No Peace Move Imminent

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 307, 29 December 1939, Page 7

No Peace Move Imminent

Roosevelt Content to Wait COLLABORATION WITH VATICAN United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Thursday, 9.20 p.m. NEW YORK, Dec. 27. Despite the recent moves by President Roosovclt it should not be assumed that a peace move is imminent. The first indication of such a move (which was dis- , cussed by Mr, Arthur Krock in un earlier dispatch published yesterday) may bo the filling of the vacant Arnbas- 1 sadorship in Berlin which Mr. Wilson vacated as a protest against the November purges. Questioned on the prospect of an appointment to Berlin, the Presidential secretary (Mr. Stephen Early) admitted it would bo logical to have an Ambassador if President Roosevelt were making a peace move, but the Washington correspondent of the New York Times says that at present there is no indication of such a move, although should conditions change it is generally assumed the President would throw his influence towards peace, perhaps in association with his Holiness. The eorrospondont adds: “It was presumably to learn the implications of Mr. Myron Taylor’s appointment to the Vatican that Lord Lothian (British Ambassador) conferred with Mr. Cordell Hull to-day. After conferring with President Roosevelt, Rev. Dr. .Buttrick and Rabbi Adler declared that all are in agreement and available for further conferences, which is regarded as further evidence that a peace move is not planned. ”