CAN BRITAIN WIN?

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 December 1940, Page 7

CAN BRITAIN WIN?

MR. KENNEDY’S VIEWS. [BY CABLE. —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] NEW YORK, November 29. The United States Ambassador to Britain (Mr. J. P. Kennedy), who is still in the United States, in a statement said: “I am told there is some gossip in London to the effect that I am making anti-British statements in this country, and that I am even saying I do not expect Britain to win the war. This is nonsense. I never made any anti-British statements, or said, on or off record, that I do not expect Britain to win the war. I never made any statement which I did not make to four or five members of the British Cabinet before I left London. “What I am concerned . with is keeping America out Of the war, but that has never been a secret. I have been constantly asked, ‘Do you think England will win or lose the war?’ How could anyone know, unless he knew what is the strength of Germany? I do not know what is the strength of Germany.” Mr. Kennedy added that he was very sorry that such an impression cropped up in England. Mr. Kennedy concluded:- “After a short holiday, I plan to devote my efforts to what seems to me to be the greatest cause in the world to-day . . . to help the President to keep the United States out of the war.” Mr. Kennedy is. expected to work

as an individual, and not to retain any official post. URUGUAY AND U.S.A. . MONTE VIDEO, November 28. The Uruguayan Chamber reversed the Senate vote and. voted by, 53 to 21 for approving of naval base negotiations with the United States.