Hands Off America, Roosevelt Warns Aggresssor Nations

Northern Advocate, 16 April 1938, Page 5

Hands Off America, Roosevelt Warns Aggresssor Nations

(Received 10 a.m.)

WASHINGTON, April 14.' IN A SPEECH ON THE OCCASION OF PAN-AMERICA DAY, PRESIDENT 1 ROOSEVELT SAID TWENTY-ONE AMERICAN REPUBLICS WERE FIRMLY RESOLVED TO MAINTAIN PEACE. ‘

“Peace will not be endangered by controversies within our family,’’ he said, “end we shall not permit it to be endangered by aggression coming froirt outside our hemisphere. ... . AAV.-,

Mr Roosevelt bluntly warned aggressor nations that the United StMes’i was resolved to maintain peace in North and South America, and would hoi-’; tolerate attacks on the principles of democratic liberty linking the two continents.

The peoples of the Western Hemisphere must be prepared to sacrifice their lives to preserve their hard-won. Democracy and inde-

pendence.

The President served notice on the world that the United States was determined that neither Fascism nor Communism would be allowed to obtain a foothold in either of the Americas.

Peru Ambassador’s ■ Broadcast.

The presentation of a strong united front against foreign encroachment formed a lasting foundation for the maintenance of an international understanding, unique in the world.' jj A telegram from Lima, Peru, says j the United States Ambassador, Mr| Laurence Steinhardt, in a broadcast address, urged the Latin-American I nations to present a united front | against the predatory forces of the Old \ World, which were seeking new. or | lost fields to conquer. j He asked that public opinion throughout the Western Hemisphere should marshal itself against 3 those who believed that the law of I the jungle was man’s destiny. ji United States Will Join Moral Front. J “We may well ask ourselves,” added j Mr, Steinhardt, “why nations thousands I of miles distant, already seriously impoverished, should expend huge sums on propaganda among us, unless they are expecting a most handsome return of the investments,” The correspondent of the Associated Press says leaders of Congress believe . that Mr Steinhardt’s speech indicates the willingness of the United States to join a moral front against encroachments on the democratic forms of government in South America.