that he promises work for all the sacrifices for the common good ; He assails the idea of limited pro duction and proclaims the advantages of production and attacks the failure of the New Deal to solve the prob 1 lems of the nations after spending 1 immense sums of money. His chal lenge to the President, asking foi 1 joint debates, was novel and arrest ing, but nobody expects any sue! platform-discussions.to materialize. / William C. Bullitt, American am bassador to France, delivered a speech in Philadelphia, - which 1 has caused widespread discussion. He has been denounced by some Americans because of the startling statements that he made; He says that it is his conviction, drawn from his own ex perience and the information in the hands of the American government, "that the United States is in as great peril today as was Francp a year ago" and that "unless we act now,' decisively, to meet the threat, we shall be too late." Mr. Bullitt regards the German military machine as "without ques tion the most powerful that has ever been created" and .that "if Great Britain is defeated" an attack will be launched against this country and "all the strength of this nation will be needed ? mobilized, organized, equipped and ready?if we are to parry it and save the independence of' our country." He says that he saw hundreds of thousands of German soldiers, with all their motorized equipment and adds "I have never seen one piece of that equipment broken down." < Mr. Bullitt says that the "destruc tion of the British navy would be the turning of our Maginot line" and that without the British navy the "At lantic would give us no more protec tion than the Maginot line gave' France after the German troops had marched through Belgium." He says the dictators are convinced that the democracies will "always be too late" and quotes Hitler's words that "each country will imagine that it alone will escape. I shall not even need to destroy them one by one. ? Selfishness and lack of foresight will prevent sach one from fighting until it is :oo late." One trouble with the United States s that every Federal legislator rep- i ?esents a restricted area and is re ;ponsive only to the will of voters in 1 lis district. j - Gardening Becomes Year-Romd Project > ' s No longer is gardening considered , exclusively a summer enterprise. H, 1 R. Niswonger, horticulturist of the . N. C. State College Extension Ser - vice, points out teat it is possible to 1 have fresh vegetables from tee home ' garden on a year-round basis in this ; state.* "During Septebmer and October, . there are many vegetables which may . be planted," Niswonger says. "These ( include winter Bpinach of the Long standing and Bloomsdale varieties, Siberian kale, Soutsem Giant Curled mustard, Purple Top Globe turnips, and Seven Top turnip greens. ' - "Beets and carrots planted the first r of September in Eastern Carolina should mature before freezing weath er. Cabbage plants of the Charleston Wakefield variety usually will pro duce heads about Christmas time in the East if planted around September 1st. This variety of cabbage will stand a lot of cold weather." v - The horticulturist also recommends green onions as a winter delicacy from the home garden. "Put out sets of the Silver Skin variety, and for green onions for next winter and spring set out the multiplying varie ty. After thinning out plants to be used for green onions, the remaining plants \yill develop into mature onions," he says. Niswonger recommends that straw berry plants be fertilized in Eastern North Carolina in early September and in the mountain and northern Piedmont area during late September or early October. "For all regions, apply eight to ten pounds of a 5-8-6 fertilizer per 100 feet of row. Put one-third of the fertilizer on each side of the row and the other third on top. Develop a thin matted row of plants with the plant bed 18 inches wide, and runner plants spaced a hoe-width apart. After the 18-inch row is filled with xhe spaced plants, remove all surplus plants around Oc tober 1 to 15,"'the Extension special ist said. Large Rattler Killed By Negro in Pitt Lonnie Anderson, Negro truck driver, ran over "and killed a large rattlesnake in the Beargrass section of the county recently. The snake was 47 inches long, eight and a quarter inches in cir cumfence and had seven rattles. Roderick Phillips, Negro, said the snake was coiled when his life was snuffed out by the motor vehicle. This is the. first report in some time relative to killing a rattlesnake in Pitt County. ,,. ; y ? ? ? From Every Angle! ? ? ? ; Be Perfectly Groomed ? PROM THE CURLS ON YOUR HEAD TO THE TIPS OF YOUR NAILS! ? '.V- ; Expert Permanent Waving Scalp Treatments ? Hair Styling ? Facials Eyebrows ? Manicures / ?? A COMPLETE BEAUTY SERVICE- ? 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