Evening star., 1939-01-05
Europe
Continued From First Page)

speech as one of the most important
declarations coming from Washing
ton since the World War.
The democracies hoped it was a
prelude to major changes in Amer
lean foreign policy, giving particular
attention to the possibility of re-
vision of neutrality legislation.
Domestic Politics Charged.
Both the German NaZi and the
italian Fascist press accused the
President of playing domestic poll
tics and of deserting the isolation
policy of George Washington.
Some Soviet Russian newspapers.
in brief summaries, emphasized
points on preparedness against ag-
gression and the neutrality law but
omitted passages about the democ-
racies and religion. There was no
editorial comment.
1t was the liberal Manchester
Guardian which contrasted the
Presidents declaration against
relationships" with Mr.. Chamber
lain's "timid exercises in the same
field" presumably in pursuit of his
policy of appeasing the dictator's to
maintain world peace.
Most Englishmen and women,
when they listened to President
Roosevelt, must have wished sadly
that it was the head of their own
government who was saying these
things" the Guardian said.
{I
: 1t continued that the British
people who heard Roosevelt praise
the democratic system must have
recalled with shame Mr.. Chamber
lain's naive confession" that,
although Fascism may or may not
do for Britain, Mr.. Chamberlain
could not get up much excitement
over different systems of govern
ment.'
They must have regretted that it
has been left to an American PreSi-
dent to state the British (as it is
also the American) way of life
without apologizing for it. The con-
trast is painful and need not be
pursued"
The newspaper found the speech
logically following the stiff notes
to Japan and the recall of the AM
bassad0r to Berlin, the upholding of
Secretary Ickes rather violent
speech (criticizing Nazi-ism) and
Secretary Hull's efforts at Lima to
counter Fascist penetration,' and
said his message may be as i'm
portant for the world as those of
Wilson,"
Gross Atrocity Lies" Charged.
The German Zeitung am Mittag
charged the speech was based on
"gross atrocity lies" and stated that
"Washingtons new policy seems to
be to preach blind hatred and un-
scrupulous estrangement between the
two continents"
Asserting Germany knew "this
orator speaks only for himself" the
newspaper added that "the Ameri-
can people want peace and not the
unrest which Roosevelt so assidu-
ously breaches. Roosevelt's descrip-
ton of the German solution of un-
employment as temporary is die
<tated not by inner conviction but
from motives of pure agitation.
(Roosevelt spoke of relationships
using main force" to bring capi-
tai and man power together.")
j.. "Mr. Roosevelt bears sole respon-
sibility before the true interests of
the American people if, for his own
personal advantage and for the ad-
vantage of Jewish Wall Street
finance he takes a high and mighty
attitude and promotes hatred in
stead of appeasement between ma
tions."
q Officials Reluctant to Comment.
Officials in most capitals were re-
1uctant to comment in view of the
unstable European condition and
Prime Minister Chamberlain's i'm
minent visit to Premier Mussolini in
Rome. Newspaper comment in
cluded: w.
Germany-Marshall Goering's Ma
tional Aeitung of Essen, asserting
the breaking off of relations with
Germany was being discussed in
America, said that Mr.. Roosevelt's