The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-02
German Papers Bitter
 In Attack On President
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washington and Moscow are pull ling on the same strings. There is no doubt about the men behind the scene. The action Is clear"
 These attacks came after a state- ment issued by semi official, au- thorized source last night.
 Political circles here character ize the remarks of President Roose- welt before the Senate Military Committee as very astonishing" this statement said. "The impress sion here is that MT. Roosevelt with this maneuver sought not only to combat internal difficulties but also to disturb the effect which the Fuehrer's speech obviously made throughout the world"
 Berlin Much Interested
 French airline purchases in the United States were followed with great interest in Berlin, 1t was said, because 1t is obvious that certain political connections are clear in them which have placed the alleged love of peace of certain personal ities in American politics in a strange light"
 "It Is generally assumed" con- tinued the statement, that the purchases were carried out with the help of the American ambassador to Paris, Bullitt, one of MT. Roose- velt's most intimate friends and also, earlier, @ close confidant of Lenin, as well as with the help of Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, whose entire political attitude is certainly well known, even though the chiefs of the American Army and Navy commands opposed it."
 Apparently in anticipation of in- spired newspaper editorials, which had not yet been seen here this morning, the statement quoted un- named Berlin papers as expressing the opinion that the sales of air. planes to France would be classed as treason except for the fact that they had been inspired by the White House."
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 The semi-official Deutscher Dienst agency said:
 "The Fuehrer branded the Jewish International war monger clique and expressed hope for prolonged peace. Does MT. Roosevelt feel himself touched by that, or dis turbed in his plans?"
 The agency said that the pres- ident,s reported remarks were "the most astonishing made in a long time by an American statesman" and charged that he was trying to destroy the effect of Hitler's Reichs- tag speech. Citing the encouraging effect of Hitler's speech on Euro pean markets, the agency said:
 "The fact that the markets quiet ed down after the Fuehrer's speech seems not to have suited the books of all circles, and perhaps they hope with the aid of new incite- ment to set new business deals in motion.
 "This business (the sale of planes to France) was made under pres sure from the White House against the advice of the chiefs of the American Army and Navy com- mands. Only through chance did the entire affair come into the day. light, and it threatens immediately to become a gigantic scandal. Mil- lions of upright Americans demand an investigation of these events, which had they not been inspired by the White House would be clas- sed as treason.
 Roosevelt vs. Wilson
 "If MT. oosevelt-which sounds grotesque-really said that Amer ica,s borders lie in France, then we ask the American people if MT. Roosevelt is here the image of the Professor Wilson of 1917 or of the President Wilson of 1919."
 This reference was to the condi- tions set by President Woodrow wilson for peace before the United States entered the World War and his acceptance of the eventual terms.
 A speech by former President Herbert Hoover, opposing President Roosevelt's course, was made SO late that only the Deutsche Allge- meine Zeitung and the Boersen- Zeitung were able to publish brief summaries of 1t without comment.
 The expectation in diplomatic quarters was that it would receive most favorable comment, in that the same criticisms had been voiced here.