REPLY TO ROOSEVELT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 1939, Page 6

REPLY TO ROOSEVELT

MADE VERY BELATEDLY ' BY HITLER I TREND OF AMERICAN OPINION. GERMANY THE AGGRESSOR. (Received This Day, 12.40 p.m.) WASHINGTON, September 1. Herr Hitler’e reply to President Roosevelt’s, peace appeals last week was delivered today, in third person, by the German Charge D'Affaires in a pole to Mr Cordell Hull. The text is: “By order of my Government, I wish to use your kind intermediary for the purpose of stating to President Roosevelt that his messages addressed to Herr Hitler were greatly appreciated by the latter. The Fuehrer, also, on his side, left nothing untried for the purpose of settling the dispute between Germany and Poland in a friendly manner. Even at the last hour the Fuehrer accepted an offer from Britain to mediate in the dispute. Owing to the attitude of Poland however, all these endeavours remained without result.”

Despite Herr Hitler’s reply to President Roosevelt asserting that the Fuehrer did everything in his power to produce a peaceful settlement, Americans generally are convinced that Germany and not Poland was the aggressor. Furthermore the issues are growing steadily clearer here and an increasing number of Americans now realise that the stakes involved in Europe will ultimately reach out to the United States. , The European situation brought a sharp market reaction. The New York Stock Exchange list experienced the widest decline snee January early in the day, but a rush to buy “war babies” in the last hour sent those issues soaring and caused the ticker to fall a minute behind. The boom in prime war commodities —sugar, wheat and copper —enlivened trading. Wheat and sugar rose to the limit of fluctuation permitted. Steels, coppers, chemicals and aviations cimbed one to seven points.

At Winnipeg, wheat futures jumped to the five cent allowable limit in the first moments of trading and remained there throughout the day. Sterling dropped sharply, closing at 4.26, compared with yesterday’s level of 4.34. President Roosevelt has arranged to address the nation over the three major radio networks at 10 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, on Sunday. His talk will probably be informative in character, and aimed at allaying any anxiety. It will outline conditions rather than contain a discussion of positive steps to be taken. GERMAN CHARGE ALLEGED AGGRESSION BY BRITAIN, (Received This Day, 12.45 p.m.) LONDON, September 1. The Berlin correspondent of the United Press of Amercia reports that the official agency, in a statement, accused Britain of aggression. The agency stated that the British Government “desires a European war,” and went on to say that Germany is prepared, if necessary, to wage a tenyear war against Britain. RAIDS ON WARSAW CITIZENS MAINTAIN CALM. (Received This Day, 9.40 a.m.) LONDONN, September 1. The Warsaw correspondent of the British United Press reports that a fourth air raid warning was sounded at 12.40 p.m., when citizens calmly and speedily sought shelter. Teh minutes later, heavy thuds of anti-aircraft guns were heard to the west. Apparently the air defences are, sufficient, because the raider or raiders were driven off before citizens heard the engines. The “all clear” sounded at 12.57 p.m.