"This is much if help can be speeded up sufficiently. But is it enough?
"It is quite true," the newspaper admitted, "that if the United States Geclared' war in her present ill-prepared condition, her effort might for some time not exceed what is now proposed. But the moral effect would be enormous and might go far to turn the tide in France.
Official circles, commenting on President Roosevelt's message to M. Reynaud, declared.
"It would seem hardly necessary to say that the President's generous response to the appeal made to him by M. Reynaud meets with the sincere gratitude of the British people.
"His explanation that this assurance carries with it no implication of military commitments and that only Congress can make such commitments, is fully understood sand appreciated here," the official quarters stated.
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