PEACE MOVE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 December 1939, Page 6

PEACE MOVE

NOT CONSIDERED IMMINENT AMERICA’S ATTITUDE. 1 VACANT AMBASSADORSHIP IN BERLIN. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright NEW YORK. December 27. Tn spite of recent moves by President Roosevelt, it should not be assum-1 ed I hat a peace move is imminent. The first indication of such a move may be the filling of the vacant Ambassadorship in Berlin, which was vacated as a protest against, the November purges. Questioned about the prospect of an appointment to Berlin, the Presidential secretary, Mr Stephen Early, admitted that it would be logical to have an Ambassador if President Roosevelt were making a peace move, but the Washington correspondent of the “Now York Times" has at present no indication of such a move, though should conditions change generally, it is assumed that the President would throw his influence toward peace, perhaps in association with his Holiness the Pope. FOREIGN ACTIVITIES STRONG ACTION TO BE TAKEN IN U.S.A. CAMPAIGN TO END SUBVERSION. NEW YORK, December 28. Mr Murphy, of the Federal Department of Justice, announced that he will recommend deportation for convicted agents provocateurs and saboteurs if the Courts do not impose more suitable penalties. He added that a special Federal Grand Jury had been convened for January 2 to investigate the activities of foreign agents. He. said that prosecutions of Communist "higher-ups" were only a prelude to widespread activity to end subversion. A Washington message says that two Booking agents pleaded guilty and were fined 1000 and 500 dollars respectively. The corporation was fined 1000 dollars. The Federal Grand Jury indicted the Bookniga Corporation of New York and Moscow, publishing agents, on charges of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The corporation and three officials were accused of illegally acting as Soviet propagandists. Officials of the Justice Department said the case actually marked the start of a Federal campaign against spies. NEUTRALITY VIOLATIONS PROPOSAL TO PENALISE OFFENDERS. WASHINGTON. December 27. Representative Manns announces that he is introducing legislation in January penalising violators of United States neutrality by placing an embargo on sales of aircraft war materials, denying port privileges, requiring automatic imposition of penalties for illegal seizure of United States ships or unreasonable detention in foreign ports, removal of United States mail, seizure of imports intended for the United States or other violations of recognised international rights. SHIPPING SPACE SHORT GOODS AND WAR MATERIALS AWAITING SHIPMENT. NEW YORK, December 27. Facilities for foreign trade at Freeport are overtaxed, and 18.500,000 doli lars worth of war materials are stored awaiting shipment to Britain and France. All available space is booked for six months. Materials stored include 80 aeroplanes destined for England, and 3000 trucks for France. Planes destined for Australia and Sweden are expected shortly. .