London, Jan. 6.
A statement issued from No. 10 Downing Street, yesterday, with regard 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 solemn words with which the President greeted the elected representatives of the American people.
"In these islands, where there is clear a realization that only through freedom and peace can we hope to maintain and develop for ourselves, and those thet come afier us, the benefits for which we laboured for generations, the sentiments expressed by the President will be welcomed as yet another indication of the vital role of American democracy in world affairs, and its devotion to the ideal of an ordered human progress."—Reuter.
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