Moscow, Oct. 27.
The Soviet press, which approved the partitioning of Poland by the German and Red armies, yesterday bitterly attacked the proposed revision of the American Neutrality Act so as to permit shipments of American war supplies to belligerent nations.
The Red press accuses American The Senate yesterday approved a compromise amendment to the neutrality bill under which foreign merchant ships found guilty of using the American flag as a ruse to avoid submarine attacks would be penalized by denial of entry into United States ports or territorial waters for a period of three months.
The compromise amendment was introduced by Senator Alben Barkley, Majority Leader, after the Senate had rejected the Tobey Amendment following a heated "debate, This amendment, introduced by Senator Charles W. Tobey, New Hampshire Republican, would have provided that foreign ships illegally using the American flag would be subject to seizure in American ports and their captains subject to imprisonment.
At the outset, Sir Samuel referred Ti nations manufacturers of instigate to the divisions that had made~so ing the European war. difficult the task of establishing a "The gigantic American industrial responsible government at the centre machine," said the "Red Star," organ in India. So long as they existed, he of the Red Army, "is now in war said, it was impossible for the Gov-service. Efforts to silence the Comernment to accept the demand for munist Party in the United States by immediate full responsibility at the the arrest of Mr. Earl Browder, Com-centre on a particular date, If they munist leader in America, is evidence did so, the Lord Privy Seal continued, of a policy of American reaction." they would be false to the pledges The "Pravda" printed a cartoon given time after time in the most depicting the repeal of the arms solemn words to Moslems, other embargo provisions of the Neutrality minorities and the European com: Act as being the signal for American munity. munitions manufacturers to start a Discussing the alternative of non-ace to the European front.—United ce-operation, under which, the Indi
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