Washington, Nov. 7.
Hopes of the League of Nations members that the United States would immediately join in the position of an embargo on iron, steel, coal and oil destined for Italy were apparently crushed to-day.
The Administration, it was me Jéicated, plans to continue the present embargo on munitions shipments to both Italy and Ethiopia, but will use Jonly moral force to discourage trad-jing in commodities, and will not tempt to widen the embargo under the existing Neutrality Act, which Jexpires on February 29," 1936, United Press.
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