Roosevelt Deplores Growing Fashion To Resort To War
(Received 11.30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, December 1
President Roosevelt, in a statement, said the news of Soviet naval and military bombings of Finnish territory had caused profound shock to the Government and peoples of the United States.
Despite efforts to solve the dispute by peaceful efforts, to which no reasonable objection could be offered, he added, one Power had chosen to resort to force of arms.
It was tragic to see the policy of force spreading, and to realise that the wanton disregard for law was still on the march. Existence Insecure.
“All peace-loving peoples in the nations, which were still hoping for a continuance of relations throughout the world on a basis of law and order, will unanimously condemn this new resort to military force as an arbiter of international differences to the great misfortune of the world,” declared the President. “The present- trend to force makes insecure the independent existence of small nations on every contnient and jeopardises the rights of mankind to self-government. “The people and Government of Finland have long had an honourably and wholly peaceful record, which has won them the respect and warm regard of the people and Governmnt of the United States.” 4
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Northern Advocate, 2 December 1939, Page 7
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