Foreign News: We Must Not Be Betrayed

Last week in Bermuda, three British delegates, three American delegates, and assorted advisers, censors and other assistants held the first of a series of international conferences initiated by President Roosevelt. Subject: refugees, and the plight of oppressed millions who yearn to escape from Nazi Europe. Announced accomplishments: none, as might have been expected of any such conference in wartime. The official explanation (by Richard Kidston Law, Britain's Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs):

"We must not be betrayed by our feelings of humanity and compassion into courses of action which might postpone the day of liberation."

What seemed probable was that Mr. Roosevelt had...

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