The United States, it was evident, will continue to distrust the political and economic intentions of the Nazi-Fascist bloc toward South America. "The Administration is expected to seek a more elastic neutrality act to enable potentially greater aid to the Democracies of Europe in the event of a general war.
Washington officials, it was indicated, will continue to be apprehensive ót Japanese connections with the Rome-Berlin axis until there are more definite signs of European appeasement. Official quarters said Chancellor Hitler's speech froze the international barometer "just above the hurricane point,"
"Whether it moves up or down," one official said, "depends on acts more than words." He indicated Poland was the immediate danger point.
—United Press,
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