IN AMERICA
NOPE TO AVOID WAR BIG DEFENCE PLANS DOUBLING OF THE NAVY United Press, assn.—Elec. Tel caorrurbt)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1-9 V Although President Roosevelt indicated again today that he hopes the United States will avoid war, Navy, War and State Department officials # disclosed that detailed plans for a vast war effort are being made ready for presentation to Congress if and when required. The programme contemplates the immediate allocation of two billion dollars for the expansion of the land and sea forces and twenty billion dollars for the war budget.
The doubling of the Nevy, providing for fleet. In both the Atlantic end the Pacific, at an ultimate coat of eli billion dollare, I. envisaged, and also the Immediate Initiation of aircraft construction on a vast scale.
The leading United States Msyors at their conference today voted 34 to 11 in favour of lifting the arms embargo. Eliminating Gorman Pilot*
The State Department is negotiating with the Government of Columbia for the elimination of 20 German pilots from *the German financed GermanColombian Air Transport Company, operating near the Panama Canal. The company has four Junkers bombers which are not used commercially. It is estimated that 100 German pilots are flying for commercial air services in South America. Eight Nazi, diplomats have arrived at Panama City to "observe developments” at the Pan-American neutrality conference on Saturday. The German Legation is circulating anti-British propaganda to the Panama press. Avoidance of Dangers The conference hopes to work out an agreement to avoid three possible dangers. One is tbe establishment of a German submarine base. The second is a revolution in any repubiio where pro-German sentiment is so great that the couqtry might become a German satellite, and the third is the prevention of autonomous separatist movements, ostensibly American, but of a German nature.
The President of Mexico, General Cardenas, has issued a declaration of neutrality.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT19390921.2.86
Bibliographic details
Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20915, 21 September 1939, Page 8
Word Count
313IN AMERICA Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20915, 21 September 1939, Page 8
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Waikato Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in