REMOTE BLOCKADE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23017, 20 April 1938, Page 11

REMOTE BLOCKADE

DANGER TO AMERICA CONQUEST WITHOUT ARMY NAVAL EXPERTS' WARNING CONTROL OF SEAS NEEDED By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received April Ift, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 18 The report of the Naval Affairs Committee of the Senate on the Naval Bill contains a warning that the United States "can be defeated and conquered without a military conquest." The report adds: "An effective blockade against our foreign commerce can be established and maintained at points thousands of miles from our coasts, and well beyond aircraft range." In view of this the report emphasises the necessity far a navy capable of controlling the sea areas. BOYCOTT SUGGESTION AGGRESSOR NATIONS REPLACING NEUTRALITY LAW (deceived April 1!), 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK. April 18 A rather unusual plan to make effective President Roosevelt's concept of "quarantining" aggressor nations is contained in a resolution introduced in tire House of Representatives by Mr. B. N. Scott (Democrat —Long Beaeh), says the Washington correspondent of the New York Times. If the resolution were put into effect the present neutrality law of the United States would be replaced by an unofficial boycott against so-called aggressor nations. Thei resolution asks the President to inform the House what nations have in recent years violated treaties such as the Briand-Kellogg Pact and the Nine Power Pact. It is expected that Mr. Roosevelt will reply, naming Germany, Italy and Japan. Mr. Scott will thereupon introduce a joint resolution deprecating aggression, advocating a popular boycott against aggressors, and requesting the President to call a convention of signatories of the treaties mentioned, at which, the establishment of an official international boycott will be advocated.