AID TO VICTORY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20075, 23 October 1939, Page 7

AID TO VICTORY

BRITAIN—FRANCE. AMERICAN SYMPATHY PUBLIC STIPULATION ! I FREE OF CONFLICT

NEUTRALITY DISCUSSION (Reed. Oct. 23, 9 a.m.) NEW YORK, Oct. 21. The American Institute of Public Opinion co-ordinating the surveys announced on September 29, and October 4,5, 7 and 10, believes that the real issue before Americans becomes the extent to which the United States may give help to Britain and France without becoming belligerent. Flic institute suggests that the isolationists have not succeeded in convincing the majority of voters that changing the Neutrality Act would be tantamount to entering the war.

The latest institute returns show 00 per cent in favour of selling arms :o the Allies. Sixty-two per cent ifFirmed that, the United Stales should do everything possible to aid Britain and France to win, except by entering ‘.he war, but 00 per cent believe that any aid should not be such as to risk the United States becoming involved. Completing the third week of the neutrality debate Senator Barkley moved to limit speeches of sixty minutes on the amendment addresses o 30 minutes. The minority declined, promising limitation after next Tuesday. •

The Republican Senator Hiram Johnson itold reporters that die debate has at least achieved the declaration that almost every senator is opposed to sending American troops to France and had helped to rekindle the antiwar feeling

Speaking against the arms embargo. Senator Reynolds, a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, told the Senate that there was “strong circumstantial evidence that Russia sank the Athenia. The linger of guilt more clearly points to Russia than any other nation, fantastic though it may seem,” he declared.

Senator Reynolds discounted the German menace in the western hemisphere. He advocated the spending of £2.000,000,000 on national defence as the cheapest and most efficient means of avoiding war. He estimated that 90 per cent of his constituents favoured such work The neutrality debate is virtually <?nded and the leaders expect the amending stage on Monday and a vote to be taken before adjourning for the week-end of October 28. The Administration amendments j are believed to have obviated 75 per j cent of the changes senators pre-1 viously were expected to seek.