Washington, July 8.
Congress to agree to an arrangement to allow this exchange, In addition, President Roosevelt said he was communicating with the Governments of all other nations in the HE arrival of United States naval forces in Iceland was Western Hemisphere on the United States Government's action, announced by President Roosevelt in a special message to It Is the announced polley of the Congress yesterday.
These forces, he said, would supplement, and Government of the United States, eventually replace, the British forces now stationed there.
The President Roosevelt told Mr, Jonasson, President stated that the United States could not permit the "to undertake to Join with other nations of the Western Hemisphere "occupation by Germany of strategic outposts in the Atlantic to for the defence of the new world be used as it or naval bases for an eventual attack against the against any attempt at aggression, In Western Hemisphere, the opinion of this Government it is essential that the integrity and inde-He emphasized, however, that the In his message to President Roosependence of Iceland be presolved, United States did not desire to see velt, Iceland's Prime Minister, Her-because of the fact that any occupa-any change in the present sovereignty mann Jonasson, stated that on June 24 tion of Teeland by a power whose only of these regions, the British Minister explained to him President Roosevelt told Congress that the British forces on Iceland too clearly apparent plans for world conquest include the domination of that the German occupation of Tce~ were required elsewhere. At the the peoples of the new world, would land would constitute a serious ¢hreat same time it was stated that adequate (inst Greenland and the north defence of the island was of immense at once directly menace the security portion of the American continent, of the entire Western" Hemisphere, importance, and that President Roose.
IL is for that reason that, in response including the islands lying off it; a velt was prepared to send to your message, the Government of threat against all shipping in the United States troops immediately to the United States will immediately Atlantic; a threat against the steady supplement and replace the British send troops to supplement, and event-flow of munitions to Britain, which is a matter of broad policy clearly ap-Mr. Jonasson said hig was informed ually replace, British forces there,"—proved by Congress," that President Roosevelt did not con-'There is no indication just what sider he could take this course except naval forces have reached Iceland, at the invitation of the Iceland Gov-or whether they would be supplement. This invitation had according-Australian Sloop Shoots mented by troops. Nor did President ly been issued upon eight condi.
Down Dive-Bombers Roosevelt indicate whether similar action might be taken against other Sydney, July 8,
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