Washington, June 4.
"The underlying strength of the world must consist in the moral fibre of her citizens," declared President Roosevelt in a message to meetings held in Great Britain and the United States today celebrating the first anniversary of the moral rearmament movement.
"A programme of moral rearmament," he added, "cannot fail to lessen the dangers of an armed conflict. Such a programme, to be most highly effective, must receive support on a worldwide basis.
The President's message was transmitted by radió-telephone from the National Assembly here to a meeting held in London, where the movement was launched in 1938 in celebration of the 60th birthday of Mr. Fraik Buchman, leader of the Oxford Group.—Reuter.
The next move, Reuter understands, is the finding of a formula to meet the Soviet condition that guarantees by Great Britain, France and Russia be given to the Baltic states, although the latter have made it plain that they do not desire guarantees by anyone on the ground that their safety lies in complete neutrality.
Other important points in M. Molotov's speech do not seem to present the same difficulty.
The conclusion of a purely defensive mutual assistance pact between the three countries is not questioned.
It is confidently expected that the form and extent of the immediate effective assistance to be given in the event of aggression on states other than France, Britain and Russia will be satisfactorily settled.
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