Evening star., 1939-08-31
Roosevelt Planning
No Further Move
In Peace Efforts
Situation Held Better
Because of TuIk and
Exchanges Of Notes

President Roosevelt was described
by a high official today as believing
that for the time being there is no
further move which he can make
for peace.
The Government, therefore, will
keep It's attitude of watchful watt
ing. 1t was said, in the hope the
diplomatic exchanges going on be-
tween London and Berlin will open
a way toward settlement of Europe's
crisis.
However, at his press conference
Secretary of State Hull indicated the
United States was ready to take
further action in behalf of peace
whenever such measures are con-
sidered feasible.
= Asked directly whether any further
action was contemplated, Mr.. Hull
said he could not go into that ques-
ton now.
Of1icials here viewed the European
situation as follows:
It is better psychologically be-
cause the nations are talking, writ
ing notes and sending ambassadors.
But the issues still remain. They
may have been narrowed by the
exchanges between Great Britain
and Germany, or they may have
been broadened into the possibility
of wider settlement than merely
the German-Polish problem.
Chancellor Hitler has made strong
demands on Poland that will be
hard to meet and equally hard to
back down from.
No Reply From Hitler.
The President has received no
reply to the appeal which he sent
to Hitler a week ago. If one is re-
ceived, officials said, it is likely
Mr.. Roosevelt will reply Immediately
so as to keep discussion open.
King Vittorio Emanuele, replying
last night to the appeal Mr.. RoOse-
welt sent him last Wednesday, said
Italy was doing whatever is pos
sible to bring about a peace with
justice"
The monarch said he had trans
mitted the appeal to his govern
ment Immediately, and he expressed
his gratitude for Mr.. Roosevelt's
interest.
Peace was the theme of the state
ment which the new British AM
bassador, Lord Lothian, made to the
President when he presented his
credentials at the White House yes
terday.
ut is the first purpose of the gov
ernment have the honor to repre-
sent" said Lord Lothian, ito do
everything In its power to maintain
peace, to bring about whatever po-
litical and economic adjustments
reason and justice may require by
pacific means and so help to bring
the nations back to stable prosperity
and stable peace"
Roosevelt's Response.
In response, Mr.. Roosevelt told the
Ambassador:
ut is the sincere desire of the
American Government and people
that the relationship of mutual
cordiality and mutual respect now
happily existing between our coun-
tries shall continue to prevail as one
OF the cornerstones upon which the
structure of peace Is founded.
THE principal task of interna-
tional craftsmanship is to effect
peaceful and constructive solutions
OF controversies between nations and
thus to obviate the folly of war
which, unhappily, seems to over
shadow the world today"
The exchange between Lord
Lothian and the President came in
the course Of day in which Mr..
Roosevelt also received a report of
satisfactory progress from the War
Resources Board and studied sue
cessive dispatches on the progress
of events abroad.
In contrast with the stiff formali-
ties, high silk hats and striped
trousers which usually attend such
occasions, Lord Lothian appeared at
the White House in a blue business
suit. He was in conference with
Mr. Roosevelt almost an hour and q
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