COLOSSAL BLOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 224, 22 September 1938, Page 11

COLOSSAL BLOW.

POWERS' SUBMISSION.

Varied and Picturesque U.S.

Statements.

WAR ONLY ALTERNATIVE.

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NEW YORK, September M.

The news of Czechoslovakia's capitulation cannot be said to have elicited any new reaction from American officialdom or the public. It was virtually anti-climatic, yet there must be a realisation between all nations where America's action or reaction in international affairs is considered important, that everv dav's developments only deepens the basic resolve of America to remain aloof from Europe's problems. Comment continues to be picturesque and variable as it has been since the beginning of the Cz*ch crisis. . - -, The United Press Washington representative, says Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Hull do not consider the crisis dissi- •'• pated and continue to refuse to comment, due to the constantly changing conditions. "Observers point out that ~"~ had Mr. Hull and Mr. Roosevelt involved themselves in the controversy they might now find themselves in a highly unsatisfactory position." this correspondent says. The New York "Evening Post," in a leading article, warns that all the Versailles Treaty boundaries will now be reversed. People of all nations are bitterly disillusioned, far more bitter and * ' more disillusioned than they would have been if the League and "its elaborate system of treaty guarantees had never existed. The New York "World Telegram" says: "Anybody who thinks that hearts are light to-day in London and Paris js sadly mistaken. What is happening in Central Europe is a colossal blow to France and Britain, and nobody knows this better than thej. "The alternative which Britain and France bad to face was another world war in which not only Czechoslovakia but quite possibly the British Empire might have disappeared."