The Archive · 1939

Land Observation

London, Apr. 9. London welcomed with satisfaction the statement made yesterday by US. State Secretary, Mr. Cordell Hull, when he condemned the Italian in-lieved to be expressing" Chief the Executive's own opinion.

According to the White House and the State Department, the whole world is veering rapidly towards a conflict between the two irreconeilable economic systems of the Democratic and the Totalitarian countries.

In presenting the problem under the guise of economics, the White House spokesman, it was believed, wished to show the American people that the threat so often pointed out by the President and the Secretary State, Mr. Cordell Hull, is actually approaching. This threat may soon imperil the United States' economic and social systems, it was stated.

Italy's invasion of Albania is no isolated incident but a new stage of great import in the general trend of autarchic policies, the same source concluded.—Havas. vasion of Albania.—Havas.

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