The Voice of President Roosevelt
President Roosevelt's address to the Pan-American Union in Washington was an unqualified denunciation of the policy and actions of the Nazi regime, though he did not mention the name of Germany. He contrasted the peaceful relations which exist between the nations of the American Continent with the condition in Europe under the influence of " hysterical outcries or violent movements of troops." What happens in the Old World, he said, directly and power- fully affects the well-being of the new, and the Western hemisphere must be " prepared to meet force with force if the challenge is ever made." His views were wholeheartedly approved by the representatives of the other nations of North and South America. On the mind of the average American German propaganda, inspired by hate and so patently subsisting on lies, has had the opposite effect of what its authors intended. In praising the exploits of the British fleet M. Reynaud said that in destroying a great part of the German Navy it had also exploded the propaganda which attempted to belittle the part played by the British fighting forces. In countries controlled by Germany the realities of the conflict may be obscured. But in America and all the outside world events have spoken for themselves and made a deeper impression than any propaganda.
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