WASHINGTON The American steamship Iroquois appears to be crossing the Atlantic unharmed, after a Navy spokesman in Washington told reporters today that "no news is good news," the Associated Press reports.

ROME Benito Mussolini is ready to help Adolf Hitler's peace proposals if Britain and France show they are willing to negotiate, authoritative Italian sources said in Rome today, according to the Associated Press.

LONDON German flying boats attacked two British minesweepers in the North Sea this afternoon, the Admiralty announced in London today.

HELSINKI The Soviet Government has asked Finland to send a delegate to Moscow to discuss political and economic questions of mutual concern, Finland's foreign minister announced in Helsinki today, according to the Associated Press.

WASHINGTON President Roosevelt will not offer to mediate in the European war unless Britain and France ask him to, according to usually well-informed quarters in Washington today, the Associated Press reports.

PARIS French reconnaissance patrols were active overnight in the area southwest of Saarbrücken, the French general staff said in its morning communiqué today, according to the Associated Press.

WASHINGTON Senator Elbert Thomas of Utah urged the Senate on Friday to repeal the arms embargo, calling the neutrality bill domestic legislation meant to keep the United States out of war, according to the Congressional Record.

LONDON The bulk of the British Expeditionary Force has reached France without the loss of a single man or any of its equipment, according to an official statement issued through the British radio station at Rugby yesterday.

LONDON The British Government has described the peace proposals in Adolf Hitler's Reichstag speech as "vague and obscure" in their present form, in a statement issued in London last night.