In one of his characteristic bursts of enthusiasm the President has assured the Canadians the United States would join in the defense of the Dominion in the event of attack. There is general sympathy with the implications of the Monroe Doctrine and the results of the Lima Conference. We all agree with the determination to keep this hemisphere free from European or Asiatic invasion or political domination. Now. let us examine world conditions to ascertain. if we may. from whence comes this threat against our own security or against any nation in this hemisphere. Surely neither the United States nor any nation in this hemisphere need fear an immediate attack from Germany.