CLEAR CONSCIENCES.
PREVENTION OF WAR. EVERYTHING BEING DONE. WASHINGTON, April 16. At a conference with P, ' ess sentatives after the i ceasei text President Roosevelt said tna Mr Cordell Hull (Seeretai-y o State! could now sleep with clearer conscience because they were having no stone unturned to prevent • He warned the nation against mini mising the threat to peace and rethat many laughed when he said, before hoarding cruiser in in February to witness manoeuvres, that events might hasten
his return, yet soon after this Czechoslovakia had ceased to exist.
It had become apparent, he said, thnt no one could tell how far the fire would spread. He added that rumours circulated by the Press of impending aggressive moves were supplemented by rumours in confidential dispatches from official sources.
Ono important effect of President Roosevelt’s appeal, as seen here, would be to fasten the guilt for starting a war firmly on the dictators —an important consideration in moulding American public opinion.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 116, 17 April 1939, Page 7
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