Commander of the American Legion, in a speech today warned against a "hysterical foreign policy" by the United States.
He pleaded for a "strict policy of neutrality. We can only make the world safe for Democracy if we establish a new practicability of Democratic ideals. We cannot make destiny for the other peoples of the world either by a declaration of force or an imperialistic policy."—United Press, Washington, Feb. 3.
Nine Republican members of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee issued a statement yesterday in which they "deplored and protested against the unneutral actions and secret methods of the President" in the sale of arms to France, The statement said that the Republicans did not object to the sale of aeroplanes to a nation to which the United States was diplomatically related, "but insist that such secret and unneutral acts entangle us in foreign and endanger the peace of y appealed to the President to present the facts to the American people, who, "irrespective of party, are being committed to a war programme through secret diplomacy." "They urged the President to uphold the traditional foreign policy of the United States—that of neutrality, non-intervention and peace.
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