WORLD AFFAIRS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25047, 10 November 1944, Page 5

WORLD AFFAIRS

l AMERICAN INTERVENTION j ACTIVITY STRENGTHENED I OPINION ON ALL SIDES 1 \Becd. 6.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 8 j Foreign comment, both enemy- and Allied, agrees that the re-election I of Mr Roosevelt is a victory for 1 American internationalists. The Ger- | nan Foreign Office spokesman I said: "The results show a tendency | to depart from isolationist prin's eipks and a stronger tendency to | intervention in European affairs. U lie shall hav'e to take this into : future consideration." ;J Tokyo broadcasts asserted that it was S immaterial to the Japanese which can--1 didate won. They expressed surprise || that Americans should take time off to | elect a President in the midst of a I decisive war. Elation In Russia | The Russians are elated, as they had I fared that a change of Presidents $ *ould have weakened Allied co-opera- '• tion. | The British press expresses the view •j that Mr Roosevelt's hand should he y| strengthened in his forthcoming delibI {rations with Mr Churchill and Maril lhalStalin. The Times says: "The whok» :!l Wrld, conscious of the magnitude >;f || tie stake, watched the American Presi'l dential contest with tense interest. Nothing today need restrain the ' warmth of the greetings and congratu- || latfems which all free peoples will desire I !2extend to a tried and trusted friend. fbat the American electors have | Csuionstrated beyond ' the remotest • 1 |™bt is their broad confidence in the ■ Rent's conduct of the war and II r ® rm determination to see it ftroueh to a victorious conclusion under :{j irs leadership before" they turn aside to | other business." m French commentators see in the re- | a guarantee of American participa- | j 10 ", in a world peace organisation. |S and Greek comments are favour- « ti j Swedish newspaper AftonI o.adet, once pro-German, says the vie- | jwyis greeted with the greatest satis- •| "dion throughout the world, i Havana newspapers, in typical LatinJ comment.' declare: "We con'l Mr Roosevelt's triumph our verv '4 own." Labour Movement's Part if troops on the Western j r °nt in Europe generally view the § favourably, but front line soldiers 1 no great interest in the I A writer in the World Telegram says | : 9 regular Democrat Party did not 1 j's v 'ctory. Labour, militant, alert :j M organised as never previously, dell J"*® 5 crGc lit for Mr Roosevelt's rev •'Mion. Labour is also educated to the ft issues of war and peace. IW l • v or ' J Sun correspondent in I said earlier that the Rooseif J* Administration so tar had not it LS ie commanding mathematical 13 toiiv necessfn '" 10 curb the working i r ?: 10n between the Republicans and 1 Hat' , n Democrats, which now domiJf 5 s domestic: legislation in the House p| .Representatives. However, the Asso|lj trn . , ress correspondent in WashingI trr.,1 S ■ with the 79th Congress I Democrat, Mr Roosem I(] , s intimates in the Senate could 1 "ifernational commitments and IS ft®''? even the final peace treaty I the_ legislative machinery. IS iL B Press pointed out that J ton4.?,' l lh,i(,a,ls " ev <' r •'"<! a chance to n !rp a +' o F Senate, which must approve • ,: 1 Va'! or . I )ef,cp or anytliincr else — ;{| ]L , tft 'o-thirds majoritv. but they hei f) Prri they might whittle down the If vioj| t i Cr strc-ntrtli. The Democrats preminm/ {I a s ' la^v margin of control if the / " O,ISo Representatives, hut.l iras nf"[ PS 1P time the comment i Seat® 3 ~"a vr them an additional IS i las they had won 21 and lost six I SK ern FOR H itM A NITY 1 Vr'j P-nU NEW YORK. Nov. <> fl tUDeraf- 116 9 hia "g Kai-shek, who is refin{lr*,'ng ln flic ITiiitccl States from ! telegraphed to Mr Roosevelt BWe », IVS: " fbe American people ' er 6ry w ' int pp°ple of !]f *Htl n> u ; , regarding your vision JDenj' onn te concern for common P KOHIBITION REJECTED 1 'Nebraska t ? EW Nov. s m tp ' or ® than (» f rs ' a . majority of I ?,° Ss l to im 0 one - rp .icctecl the pro- | State ose P r °hibition throughout