The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-21
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WASHINGTON, June 21-(R)
Sumner Welles, under secre.
tary of state, announced today
that he had transmitted to the
German government q copy Of
President Roosevelt's message to
Congress branding the sinking of
the s. S. Robin Moor "the act of
an international outlaw"
NOTE ATTACHED
The message was sent to Hans
Thomson, German charge DAT
flares, along with note which
said:
81 am directed by the Presi-
dent of the United States to
transmit to you herewith, for the
information of your government.
a copy of message addressed
today by the President to the
Congress of the United States.
accept, sir, the renewed as
surances of my high considera.
ton.
A strong note demanding that
Germany make full reparations
for the sinking was expected to
follow. Welles told reporters that
this demand would be made as
soon as the proper compensation
had been decided upon.
It was considered foregone
conclusion that this nations Of
fetal representations would in
clude q direct warning against
any further molestation of
American shipping.
The president in his message
interpreted the sinking as "a
warning that the United States
may use the high seas of the
world only with Nazi consent"
To yield to such control, he as
serted, would mean that 1--WE
would inevitably submit to
world domination at the hands
of the present leaders of the
German Reich"
WILL NOT YIELD
1--WE are not yielding and we
do not propose to yield" he con-
cluded.
The president withheld any
indication Of the means which
would be used to make this
forceful declaration effective. In
this, he adhered to his estab-
lished policy of keeping the Axis
leaders guessing.
Speculation here conferred on
the possibility that the Navy
might receive orders to police
the waters sailed by American
ships, giving them any protec-
ton necessary. Some thought
the Atlantic patrol might be in,
structed to take direct action
against any German submarine
encountered.
In general, the idea of arm
ing merchant ships was dis
The speed, mobility
and firepower of raiders - sur
face, submarine and aerial -
h ave increased significantly
since World War days when gun
crews were placed aboard mer-
chant ships.
BACKS PRESIDENT
Congressional comments on
the message varied from Senator
Byrnes' (D-SC) II heartily sub
scribe to the view of the presi-
dent2 to Rep. Knudson's (R-
Characterization of 1t as
n curtain raiser for q declara-
ton of war"
Some quarters here believed
that in the event Germany re-
jected the u. S. protest, the pres
ident's message would furnish
the groundwork for some de-
cisive action. And there were
few, if any, who felt that the
Reich, in view of its previous at
titude toward the episode, would
to the demand for repara-
tons.
Three years ago, however, the
United States obtained $2,214,-
O07 in PREPARATIONS from Japan
for the sinking of the u. S.
gunboat Panay and for attend
ant damage to other American
along the Yangtze river
in China. The claim was paid
a little over four months after
the Panay and three Standard
Oil Vessels were bombed Dec.
IL, 1897.
SUNK BY U-BOAT
The Robin Moor, out of New
York for South African ports,
was sunk May FL by - Mr..
Roosevelt declared positively -
a German submarine.
THE total disregard shown for
the most elementary principles
of international law and of hui
manity brands the sinking of the
Moor as the act of an in
ternational outlaw" the chief
declared. The fact
that passengers and crew mem
bers were picked up later by
friendly vessels did not, he said,
lessen the brutality of casting
the boats adrift in midocean."
Senator Pepper (D-Fla), a
member of the foreign relations