Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06
Roosevelt Victory
Greeted as Turninq
Tide for Democracy
japanese Spokesman Urges
Reorientution of Policy
Upon President
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The result of the United States
presidential election was welcomed
BY Britain and her empire today as
sign of a turning world tide
against totalitarianism, and it
evoked in totalitarian capitals what
amounted to collective $50 what?"
Japan alone of the big three total
1tarian bloc offered outright official
comment. Her Foreign Office spokes-
man said President Roosevelt should
make "reorientation of the United
States Far Eastern policy
one of the first tasks be-
cause Asiatic affairs present a diff
f1cult situation for the United
States"
Chinese saw in the tabulation of
votes for President Roosevelt a sign
of uninterrupted opposition to Jap
anese expansion in greater East
Asia, while most Filipinos and
Americans in the Philippine Islands
seemed pleased for the same reason.
OutWardly at least political cir
cles and authorized quarters in Ber-
lin and Rome professed to see no
more significance in the swing to
Mr.. Roosevelt than if it had been
toward Wendell l.. Willkie-an af-
f1rmation of their occasional pre-
election comments.
Germany "Bystander."
Official Germany was "an in
terested bystander," said authorized
quarters in Berlin, but I'VE especial
ly had an almost sportive interest
in the final squirt. Apparently Amer
lea expected bigger majority for
Roosevelt"
How Roosevelt will govern. how
he will make good his pledges to
women's and mems organizations
and Christian sects is a question of
time" they added, apparently re-
ferring to the Presidents commit
ment against United States entrance
into war except in case of attack.
1--WE cannot prognosticate. The
big participation in the elections in
Dictated how deeply the question of
keeping out of war stirred the
American people"
When one correspondent asked
whether there was any comment on
Mr.. WILKES allegation that the
President was heading for war these
sources said, I'VE can neither Judge
nor criticize Mr.. Wilkes campaign
slogans"
The Berlin Foreign Office took the
expressed view that there had been
little to choose between the two
candidates on foreign affairs.
One Fascist high in Italian DO
litical circles noted the anti-war
declarations of both candidates and
said: ut may be observed that cleo
ton statements have a special sig
nificanCe all their own" He went on
to say that the positions taken by
the two men could be considered as
rejecting the sentiments of the
mass Of American people.
Reelection Discounted.
Correspondents at Rome were told
Mr.. Roosevelt's reelection had been
regarded as certain and thus dis
counted in advance by Italian polit-
ical circles.
ITALY takes note of the American
peoples decision in the spirit of
objectivity and neutrality" an au-
thoritative Fascist said. 1--WE con-
slider ourselves outside the purely
domestic question Of an American
election.
American policy evidently will
remain the same and so will Italy's."
The British press, splashing the
election news in unprecedented
fashion, reflected the edge of prefer
ence the British had given to Mr..
Roosevelt as against his opponent
a preference which acknowledged
Mr.. Wilkes stand for continued aid
to Britain, but chung to the estab-
lished fact Of the incumbent's per-
Torrance.
1--WE know Roosevelt better than
the other candidate" was a typical
comment. Another: ct would be
ticklish business to change govern
ments right now"
British headlines: Roosevelt is
Safe Roosevelt Elected Again"
Roosevelt Victorious"
The London Evening Star heartily
welcomed the American decision"
adding:
Germany cannot mistake its i'm
plications. 1t is one of growing
number of signs that the tide is
setting against tyranny and will
finally enguf it,"
The London Evening News: Every
vote cast yesterday was vote
against Hitler. We ourselves
can be thankful the campaign is
ended. America will quicken her
stride again and without any of the
delays that might have come from
the sending of a new man to the
White House"
Commonwealth Jubilant.
Canada and other nations of the
commonwealth shared the mother
countrys jubilation. Among the
earliest comment from Ottawa was
that of a former Canadian high
commissioner to Great Britain, How
ard Ferguson, who said:
"If President Roosevelt had been
defeated it would have been inter-
preted by European states, particu-
larlv enemy states With their propa-
ganda, as a reputation of the strong
support he had given to the en-
pire."
In the British crown colony of
Hong Kong, nestled on the South
China coast and within Japan's
dreamed-o Asian realm, British and
Chinese alike found JOY in the cleo
ton result, although the Chinese