Washington, Jan. 3.
SHARP contrast between the conditions prevailing in the!
world in the early part of 1933 and those existing to-day was drawn by President Roosevelt in the annual message to Congress to-night. Speaking before both houses of Congress in joint session, the President recalled his inauguration speech on March 4, 1933.
The crisis at that moment," he declared, "was almost! exclusively national.
The world picture was the image of sub: stantial pence, and gave a reasonable expectation that the barriers to mutual confidence and increased trade could be removed."
Since then, the President asserted, a good neighbour" policy' had come to prevail in the western hemisphere. But, as to the, rest of the world, he said, "Ah, 1 here is the rub, Since the summer of the year 1933, the temper and purposes of the rulers of many great populations of Europe and Asia have not pointed the way to either peace or good-will_among men."
Expressing his alarm in unmistakeable terms, President. Roosevelt declared, "The point has been reached where the people! of the Americas must take coni: izance of the growing ill-will and the marked trends toward aggression, of increasing armaments and shortening tempers—a situation having many elements that may lead to the tragedy of a general war."
Mi iny nations, said the President, it? lot alone, would be content to solve their problems peacefully, but their rulers must be vigilant against attack Spy the rulers of other peoples who all to subscribe to the principles of bettering the human race by peaceful The peoples of such nations, Mr. Roosevelt declared, "blindly. follow their loaders seeking autocratic pow-'The nations seeking expansion, Seeking to rectify the injustices of former wars, or socking outlets for trade and population fall to demonstrate patience, sentiments would find sympathy. in nations desiring peace but which had been forced 10 align themselves with the "Jockeying. tactics. characteristic of European and Asiatic relations today."
'Ninoty per cent, of the world's population, said the President, is con. tent with' present boundaries and willing to reduce armaments. Ten per cent. of the populations of the] Wworld, ne declared, was forcing the rearmament of nations, "That is why even the efforts to continue the ex-Teting mits of naval armaments show The President said that the United States policy" Was consistent in. the expression of the desire to limit armaments and peacefully to solve! disputes by moral force and oppose} the repressions exercised by auto at that it war inevitable, both North and South American nations must maintain & well-ordered neutrality, main~ their nations to return "Evidence proves," he said, "that autocracy" endangers peace. Such threats do nol spring from nations devoted to democratic ideals."
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