Regarded as of more direct importance was the statement recently made by Senator Gerald P. Nye, one of the original sponsors of the Neutrality Act. Senator Nye in his statement advocated that the Government lift the embargo imposed upon the shipment of arms to' Republican Spain under the Neutrality Act, and that it Sind means for the mandatory application of the law against Japan.
Further' evidence of probable Congressional attention to the neutrality problem was seen in an announcement made by Mr. Sam D. Reynolds. Chairman of the House of Represontatives Foreign Affairs Committee, in which "he said that the Foreign Affairs Committee would thoroughly discuss the subject of neutrality during the next session of Congress in the light of changed world conditions."—United Press. al ition of Act Sought U.S. to Aid Colombi:
Defences Washington, Nov. 26.
Translating into action President Roosevelt's plans for continental Jdefence, the Stale Department announced today that American military and naval missions will visit Colombia to aid the armed forces of that country.
The move is regarded particularly significant in view of the War Department's recommendations to Inetease defenses of the Panama Canal Zone. Colombia possesses im. mense strategic importance from the viewpoint of any foreign nation Jattempting to cripple the canal.
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