Evening star., 1939-08-25

ment on the activities at Oslo, Nor
way, of Representative Hamilton
Fish, Republican, of New York. who
had been reported making some ef-
fort to forestau war. The President
laughed and wanted to know why
the smokers.
Although the President in his mes
sages to Chancellor Hitler of Ger
many and President Moscicki OF
Poland suggested selection of a con-
ciliator or moderator from one Of
the "traditionally neutral states of
Europe" or from one of the Amer
lean republics, he said today he had
no individual in mind.
Will Not Volunteer.
Stephen T. Early, one of the Presi-
dents secretaries, said last night,
when releasing the German and
Polish appeals, that neither the
President nor any official of this
Government would offer himself as
the conciliator, so there was no
possible suggestion of involving the
United States. As to whether the
President would accept If he were
asked to, he said that bridge would
be crossed when it was reached.
Dlspatching Of the German and
Polish messages from the President
followed a crowded afternoon of
conferences between Mr.. Roosevelt
and his foreign policy advisers,
starting at Union Station when his
vacation train arrived here at / 80
pm. after rush trip from New
Jersey.
The Presidents appeal to Hitler
was his fourth such message to Der
Fuehrer in less than a. year. The
first two were sent at the time of
the Munich crisis last September.
and the third was in April.
Mr.. Roosevelt noted to Hitler that
ne had not received reply To his
last appeal, and added:
But because of my confident pc
lief that the cause of world peace
which is the cause of humanity it.
self-rises above all other considera-
tions, I am again addressing myself
to you with the hope that the war
which impends and the consequent
disaster to all peoples everywhere
may yet be averted"
Not Another Munich"
That the President, nevertheless,
did not have in mind another MI
Mich Conference" in which Czecho-
Slovakia was split UP, was indicated
by this paragraph in the messages
to the Nazi leader and President
Moscicki.
Both Poland and Germany being
sovereign governments, it is under
stood. of course, that upon resort to
any one of the alternatives / suggest,
each nation will agree to accord
complete respect to the independence
and territorial integrity of the other"
Seeking to give Europe breathing
spell after the tense atmosphere of
the last few days, Mr.. Roosevelt
asked that both nations agree ito
refrain from any positive act of
hostility for reasonable and
stipulated period" Catastrophe, he
said, was very near at hand.
The message to Hitler was longer
and more bluntly worded than the
telegram to President Moscicki. The
former ended with these sentences:
Il appeal to you in the name of
the people of the United States, and
I believe in the name of peace Loving
men and women everywhere, to
agree to the solution of the con-
troversies existing between your gov
ernment and that of Poland through
the adoption of one of the alterna-
tive methods have proposed.
II need hardly reiterate that
should the governments of Germany
and of Poland be willing to solve
their differences in the peaceful
manner suggested, the Government
of the United States still stands pre-
pared to contribute its share to the
solution of the problems which are
endangering world peace in the form
set forth in my message of April a."
Conferences Were Urged.
The Presidents April message sug-
gested non-aggression pacts for the
nations of Europe, to be followed
by conferences to promote commerce
and disarmament.
White House officials said the
message to Hitler had been sent
in sufficient time to reach him by
(see ROOSEVELT, Page A-40
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