U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

Southland Times, Issue 24163, 27 June 1940, Page 5

U.S. FOREIGN POLICY

Mr Hoover Opposes War AID FOR ALLIES URGED (United Press Assn—Telegraph Copyright) (Received June 26, 6.30 p.m.) PHILADELPHIA, June 25. Mr Herbert Hoover, the former President, in a speech at the Republican Convention, urged the nation to stay out of the war unless the Western Hemisphere was attacked but meanwhile to grant the peoples fighting for freedom every aid short of war and within international law. He also urged the nation to construct the most powerful navy in United States history. Many of Mr Hoover’s friends are hopeful that the speech will make him an outstanding contender for the presidential nomination.

The Republican Resolutions Committee unanimously approved a foreign policy platform defining the Republicans as champions “of peace, preparedness and Americanism,” denouncing the New Deal and forming foreign policies putting the party on record as favouring aid for the “oppressed peoples” within the limits of international law. The President (Mr Franklin D. Roosevelt) announced a programme tq train 5000 young naval officers annually for enlistment in the Naval Reserve. They will be given a month’s training at sea. He said that plans were being made to put the country in a state ofpreparedness unprecedented since the Great War. They include a scheme to control and stamp out the epidemics which always follow great conflicts and a plan to provide educational and health facilities in towns whose populations have been increased overnight by the centralization of defence industries. BRITISH SHIPPING LOSSES LONDON, June 25. Britain lost 52,642 tons of mercantile shipping in the week ended June 16. Up to June 13, Germany had lost 847,000 tons and Italy 224,000 tons of mercantile shipping. Shipping passing through the Suez Canal last year totalled 41,226,296 tons. Two thousand six hundred and twentyseven British and 884 Italian ships made the passage, including 158 British warships and transports, which carried 135,696 troops.

commercial traffic, subject to the previous authorization of Germany, with Italy; merchant ships outside France to be recalled, or if that is not possible, to go to neutral ports. Clause 17 concerns the restoration of Italian freighters with their cargoes, also Italian merchandise or merchandise consigned to Italy seized from non-Italian ships. (18) No French aircraft to leave the ground; aerodromes to be placed under German or Italian control; all foreign aircraft in unoccupied territory to be handed over to the German authorities. (19) All wireless transmitting stations in French territory to cease. (20) France to facilitate the transport of merchandise between Germany and Italy across unoccupied territory. (21) All Italian prisoners of war and Italian civilians interned and arrested for political reasons or crimes or because of the war shall immediately be handed over.

(22) France to guarantee the good preservation of all material delivered under the terms.

Clauses 23 and 24 deal with the Italian commission entrusted with the execution of the convention and the French delegation to act in liaison between France and the commission.

Clause 25 concerns the procedure of enforcement.

(26) The convention remains in force until the conclusion of the peace treaty, but can be denounced by Italy any time in the event of France not fulfilling her obligations.