Evening star., 1940-05-27
Embassy Warned
OF Move To Draw
j. ). Into War
British, Denying Charge,
Declare It Is Usual
Nozi Policy
~ the Associated Press,

kozi Policy
~ the Associated Press.
BERLIN, May 27.-"A most serious
warning" has been given the United
States Embassy repeatedly in the
past two days that the Allies either
planned or already had carried out
criminal attempt" on the Amer
ican liner President Roosevelt,
authorized sources disclosed today.
The President Roosevelt is en-
route to Ireland to bring Americans
home.
The German sources said the
warnings had been addressed to
Alexander G. Kirk, Charge DAT
faires Of the United States EN-
bassy.
The Embassy announced it had re-
ceived no communications whatever
respecting the S. S. Roosevelt ex-
cept formal message acknowledge
ing United States note advising the
German government of the ships
sailing.
Notice Acknowledged.
(Both Britain and Germany
acknowledged receipt of an Amer
ican notice that the President
Roosevelt is going to Ireland.
Joseph p. Kennedy, United States
Ambassador to Loadon, reported
to the State Department that the
British foreign Office had as
sured him that the refugee ship
will not be hindered in any way
50 far as it is concerned.
(The German foreign Office
said it "had not failed to inform
the appropriate domestic authori-
ties of the contents Of the Ameri-
can note, the State Department
was informed by Mr.. Kirk.
Estate Department officials said
they knew nothing about Ger
man warnings that the President
Roosevelt might be attacked by
the British except what had ap-
peared in newspaper dispatches
from Berlin.)
Routine Reply.
Officials said the note to Germany
and other belligerents that the ship
was sailing to pick up refugees was
dated May % and was answered the
next day by the Reich, which said
merely that it had been referred to
proper authorities.
They said they read in German
papers that Germany would soon
make public evidence of her efforts
to inform America of an alleged
British plan to sink the President
Roosevelt but, to the best of their
knowledge, nothing of such nature
had been delivered to the embassy.
Say Evidence Piles Up.
evidence keeps accumulating
more and more and hour by hour"
the German sources said, that some
sort of manipulation is planned re-
garding the refugee ship in the hope
thereby of drawing the United
States into the war.
I'VE hope within few days, pos
sibly tomorrow, to lay before you
concrete facts on just how we
warned the American Embassy"
"You will then realize with what
extreme care and earnestness we
pointed out all the circumstances
confirming our suspicion of a
planned attempt on the S. S. Presi-
dent Roosevelt"
DNB, official German news agency,
also charged today that the liner
may be subjected to attack by the
British in trick to involve the
United States in war" 1t said its
information, contained in a dispatch
from Boston, was obtained ION good
authority"
German naval authorities last Oc-
tober warned President Roosevelt
they had learned the British in
tended to sink the liner Iroquois and
then blame Germany. The ship
reached New York without incident.
Warns Against New Incident.
The authoritative commentary
Dienst aus Deutschland, while de-
claring the German Navy was tax
ing special precautions to assure the
President Roosevelt safe crossing,
warned the world against another
Athena incident"
Since the sinking of the British
liner Athena with the loss of 112
lives on the opening day of the war,
German sources have contended this
was a British maneuver to agitate
United States sentiment against
Germany.
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