Evening star., 1939-02-19
Prepared to Surrender;
French-|ta|ian 7 ension Is Revived;
Roosevelt Fearful Of New Crisis
May Be Forced to
Cut rip Short,
He Indicates
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KEY WEST, Fla, Feb. 18.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, concerned over a
possible new international crisis,
sailed for the Panama Canal fleet
maneuvers today after warning the
world anew that the Americas were
determined to ward off the ugly
turbulence of autocracy."
Official reports reaching him of
possible new territorial demands,
backed by threats of aggression,
caused the President to intimate be-
fore embarking that he may have to
cut short his journey and return to
Washington before the scheduled
March 4 date.
At press conference after lunch
ing at Civilian Conservation Corps
camp at West Summerlin Key, Mr..
Roosevelt said information contin-
ued to be received that the inter-
national situation was disturbing.
This information was not disclosed
in detail, but it was understood to
relate to possible renewed demands
from totalitarian countries. The de-
mands, it was said. were likely to be
pushed through use of fear of ag-
gression instead of through normal
diplomatic channels.
Takes l4O-M Mile Auto Ride.
The President reached here from
Florida City after a colorful 14O-mile
motor ride over the Overseas high
way across dozens of islands be-
tween the mainland and this Gov
ernment-restored outpost in the
Gulf of Mexico.
He sailed on the destroyer War
rington from the naval station dock,
planning to do some small boat fish,
ing before transferring to the cruiser
Houston at sea around dark.
Just before embarking he deliv-
cred two radio talks from an open
automobile. He reaffrmed his faith
in the good neighbor policy and
warned that Western Hemisphere
nations were united in a common
aspiration to defend and maintain
the elf-governing way of life"
by setting an example on inter-
national solidarity, cooperation
mutual trust and mutual helpful
ness he asserted, I'VE may keep
faith alive in the heart of anxious
and troubled humanity and at the
same time lift democracy high above
the ugly turbulence of autocracy.'
Opens Exposition.
Tho fuyn odGroccoe xr,oro
without an intervening pause. With
one,- he opened the Golden Gate
Exposition at San Francisco. The
other was in connection with the
4OOth anniversary of the landing of
fernando de Soto at Tampa, Fla.
In the Tampa speech, the Chief
Executive reoutlined the foreign
policy of the United States and en-
braced the entire hemisphere in
plans for defense against totalitarian
inroads.
This hemisphere. he said, while
opposed to physical force except to
repulse aggression, says to the world
that the institutions of democracy
must and shall be maintained"
He called De Soto one of the first
"Pan-Americans" because there was
nothing narrow or restricted" in his
perspective, and added:
Although the peoples of the New
World are of many origins, they are
united in common aspiration to
defend and maintain the self-gov-
erning way of life; that way of life
is instructive in all the peoples of the
Western Hemisphere.
He said the good neighbor policy
was the cornerstone of our foreign
relations and in following it I'VE
propose to heed the ancient scrip
tural admonition not to move our
(See ROOSEVELT, Page A-3)