Observers. believed the American note to Germany and Italy was suficiently broad to include Canada, a British Dominion, and Greenland, a Danish possession, as areas whose transfer to Germany or Italy would not be recognized by the United States.
President Roosevelt, it, was recalled, extended the Monroe Doctrine to Canada in a speech almost two years ago.
"While Britain, France and the Netherlands all have numerous possessions in the Western Hemisphere, the fact that France alone is engaged in preliminary peace negotiations was re garded as indicating that this nation's immediate concern is centred on the French territories, French territories in the Hemisphere include important is off the coast of Newfoundland, Fr Guiana and several of the Windward Islands.
The State Department spokesman laid not indicate last night whether the United States expected a reply to its Notes to Germany and Italy. Some officials believed, however, that an official acknowledgment might be forthcoming from one or both of the Totalitarian Powers.—United Press.
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