Lima, Dec, 8, ON, tin 0%8 of the opening of the Pan-American Conference here tomorrow Mr. Cordell Hull, U.S. Secretary of State and Ichief of the United States delegation, warned the world that "any menace" to the peace of the western hemisphere would be the "utter concern" of every nation in the Americas. Mr. Hull then proceeded to outline a three-point programme designed to render more effective any measures taken to preserve -peace and unity among the American nations to make world peace secure, foster for the welfare of all the American peoples and to strengthen international law.
Last pre-conference developments today indicated that unwritten approval would be made of President Roosevelt's programme of American unity against foreign aggression.
Most delegations indicated that although they approved of the idea, their Governments would hesitate to "put anything in writing."
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