HE first reaction. to President Tokyo, May 28. Roosevelt's speech terms it "one more step toward war.
Newspapers are inclined to exaggerate the declaration of national' emergency in the United States as "dictatorship."
The general impression in Japan is that President Roosevelt still desires to avoid an open conflict while increasing all aid short of war.
Although his address was given first play in all papers, news of the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck was very prominently displayed. Vernacular repotts strive to point out that the Bismarck was grossly outnumbered and that the Nazis still have two similar warships, but the speedy revenge for the sinking of the British battle-cruiser Hood has undoubtedly been effective.
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