AMERICAN FEELING

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 102, 27 October 1938, Page 9

AMERICAN FEELING

BRITAIN AND THE CRISIS

CRITICISM APPRECIATED

EFFECT BETTER THAN

INDIFFERENCE

(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.) j (Received October 27, 12.40 p.m.) LONDON, October 26. The Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, broadcasting to the United States, said that Britain fully accepted America's desire not to be involved in remote disputes but was| aware that America was following events in Europe with acute interest. This was seen in the sharp criticisms in the American Press against Britain's actions in recent weeks.; This was the best proof that America felt as strongly as Britain did about things it was vital for the world to hold on to if international relations were to be placed on a secure foundation. Criticisms therefore brought America nearer to Britain than would indifference. Throughout the crisis there were hefore Britain two inescapable facts: Firstly, that if Germany had marched, England, France, Russia, and others could not have saved Czechoslovakia from being: overrun; secondly, that the nations would have gone to war Snowing that statesmen, after the war, would not he able to redraw the Czech boundaries as they were drawn at Versailles.

liord Halifax paid a warm tribute to the peace efforts of President Roosevelt and Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State.