President Roosevelt's reply said the generous spirit" of Mr. " London's telegram "helps me to meet the prob-Jems which confront our country and. help foreig countries in troublous times. The pledge you gave at the Gridiron dinner last year carried Force because of the patriotic move which prompted it. The renewal of the pledge not only strengthens the hand of the Government, but gives all citizens ood example.
President Roosevelt was engaged to-day to hold. several conferences with Mr, Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, and Dr, C. T. Wang, Chinese Ambassador to Washington. The pur pose of the conferences was presumnably to review the situation in the Orient>—United Press.
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