London, Sept. 26. The eleventh-hour initiative by President Roosevelt may perhaps avert European war, well-informed circles here stated.
It was officially declared that the French and British Governments immediately "replied to President Roosevelt's message, expressing their entire agreement.
It is believed that these replies may bring a further initiative from the American President.
President' Roosevelt's message caused a sensation here and was reproduced in all noon papers-in banner headlines.
Considerable impression was made by the passage in which the President said that "no nation can escape in some measure the consequences of such "a world catastrophe," which is interpreted as an indication that th United States could not remain completely disinterested, while later on material assistance from the United States may be expected.
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