London, Jan. 6.
statement issued from No. 10 Downing Street, yesterday, with re~ /qard to President Roosevelt's message to Congress, declares:
"Nobody who is charged with the heavy responsibilities of Government could fail to be impressed by the Jsolemm words with which the President greeted the elected representatives of the American people.
"In, these islands, where there is so clear a realization that only hrough freedom and peace can we hope to maintain and develop for Jourselves, and those that come after us, the benefits for which we laboured. for generations, the sentiments expressed by the President will be wel-Jcomed as yet another indication of the vital role of American democracy in world affairs, and its devotion to the Ideal of an' ordered human prodiately, "Congress will have to bear. the responsibility for future events."
Returning to international affairs, the President said "significant events Jabroad have made it increasingly felear that dangers to the American people from within are less to be! feared than dangers from without.
This statement was believed aimed.
Jat undue emphasis in some quarters fon the threats of internal "radi-
The President stressed the identity. between Fascist dictatorships and disregard for international treaties.
"We have learned," the President] said, "that it is the God-fearing Jdemocracies of the world which ob-Jserve the sanctity of treaties and good faith in their dealings with other nations. And we have learned, that these democracies cannot be indifferent to international lawless Mess anywhere. They cannot forever let pass without effective protest the ads of aggression against sister, nations—aets which automatically undermine us all"—United Press,
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