CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE

Southland Times, Issue 23782, 1 April 1939, Page 7

CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE

BRITAIN, FRANCE AND

POLAND EFFECT ON UNITED STATES NEUTRALITY (United Press Assn.— Telegraph Copyright) (Received March 31, 10.50 p.m.) NEW YORK, March 31. The news that the British Prime Minister (Mr Neville Chamberlain) will announce a tacit understanding with France to go to the aid of Poland in the event of an attack by Germany gave rise to speculation in some quarters here about the possible effect upon the pending proposals to revise the neutrality laws, says the Washington correspondent of The New York Times. The consensus of opinion was that any programme of co-operation between Britain, France and Poland that might tend towards an eventual showdown between the European democracies and totalitarian States would stiffen opposition in the Senate to granting any greater discretionary powers to the President (Mr Franklin D. Roosevelt) in matters affecting United States neutrality. Some senators have expressed the belief that the tension in Europe is lessening and the prospects of a general war receding. They would probably revise their opinion if an 'rrangement between Britain, France and Poland were announced and the senators’ determination to prevent changes in the neutrality law which would make it easier for the United States to become involved in a European war would be strengthened.