To Egypt; Speeding up Imports Washington, Apr. 12.
PRESIDENT Roosevelt has reopened the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea to American shipping.
In making this announcement at 'a press conference, the President said: that American vessels would, be permitted to go the whole way through the Red Sea to the Suez Canal, since Egypt was neutral.
The American Government, he said, would not explore the question of whether or not supplies consigned to a neutral might ultimately reach a belligerent.
'Amid the deep depression caused in Washington by. the news from the Balkans anc Libya, President Roose velt's announcement that American ships will soon be unloading war' material on Egyptian soil was most cheering.
There was a widely held hope that more such good news would follow very. shortly, From the manner_in which he has eliminated the Red Sea from the combat zones, it seems obvious that the President is anxious {o" proceed. wherever possible. who seeing: mecessty of going through Congress, irony to achieve the speed 'U.S.' Bases in Azores?
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