MR HULL’S COMMENT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 November 1940, Page 5

MR HULL’S COMMENT

WAY CLEAR FOR PRACTICAL TEAMWORK. APPROVAL OF FOREIGN POLICY. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, November 7. The United States Secretary of State Mr. Cordell Hull, declaring that the electorate had given nation-wide approval of the Administration’s foreign policies, said: “The nation can go forward with the fullest measures of practical teamwork by the Government and the people in the firm continuance of those foreign policies.” OPINION ABROAD PRETENCE AT INDIFFERENCE IN GERMANY AND ITALY. LONDON, November 6. Foreign comment on the United States presidential election is most vocal in Japan, where the result is considered an endorsement of the country’s non-appeasement stand against Japanese claims. In the European Axis countries there is some pretence at indifference, though reports indicate that pessimism prevails concerning the chances of now ever gaining American goodwill. The German news agency says Germany regards the election of President Roosevelt as essentially a domestic affair not playing any role in determining the political attitude of the Reich. The Moscow wireless announced President Roosevelt's victory without comment.

The Swedish newspaper, “Dagens Nyheter” says that not much imagination is required to guess what the Italians and Gormans would have been told about the significance of the election if President Roosevelt had been defeated. Another newspaper, the “Allehanda,” says Germany is now expecting America to enter the war in the near future.

The Finnish newspaper. “Helsingen Sanomat,” says President Roosevelt’s re-election is noted with satisfaction by all nations wishing to live their own life undisturbed. JAPANESE PRESS VIEWS. The vernacular Press in Tokio editorially chorused that President Roosevelt's re-election would mean a more aggressive policy toward Japan. The “Yomiuri Shimbun” says: “President Roosevelt’s election has completely shut the way to improving Ja-panese-American relations, which calls for a new resolution by the Japanese nation.” The “Kokumin Shimbun,” asserting that the “war party” won the election, says, “Japan, as well as the European Axis Powers, must immediately plan a strategy for tomorrow, Japan so far has striven for peace and pursued a non-resistance policy to the United States’ continuously challenging measures. However, after this such a policy is no longer necessary or possible.”

The “Niehl Niehl Shimbun” says the Roosevelt Administration would continue to intensify its unreserved assistance to Britain and “eventually drag America into the war, like Wilson. Japan is absolutely determined to remove any American assistance to Chungking, whatever move the United States may take.”