NEUTRALITY AIM

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20034, 5 September 1939, Page 5

NEUTRALITY AIM

HATRED OF WAR ROOSEVELT DECLARATION NO BLACK-OUT OF PEACE BAN ON PROFITEERINGEMBARGOES EXPECTED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 5, 11 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. In a broadcast to the nation, President Roosevelt said: — ‘‘Until early, this morning I had hoped against hope that a miracle would prevent a devastating war, which to-day unhappily is a fact. “It is, of course, impossible to predict the future. When peace is broken anywhere the peace of all countries is endangered. "Let no man or woman thoughtlessly or falsely talk of sending American armies to foreign fields. There is now being prepared a proclamation of neutrality. I trust that in the days to come our neutrality can be made true neutrality. “This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American will remain neutral in thought as well. Even a neutral has the right to take account of the facts. Even a neutral cannot be asked to close his mind or conscience. Hatred of War “I have said many times that I have seen war, and I hate war, and I will say that again and again. “I hope the United States will stay out of this war. I believe it will. As long as it remains within my power to prevent it, there will be no blackout of peace in the United States. “I cannot prophesy the immediate economic effect of this war on the United States, but I say that ino American lias, the moral right to profiteer at the expense of either his fellow citizens, or the men, women and children who are living and dying in the midst of the war in Europe.” The United Press correspondent in Washington reports that it is authoritatively stated that the President will proclaim mandatory embargoes under the neutrality law within 36 hours