U.S. INDIFFERENT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 81, 5 April 1940, Page 7

U.S. INDIFFERENT.

CANADIAN'S SPEECH. "Must Bring America Into The War." OTTAWA IS DISPLEASED. Cnltefl Press Association.—Copyright. (RpcelTcrt 12.30 p.m.) OTTAWA, April 4. The Attorney-General of Ontario, Mr. Gordon Conant, stated that Canada's supreme war ta.«k was to make every effort short of impairing its status as a sovereign nation to bring the United States into the war on the side of the Allies, says a message from Toronto. Ho added: "The success of the Allied cause may be very doubtful unless there is active participation by the United States at an early date. "If the United States wishes to build a St. Lawrence waterway or gain access to Alaska over Canadian soil Canada should not hesitate to settle the matter. • "Every day the United States delays joining the Allies only prolongs the war and increases the effort and sacrifice' that the United States may yet be called upon to make in order to save herself. A clear declaration of policy supporting the Allies and declaring the intention of the United States to enter the contest on their behalf would probably end the hostilities. "American statesmen have not disguised the fact that Mr. J. H. R. Cromwell, United States Minister to Canada, recently expressed American opinion accurately, if imprudently. Let us hope that action, not merely* professions of faith, will follow." Dominion Government officials describe Mr. Coiiant's speech as illadvised and unfortunate, adding that the Administration in most careful to have speakers say nothing that can be interpreted in the United States a« Allied propaganda to bring the United States into the war. A Washington message says the United States* reaction to Mr. Conant's speech is ono of indifference epitomised by a statement by Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, at a Press conference. He said it was a "nondescript utterance without any bearing ou the United States' foreign policy."