NO CONFLICT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 243, 14 October 1935, Page 7

NO CONFLICT.

AMERICAN VIEWS. League Action Accords With Roosevelt Policy. VERDICT OF HISTORY. United Press Association. —Copyright. NEW YORK, October 13. Officials in Washington and tlie public generally are closely following the developments at Geneva. With particular interest they note how the League's proposed sanctions correspond with the action President Roosevelt h£s taken in his neutrality proclamations. Mr. Roosevelt's arms embargo appears to have set the example for the course followed by the League. It is a foregone conclusion, however, that America will not continue the comparable action and raise the embargo against Ethiopia, as the law specifically commands the President to effect it equally against all belligerents. It is pointed out that Mr. Roosevelt's embargo is limited to "implements" of warfare instead of "munitions." The reason why powder and other explosives were not included 7 was because it was found that these are not in the list of practical exports from this country in bulk, but only cartridges and shells which are' included in the embargo. The Press generally praises the League's action. The "New York Times" says: "Sanctions will leave the Italian Government in a position of almost intolerable moral isolation. Virtually the whole world has pronounced it guilty. "It is true that Signor Mussolini maintains his brazen front against the verdict of the civilised nations—which must also be the verdict of history— but even he must see that prolonged resistance by Italy to this deliberate and crushing judgment of the League would be a form of national suicide."