WILL IT LAST ?

Grey River Argus, 8 September 1939, Page 8

WILL IT LAST ?

U.S.A. NEUTRALITY Review Forecasted (Received September 7, 10.30 p.m.) INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 6. Senator Minton, Democrat Whip, to-day predicted a special session of Congress by October Ist. for a revision of the neutrality legislation. He asserted: “Feeling in the United States is swinging towards a lifting of the embargo. That is partly for economic reasons, and partly because of a crystallisation of American sentiment towards the question involved in the turmoil in Europe.” The “New York Times” states: "Congress may be called by President Roosevelt as early as September 15 to act upon the Neutrality Act, so it was disclosed in New York by official sources in close touch with Washington. It was also disclosed that the President feels that a major shift in the country’s position towards the European conflict is inevitable.” NEW YORK, September 7.

The Washington correspondent of the “New York Times” says: “What will the United States do if its merchantmen are stopped at sea? How far will it go should merchant cargoes be arbitrarily defined as contraband by belligerents, and seized; even if Americans are compensated for the losses? These and dozens of similar questions are expected to arise in the next few months, but the officials are hesitant to give any answer. They prefer to await actual cases, each with its own set of circumstances.” The correspondent then stresses that the United States has not decided what its neutrality actually means, and intimates that, if the present neutrality statute continues to stand, it will be a fertile source of trouble for the United States.

STRICT EMBARGO ON WAR SUPPLIES. WASHINGTON, September 6. Mr Hull has clarified an important point concerning the possible relationship and abstention of Canada from a war declaration, and the re-export of American war supplies from Canada to the Allies. He said that even if Canada does not declare war, war supplies cannot be sent to Canada from the United States. Mr Roosevelt has issued a statement, asking all lay enforcement officers in the United States to turn over to the .Federal Bureau of Investigation “any information relating to espionage, counter-espionage, sabotage, subversive activities, and violations of the neutrality laws.”

BRITISH DESIRE. FOR REPEAL OF NEUTRALITY LAW. (Recevied September 8, 12.45 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 7. The “New York Times” in an editorial' strongly advocates the repeal of the Neutrality Law. The article urges the adoption of the “cash and carry” provisions, thus permitting Britain and France to purchase in the United States.

Big Wage Increase U.S. SEAMEN’S DEMAND. FOR GOING TO WAR ZONE. (Received September 8, 3.18 a.m.) MONTREAL, September 7. The United States Maritime Union is demanding a forty per cent, wage increase and 250 dollars bonus for members of the crew of the liner “President Roosevelt,” which is going to the European war zone. On the owners agreeing to negotiate the demands, the ship sailed six hours late. The American flag was floodlit and the name of the ship has been painted in huge letters on the hull. There are 254 passengers of whom two are Americans. Four Americans who had booked were refused passports. U.S.A. Prices Soar GOVERNMENT TAKES ACTION. (Received September 8, 1.52 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 7. The sudden increase in the prices of foodstuffs throughout the nation as' the result of the war impelled Federal action as supplies are stated to be more than abundant. Hitler’s Ex-Superiors ONE ENLISTS IN CANADA. ANOTHER OSTRACISED AT FRISCO. (Received September 7. 5.30 p.m.) MONTREAL, September t>. Paul Gurtler, wh 0 was Herr Hitler’s immediate superior in the Great War, has enlisted in the Canadian Army, says a message from Drumheller, in Alberta. Gurtler, who was born at Sudeten, went to Canada after the war, and is now a naturalised miner. WIEDMANN HOAXED. SAN FRANCISCO, September 6. Captain Fritz Wiedmann, the German Consul-General, in San Francisco who was Herr Hitler’s Greats War Company Commander, has resigned from the Olympic Club, after be’ng warned that its 165 members would resign unless he did. \ (Received September 8, 12.32 a.m.) SAN FRANCISCO, September 7. Herr Wiedmann, it now appears, received a telegram demanding his resignation, whereon Herr Widemann acted. The telegram, it turns. out, was a hoax. The Club secretary declared that the signature was a forgery. The' committee may refuse to accept the resignation.

AGA KHAN’S APPEAL. FOR MOSLEM SUPPORT. (Received September 8, 3.15 a.m.) LONDON, September 7. Information received here states that the Aga Khan has called upon Mohammedans to give unstinted service to Britain’s cause. The news reached here at 9.10 a.m.