The Archive · 1939

Exact American Sympathies

New York, Feb. 5.

An article appearing in the "New York Herald Tribune," Republican erg revealed the tendencies prevailing among the Opposition in the sphere of the country's foreign policy.

"President Roosevelt's statement before the Senate Military Affairs Committee—as extraordinary as it seemed to appear—had the merit of expressing exactly American sym-palliies" the paper stated. "It expressed these sympathies so clearly that even the Nazis understood."

The journal asserted that the majority of opinion in the United States is as favourable now as it was in 1917 p a foreign policy sympathize ing with democracies.

However, the paper continued, the confusion provoked by the President's formulation of his statement was one of the best things which could have happened for Rome and Berlin, although President "Roosevelt in no way intended to serve the cause of dictatorships.—Havas.

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