GRAVE VIEW IN AMERICA

Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22196, 13 September 1937, Page 9

GRAVE VIEW IN AMERICA

! MR ROOSEVELT'S COMMENT ON SITUATION a SHIPPING WARNED TO AVOID CHINESE COAST (Received September 12, 10 pjn.) HYDE PARK (New York), Sept 11. The gravity with which the United States views the international situation is indicated by a remark made by Mr Roosevelt at an informal gathering. 'The Government," he said, "is going to do everything possible to keep the United States out of war." At a press conference earlier, Mr Roosevelt declared: "Democratic nations throughout the world are jittery over the foreign situation in both the Far East and Europe." The Navy Department has warned American merchantmen that it is dangerous to operate in the Japanese blockade zone off the Chinese coast, and advocated painting the national colours on the top decks conspicuously.

Mr Cordell Hull declined to discuss the Japanese Note in which Japan says she will not assume responsibility for the damage in Shanghai, but it is believed that the United States will not be deterred in pressing demands for indemnification.