"The question before the world," the President's note said, "is not a question of errors of judgment or injustices committed in the past. It is a question of the fate of the world today and tomorrow.
"The world asks the heads of nations in their supreme capacity to achieve the destinies of their nations without forcing upon them the price of mutilation and death for millions of their citizens."
Mr. Roosevelt's note emphasized that the Czech-German crisis should be settled pacifically. It said the alternative—a general war—is unjustified and unnecessary.
"In the light of the experience in this century, continued -negotiations remain the only way by which an immediate problem can be disposed of on a lasting basis," he said.
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