The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-30
GERMANY REVEALS
PAPERS CLAIMING
U. S. PART IN WAR
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1885 memorandum of Anthony Eden,
the British statesman, on a CONVEX
sation with Marshal Pilsudski Of 70.
land.
The documents, in the main, COW
cred the period leading up to the
March 81, 1889 Allied pledge of aid
to Poland in case she we're attack.
ed, and extended some months there
after. Mostly they constituted secret
reports from the Polish diplomatic
ENJOYS to the then Polish foreign
secretary, Col. Joseph Beck.
president Roosevelt, 1 Wash
ington, told newspapermen in re.
Spouse to questions about the docu-
ments that all European propaganda
should be taken with three grains
of salt.
Secretary Hull said the state de-
partment gave not 1.-THE slightest
credence'' to documents released in
Berlin.
1.-THE statements alleged" said the
secretary of state. have not repre-
scented at any time the thought or
the policy Of the American govern
ment.")
There vas immediate conjecture
in Berlin diplomatic circles. as to
whether the substance of this third
German white book" had been re.
vealed to Sumner Welles, President
here.
Implied Reply?
There also was speculation as to
whether the documents were releas.
ed as an implied answer to Mr..
Roosevelt's speech of March 16,
when he said the world must seek
a moral basis" for peace.
At any rate, the National Zeitung,
which is close to Field Marshal Her
mann Goering, said tonight: Ger
many now is laying on the table
proof of war guilt of the western
powers, as well as their open and
secret SCOOSeS.
The newspaper described the white
book" (the third Of the war from
Germany as a world sensation, be.
cause "all those men of prominence
and official position who belong to
the enemy camp and who can claim
for themselves to have involved the
world in this war, through careful
ly prepared acts, figure in it.
ESPECIALLY noteworthy in. this
connection is the fateful role which
American diplomats, especially those
stationed in the most important
posts in Europe, assumed. There can
be no doubt after taking c%ognizance
of these Polish documents that
these American representatives used
all their influence, the strength OF
which they knew p~onderously how
to underscore, to aggravate the at
nosphere in Europe"
Appeasement Appeased
The Recommendation attributes to
American diplomacy and especially
to Bullitt, opposition to any appease-
ment of the totalitarian states by
Great Britain, through compromise.
One bright note in the 48 pages
of a~mbassadorial reports is a quota.
ton attributed to Kennedy in which
he describes Mr.. Roosevelt's conf.
dence in Kennedy's oldest son.,
Joseph, Jr.
"You can't imagine to what extent
my oldest boy, who recently was in
Poland, has the a of the Presi.
dent" the Polish commercial attache
in London allegedly quoted Amhas.
sador Kennedy Is saying. Il would
say the President believes him more
than he does me-possibly because
Joe presents his case with such con-
viction and enthusiasm
After giving out the documents,
German officials said there would
be more-later. This is just the
first of a series which will speak for
ITSELF" they said.
Excerpts from the documents, as
handed out:
Paper labelled confidential report
by Count jerry Potocki, Polish am.
bassador in Washington, dated Nov.
1, 1898:
"Bullitt's reports to President
Roosevelt and the state department
are always studied with attention.
"Bullitt spoke with the greatest
vehemence and strong hatred of Ger
many and Chancellor Hitler. He
pointed that only trength applied at
the close of a war could In the future
put an end to Germany's mad ex-
p%ansion. To my question how he
viewed the coming war, he replied
that the United States, France and
Britain must arm up tremendously
in order to defy German powers"
POtOcki Report
Report represented as one from
Potocki dated Washington, Jan. u,
1889, asserting hatred of fascism is
growing in the United States, incit-
ed by Jewish propaganda which the
document says controls radio, press,
films and magazines nearly 100 per
cent:
president Roosevelt was first to
give expression to this hatred for
fascism. He thereby pursued a two
fold object: first, he wanted to dis
tract attention of the American pub
lie from difficult and complicated
domestic problems, especially be-
tween capital and labor; second, by
conjuring up a war pyschosis and
conjuring up war danger in Europe,