GRAVE CONCERN IN U.S.A.

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 130, 3 June 1937, Page 9

GRAVE CONCERN IN U.S.A.

AN APPEAL MADE

PEACEFUL ADJUSTMENT. OF

CRISIS

NEW YORK, June 1

The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, announced in Washington that he had appealed to the German and Spanish Governments,, through, their Ambassadors, for a peaceful adjustment of the crisis arising from the bombing of the German battleship Deutschland by loyalist aeroplanes and the subsequent German shelling ot Almeria, in Spain. The "New York Times" says that Mr. Hull's action is one infrequently taken and reflects the grave concern which is. developing- concerning the international aspect of the Spanish civil war and the hope of the United States that the conflict will be kept isolated from"the remainder of Europe.

Mr. Hull's representations were limited to conversations with the Ambassadors, and' it is emphasised that American diplomats in Europe are not authorised to make representation's.

Later Mr. Hull conferred' with the British Ambassador to Washington, Sir Ronald Lindsay, but he said that their conversation was not connected with

the Spanish situation. ' Mr. Hull revealed that the. Spanish Ambassador contended that the 'bombardment of Almeria was a violation of international law but did not request the United States to act. The German Ambassador. . declared that the Deutschland was within her rights in being in Ibiza because she was off duty. He said he had direct information from Berlin that the battleship did not fire on loyalist aeroplanes, either before or after the bombing.

Mr. Hull declined to say whether the United States would apply the Neutrality Act to Germany. ,