EUROPEAN CRISIS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23157, 1 October 1938, Page 16

EUROPEAN CRISIS

SUPPORT FOR BRITAIN UNITED STATES ATTITUDE MR. CHAMBERLAIN PRAISED "Americans were inclined to regard Mr. Neville Chamberlain as an old man with ultra-conservative ideas. I think I speak for tho laymen of our nation when I say that he is now revered as a diplomat with great and courageous initiative," said Mr. G. Fowler, a prominent fiction and scenario writer ot Hollywood and New York, who arrived by the Mariposa yesterday from San Francisco. . There was a tremendous feeling against war in the United States, Mr. Fowler said. The layman held the opinion that, if Britain -were involved in conflict, the United States would have to join forces with her. It was felt that Britain would have to finance France and that the United States would have to Britain. Mr. Fowler, who is accompanied by his wife and their son, will spend several weeks in the The attitude of the United States toward European affairs was also discussed by Dr. M. W. Kapp, of San Jose, California. There was a strong body of opinion, 'he said, which contended that the country should keep apart from Europe when peace was at stake, but he pointed out that Britain and the United States were so closely allied that it was unlikely that such a policy could be practicable. Moreover, there was a strong feeling against Nazi Germany.