U.S. NATIONALS ABROAD

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22195, 11 September 1937, Page 15

U.S. NATIONALS AB R OAD

Protection Not To Be Guaranteed DANGER OF PROVOKING WAR i (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPTMGHT.) (Received September 10, 9.2 p.m.) WASHINGTON, September 9. Tacitly defending Mr Roosevelt's warning to Americans in China and the recent warning to shipping in the Mediterranean, officials issued a statement that the United States was not prepared to guarantee protection of American nationals and shipping abroad, because such a guarantee was liable to cause a major war. Also, the cost would be prohibitive, consuming more than half the revenue of the United States. On September 6 Mr Roosevelt warned the 7780 Americans in China that they remained there at their own risk. He inferred that they could not expect the United States to use its armed forces in their behalf if they ignored the warning. WARNING TO U.S. SHIPPING DANGER TO MERCHANTMEN IN MEDITERRANEAN WASHINGTON, September 9. The United States Navy Department has warned American shipping of the danger of attack by unidentified aircraft, surface vessels, and submarines in the Mediterranean. The Secretary of State (Mr Cordell Hull) decried "promiscuous" interference with merchantmen. He emphasised that the Government had not ordered American shipping out of the Mediterranean, but it was assumed that American mariners were proceeding cautiously.