CHANGING SENTIMENT

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23388, 3 July 1939, Page 9

CHANGING SENTIMENT

CONSOLING FACTORS WARNING TO AGGRESSORS NEW YORK PRESS VIEWS (Received July 2, 7.15 p.m.) XFAY YORK, July 1 The Now York Times editorially says: "Homo and Berlin will make a mistake if they draw too confident a conclusion from tlio failure to abolish the arms embargo. Several special circumstances must bo kept in mind in considering the House's action: (1) The vote against the repeal of the embargo provision was largely the result of purely domestic factors and was merely one phase in the general revolt against the Administration; (2) it must be noted that even though the House has voted against tlio repeal of this particular embargo, it remains entirely legal under the terms of tlio bill passed to export to those nations which control the seas in time of war those materials which outer into the making of arms and ammunition; (3) tho narrow margin by which the repeal clause was defeated (a shift of tlirco votes would have changed the result) shows how greatly opinion in the House has changed since the original embargo was adopted by an overwhelming vote in 1937. That change of sentiment carries its own warning to potential aggressors." The New York World-Telegram says: "The House served notice upon Britain and France that they need not look this way if the test comes and their defences are found wanting. The tragedy is that this assurance to Hitler is no real indication of what Congress would say when the drums began to beat." The New York Herald-Tribune blames refusal to . repeal the embargo largely on Mr. Koosevelt's "stiffneckedness," and says: "The President's insistence upon the continuance of all his emergency monetary powers made it impossible to hope that reason would prevail with respect to unwise restraint on his control of foreign affairs. In a fight against stubbornness and wilfulness, fine distinctions can hardly bo expected."

ALIEN IMMIGRANTS BILL TO SUSPEND ENTRY (Received July 2, ."15 p.m ) WASHINGTON. July 1 The Senate's Committee on Immigration intends to introduce a drastic immigration restriction bill suspending for live years all immigration to the United States with tho exception of 20,000 refugee children from Germany, to bo admitted in tho next two years. Tho bill requires tiie registration of all aliens at present in the United States.