Washington, Apr. 15.
The fact that the list of countries mentioned in President Roosevelt's message omits Danzig is considered to be significant in view of the despatches from Berlin that Herr Hitler is likely to seize Danzig next week.
Mr. Alexander C. Kirk, the United States Charge d'Affairs in Moscow, has been ordered to Berlin to replace the late Mr. Prentis Gilbert, former Counsellor of the American Embass; in Berlin.
There is no indication that Mr.
Hugh R. Wilson, the American Ambassador to Germany, will return to Berlin until German-American relations improve.
Although President Roosevelt's message takes into account the fact that Czechoslovakia. Austria. Albania and Ethiopia are swallowed up. it does not imply diplomatic recognition of the conquest of those territories.
Dr. Hu Shih, the Chinese Ambassador in Washington, called on the State Department today and is reported to have enquired why China was excluded from the list of nations whose integrity President Roosevelt proposes should be guaranteed.
A conciliatory reply was given, the precise nature of which has not been revealed—Reuter.
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