FOREIGN RELATIONS: An Ally Against Japan

U.S. citizens who wondered what was happening in the U.S.-Japanese crisis found out this week when Britain's Prime Minister took to the air Sunday. Said Winston Churchill:

"The United States are laboring with infinite patience to arrive at a fair and amicable settlement which will give Japan the utmost reassurance for her legitimate interests. We earnestly hope these negotiations will succeed. But this I must say: That if these hopes should fail we shall, of course, range ourselves unhesitatingly at the side of the United States. . . .

"For five long...

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