Berlin, Mar. 5. __A reply to fears expressed to him in Berlin in regard to what guarantee there was that "your armaments will not be used later for a deliberate attack against Germany" was made by the British Ambassador, Sir Nevile Henderson, in the course of a speech at a dinner given in his honour by the newly-formed German-English Society last night.
The Ambassador referred to the statement made by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, in the House of Commons, that British armaments were for defence alone. He also referred to the declaration made by the British Foreign Secretary, Lord Halifax, in the House of Lords, that no party or statesman in England vould for a moment contemplate an aggressive war, or could ever get support for such a policy.
Every British party, statesman and private individual, the British Ambassador added, would in self-defence always be compelled to resist forcibly any threat to their own independence or to their vital interests Sir Nevile Henderson referred to Herr Hitler's remark on January 30, that Anglo-German ce-operation would be fortunate for the whole world, and to Mr. Neville Chamberlain's reference to that remark in his speech at Blackburn on February 22, when the British Prime Minister agreed with the German leader.
He could think of nothing, the British Ambassador continued, which would conduce more greatly to the establishment. of world peace. Sir Nevile Henderson concluded by urging his hearers to work together for realization of "this high endeavour."—Reuter. bate n under the Public Secur-"Nanking Govern-
"Today," spiel the President," with many other Democracies, the United States will give no encouragement to the belief that our processes of Government are worn out or that we approvingly watch the return of forms of Government which 2,000 years ago proved their tyranny and inability President Roosevelt spoke in the House of Representatives Chamber which was crowded with Congressmen, Supreme Court Justices, members of the Cabinet, diplomatic retatives and high Army and jaw officials, Preceding the President's address, short speeches were delivered by Mr. William B. Bankhead, Speaker of the House, Mr. Key Pittman, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Comand Chief Justice Hughes. The Speech was believed to have the first ever delivered before by a presiding officer of the Court.
Chief Justice Hughes paid high to constitutional safeguards of individual freedom and warned inst "abuses which are threatened
h rds, he said, "would be gusts Encinas te and prejudice.' destroyed by misguided zeal which threatened the basic interests of Democracy, The Differences Mr. Roosevelt said there is a "vast chasm between our representative Democracy and those reversions to personal rule which have characterized recent years." The major differences, he said, were that' the Democratic principle affords "free choice by the body politic" and freedom is guaranteed under the Bill of Rights in the Constitution.
Freedom of religion," the President said. "That is the essential of the rights of mankind everywhere and goes back also to the origins of representative Government. Where Democracy is snuffed out, there also the worship of God in one's own way is circumscribed or abrogated.
"Shall we, by passiveness and silence, by' assuming the attitude of the Levite who pulled his skirts together and passed to the other side, lend encouragement to those who today persecute religion or deny it?
'The answer is 'No', just as in the first days of the United States Congress 150 years ago it was 'No'."—United Press.
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