"HANDS OFF" IN EUROPE

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22512, 21 September 1938, Page 11

"HANDS OFF" IN EUROPE

AMERICAN SENATORS WARNING MR BORAH'S REPROOF TO M. BLUM FRENCH URGED TO STAND BY

TREATY

(trfllTßD PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYTUGHT.)

(Received September 20, 9.30 p.m.)

WASHINGTON, September 20.

Issuing a warning against propaganda to secure American intervention, Senator W. E. Borah bluntly characterised the reported French and British capitulation as extraordinary, but emphasised that "it isn't our affair."

The statement "came shortly after several developments at the Capitol had indicated a possible extension and strengthening of the neutrality provisions, and adherence to the "hands off European affairs" tradition.

Mr Borah said of the reported request of M. Blum's to Mr Roosevelt to intercede: "It would have been more in harmony with French honour had M. Blum given attention to the fact that France has a solemn j treaty with Czechoslovakia to aid her. Instead of advising the United States on her duty, M. Blum should have advised his own people courageously to stand by their treaty. The suggestion really means that the United States should furnish the money and men in case of war. Mr Roosevelt and Mr Cordell Hull have ignored M. Blum's suggestion. State Department officials hastened to explain that such requests were not considered official. So far no foreign government has asked the United States for advice or collaboration. „ , The latest edition of the "New York Times" states: "The terms on which the British and French Governments are reported to have agreed constitute so complete a surrender that liberal opinion everywhere will prefer to regard them as incredible until they are confirmed or explained in official statements." The newspaper adds: "It seems that there were and are other alternatives than" capitulation to a thi-eat of force so complete as to establish the rule of force henceforward as the dominant factor in international relations."

POWERFUL NAVY

URGED

RIGID NEUTRALITY NEEDED IN AMERICA"

(Received September 20, 11 p.m

LOS ANGELES, September 19. Addressing the American Legion convention, Senator D. I. Walsh advocated the United States building up the world's most powerful navy. He said that the most striking lesson from the present war spirit was that weakness entourages aggression. He added that the navy must be backed by rigid neutrality completely suspending trade with all belligerents. "Meddling with Europe's explosive rivalries," he said, "is inviting disaster. We have no preordained mandate to police the world." . NO HYSTERIA IN GERMANY WARLIKE PREPARATIONS CONTINUE HERR HENLEIN STILL IN HIDING BERLIN, September 19.

Notwithstanding the unremitting campaign of hate against the Czechs by the German press, there is no sign of any wave of hysteria among Germans generally. There is not even a guard at the Czech Legation or travel bureau. * '

Germany is continuing to . move men and material to the frontier. Many are going east towards Austria. , The Berlin correspondent of the British United Press states that warlike preparations towards the Czech border continue. The roads are jammed with military transports. Train loads of guns and bodies of troops are reported to be moving towards the border. Foreigners continue to leave Germany in numbers. Some have been residents for years. One Embassy has listed all nationals to leave on a diplomatic train in the event of a crisis. '

Herr Henlein's whereabouts are still a closely guarded secret, but he is believed to be in the-vicinity of Selb in Bavaria. A Sudeten official at Selb stated that the Sudeten "Free Corps" would continue its attacks on the Czechosloyakian frontier. It had been decided to limit the corps to four divisions of 10,000 men each. Herr Henlein- would be in supreme command.

An announcement from the headquarters of the . Sudeten "Free Corps" states: "Preparations are complete, and action can begin." A large Sudeten rally will be held in Dresden to-night. The Sudeten refugees, who now total 100.000, are distributed among 53 camps in Saxony. Impartial foreign circles, however, regard this figure as much exaggerated.

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