AMERICAN EMBARGO
POSITION OF CANADA SUPPLIES OF MUNITIONS BACK DOOR not possible (Elec. Tel. Copyright —United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 7. 2.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 6. While it is believed in the United States that Canada will declare war when Parliament meets on Thursday, the New York Times’ Ottawa correspondent suggested to-day that Canada’s failure to make a formal declaration might be designed to exempt her from the United States' Neutrality Act, thus enabling Canada to play an important role as a backdoor thiough which arms from the United States might reach Germany’s enemies. On contrary, however, it was believed that such a loophole could be closed by the United States prohibiting the sale of arms to a country suspected of re-exporting to belligerents. A Washington report states that the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Huh, clarified the important point concerning the possible relationship of ohe abstention of Canada from a declaration of war and the re-export of American war supplies from Canada to the Allies. He said that even if Canada did not declare war embargoed war supplies could not be sent to Canada from the United States.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20037, 8 September 1939, Page 7
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190AMERICAN EMBARGO Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20037, 8 September 1939, Page 7
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