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Evening Star, Issue 23099, 27 October 1938, Page 14

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AMERICA'S INTEREST LORD HALIFAX EXPLAINS BRITAIN'S ACTIONS Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 26. (Received October 27, at 1 p.m.) Lord Halifax, broadcasting to the United States, said 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 strongly, as Britain, about things vital for the world. These criticisms, therefore, brought America nearer than would indifference throughout the crisis. There were before Britain two inescapable facts. First, if Germany had marched, England, France, Russia, and others could not have saved Czechoslovakia from bein" overrun; secondly, the nations would have gone to war knowing that statesmen after the war would not be able to redraw Czech boundaries as drawn at Versailles. , Lord Halifax paid a warm tribute to the efforts for peace of President Roosevelt and Mr Cordell Hull.