Washington, Sept, 16 President Roosevelt will receive press representatives today and. for "reasons of international order" will not make his speech at Poughkeepsie tomorrow.
The American Cabinet will meet crisis, here today to confer on the European
Well-informed circles' here are somewhat pessimistic and fear Herr Henlein's proclamation demanding an anschluss, may mean that peace will bbe at the price of the destruction of Czech national unity.
Observers here note, however, th the current of public opinion animous in the—bellef that Mr. Chamberlain's visit to Berchtesgaden was an extremely courageous step.
Well-informed circles termed completely without foundation the reports announcing that after con-Merring swith Mr, Hull, President Roosevelt decided morally to support Mr. Chamberlain in a public statement. No initiative will be taken by the President at least until the results of the Berchtesgaden talks are made known, Commenting on the Tokyg Gai musha statement that Japan wilt join forees with Italy and Germany in eventual coniliet, in accordance with the anti-Comintern pact, ancial circles here stated that Japan merel wished to draw attention to herself.
The American Navy, in any ease, is ready for any eventuality and can speedily reach Hawaii in the event of a convict, Ofvelal citoles are becoming more and more tight-lipped, this attitude being attributed to the fears tht Dressure may be exerted upon Prague to sacrifice its national unity, which would react on American opinion in the same way as the anschluss or the Ethiopian conquest, and to the results of the primary' elections of the Democratic Parly which favour ed the Isolationists to the detriment of the President's partisans, such the victory of Senator Tydings, ai isolationist, in Maryland—Havas,
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