WORLD REACTION

Evening Star, Issue 23727, 7 November 1940, Page 9

WORLD REACTION

ITALIANS PESSIMISTIC DISAPPOINTMENT IN JAPAN Prti! Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, November 6. (Received November 7, at 11.30 a.m.) The British United Press Rome correspondent says the Italians are most pessimistic about relations with the United States as the result of the Presidential election. In Toldo the immediate reaction to Mr Roosevelt’s re-election is disappointment in public circles on account of the belief that a change in the reorientation of American policy towards Japan would be more likely under the new administration. Mr Roosevelt’s re-elec-tion is interpreted as the American people’s endorsement of his firm policy towards Japan, for which reason alleviation of the present strained relations is unlikely. The Foreign Office Spokesman said no matter who was President, America’s foreign policy, especially in the Far East, must be reconsidered because the policy of the United States in the Far East w.as “ unfeasible.” PAST PRESIDENTS The list of Presidents, with the dates of their terms of service, is as follows: George Washington 1789-1797 John Adams 1797-1801 Thomas Jefferson- 1801-1807 James Madison 1807-1817 James Monroe 1817-1825 John Quincey Adams ... 1825-1829 Andrew Jackson 1829-1837 Martin Van Buren 1837-1841 William H. Harrison, Mar.-April 1841 John Tvler 1841-1845 James K. Polk 1845-1849 Zachary Taylor 1849-1850 Millard Fillmore 1850-1853 Franklin Pierce ... 1853-1857 James Buchanan 1857-1861 Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865 Andrew Johnson 1865-1869 Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877 Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881 James A. Garfield, Mar.-Sept. 1881 Chester A. Arthur 1881-1885 Grover Cleveland ... ... ... 1885-1889 Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893 Grover Cleveland 1893-1897 William M'Kinley 1897-1901 Theodore Roosevelt 1901-1909 William H. Taft 1909-1913 Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921 Warren G. Harding 1921-1923 Calvin Coolidge 1923-1929 Herbert C. Hoover 1929-1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt ’ ... 1933-1940

LATER RESULTS ELECTORAL VOTE UNCHANGED NEW YORK, November 6. (Received November 7, at 1.25 p.m.) The results to 4 p.m. were Popular vote for Roosevelt, 23,175,000; Willkie, 19,388,000. The States’ electoral vote is unchanged. For the House of Representatives, the Demorcats elected numbered 249, the Republicans 131, and American Labour 1, giving the Democrats a net gain of 15. For the Senate the Democrats elected numbered 20 and the Republicans 9. EARLY REPORTS CANDIDATES' BRIEF COMMENTS MR WILLKIE UNDAUNTED NEW YORK, November 6. (Received November 7, at 8 a.m.) Mr Roosevelt, accompanied by his family, addressed a cheering, torchbearing crowd from the verandah of his homo at- Hyde Park soon after midnight. He said his election was not yet

confirmed, but “it looks all right. We face difficult times in this country, but you will find me the same Franklin Roosevelt you have known for many years.” The crowd gave three rousing cheers and marched off to band music, and Mr Roosevelt went to bed at 2.30 a.m. without making a statement. Mr Willkio went to bed at 1.30 a.m. without conceding defeat. Ho told his followers: “The principles for which we have fought will prevail. Don’t be afraid. I’ll never quit.” He promised a statement in the morning. It is expected to be a plea for national unity. Mrs Willkie said: “I have never had a public life before this campaign, and I do like privacy. I like to sit behind a post or behind a fat lady.” Friends said she was vastly relieved not to have the duties of the First Lady. Willkie followers crowded the hotel, anticipating a victory celebration.

Mr Roosevelt’s drive was notable for the thrust into New England and his break through in the great industrial States of the Middle West, He is leading Mr Willkie in New York by 300,000, Pennsylvania by 200.000, Ohio by 100,000, and also in Indiana and Illinois, all States in which it would be necessary for Mr Willkie to make a

clean sweep in order to be elected, if that voting trend continued another tremendous New' Deal triumph w’ould be in the making. The far west appeared to be going for Mr Roosevelt (except Oregon) and the “ solid South ” was indeed solid. Mr Roosevelt carried New York City by a plurality’ of 727,254. Now Jersey is still for Mr Willkie, but the margin is narrowing. NO RADICAL CHANGE IN HOUSE. Early indications are that the present composition of the House of Representatives will not be greatly changed. The Democrats apparently picked up seats in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, but the Republicans expect to balance these by gains in the Mid-west. Continued Democratic control of the Senate is assured in any event, because not enough Democratic seats are involved outside the solid south to change the Senate’s political complexion, even if the Republicans won all of them. However, the Senate incumbents arc leading, with a few exceptions.