The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-12-02
UNITED STATES
 MORAL SUPPORT
It Probably Will Be Given
 Britain, France in Effort to Stop War
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 Washington, Dec. 2.--(UP)-The United States has cast it's moral support definitely on the side of Europes two great democracies, France and Great Britain, in the worlds gathering war storm, it was believed in authoritative quarters here today.
 This support has been evidenced in President Rooseyelt's speech at the opening session of the Inter- American Peace Conference at Buenos Aires; his speech before the Brazilian congress and supreme court at Rio De Janeiro last week, and by the public utterances of Sec retary of State Cordell Hull.
 Role of Spokesman 5 Events of the past few weeks all tend to show more and more clear ly that President Roosevelt has as- sumed the role of spokesman for the political philosophies and poli- cies represented by the democratic form of government, diplomatic attaches here said.
 MT. Roosevelt's public utterances and those of Hull, particularly since the American electorate gave the present administration such an overwhelming endorsement at the polls, have shown increasingly the trend of this administration to ar- ray itself unmistakably against dic- tatorships of all kinds-fascist, Nazi, communist and military,-in- formed diplomats said.
 They believe that the ultra-cau- tious moves by the French govern ment toward possible reopening of negotiations for settlement of the French debt to this government are definitely connected with MT. Roose- velt's stand as democracy's most outspoken champion.
 Deny Any Suggestion
 Officials here and in Paris, would stoutly deny any suggestion that an agreement exists whereby MT. Roosevelt would attempt at the Buenos Aires conference to bind to- gether the sympathies and moral support of all democratic nations in return for some real effort by France to. repay her war debts to this government. Nevertheless, diplomats are convinced there is more than casual coincidence link ing the simultaneous developments at Buenos Aires and Paris.
 The French under-secretary for finance, on a visit to Washington last month, discussed the war debt situation with MT. Roosevelt This was at the time President Roosevelt was weighing the advisability Of go- ing personally to Buenos Aires to participate in the opening session of the peace conference. When the French official returned to Paris he intimated that an approach had been made toward reopcning discus sion of that problem.
 Began to Take Effect
 It was about that time that Presi- dent Roosevelt and Hull began pub lie espousal of the democratic form of government as civilizations s greatest bulwark against war, an espousal which eliminated in the summarization of the world situa- ton by President Roosevelt, at Buenos Aires.
 Some diplomats believe however, that France--and possibly Great Britain-fearing war in Europe and Asia, hope by negotiation of a new settlement of the debt question to remove the stigma of defaulter and thus circumvent the Johnson law so that in case of her involvement in war she would be in position to obtain loans or a credit in this coun- try for war supplies.