FOREIGN POLICY OF U.S.A. .

Southland Times, Issue 22998, 18 September 1936, Page 7

FOREIGN POLICY OF U.S.A. .

RADICAL CHANGE POSSIBLE

ADVOCACY OF A NEW PEACE PACT

(United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 11.15 p.m.) Washington, Sept. 16. Diplomatic circles profess to see a radical change in American foreign policy, from inferences drawn from an address which the Secretary of State (Mr Cordell Hull) delivered at a banquet meeting of the “Good Neighbour League.”

Mr Hull indicated that the KelloggBriand Pact should be superseded by a new international peace pact. The implication that the Administration veered towards a policy of strong collective security was erased, however, when the Secretary added that the nation had no desire to enter into agreements supportable by force but wished to be friendly with all nations and ally of none. European Fleet To Be Restored DISTURBED CONDITIONS THE REASON (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Washington, Sept. 16. Because of the Spanish situation and the disturbed European conditions generally, the Navy Department was to-day instructed by the Department of State to recreate the European Squadron after a lapse of seven years. The cruiser Raleigh, of 7500 tons, will be Rear-Admiral A. P. Fairfield’s flagship, replacing the Quincy. The other units will be the destroyers Kane and Hadfield and the coastguard cutter Cayuga. All are now operating near Spain. The fleet’s mission will be to protect Americans in emergencies and to display the American flag in European ports. _________