BACK IN LONDON

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 34, 4 November 1929, Page 11

BACK IN LONDON

MR. MACDONALD WARMLY

WELCOMED PRESIDES AT CABINET MEETING (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Rec. November 2, 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, November 1. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald received a warm welcome when, looking fit and well, he arrived at Euston Station, London. He drove amid loud cheers to Downing Street, where later he presided at a Cabinet meeting. After the meeting he left for the official country residence, The Chequers. London, November 1. There were enthusiastic scenes at the welcome to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald at Euston Station, where Ministers had to fight to clear a way through the crowd. Mr. MacDonald said that he thought the mission to America in no way hostile to M. Briand’s conception of the United States of Europe. SATISFIED WITH VISITS BETTER UNDERSTANDING WITH AMERICA (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, November 1. The Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, arrived at Liverpool this morning, and after being greeted by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and the Earl of Derby, he left by special train for London. He issued the following statement to the Press: — “My visit to the United States and Canada has given me great satisfaction. I believe sincerely that my conversations with President Hoover and other American statesmen have brought our two peoples much closer together, and improved their mutual understanding. They have also, I am convinced, paved the way to a more effectual cooperation with other Powers in the maintenance of peace in the world. Strong in this conviction, I feel that thus far the purpose of my mission has been fulfilled, and that the way is now cleared for the next step.

“The exchange of views I had with Mr. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, both on the United States mission and on Imperial affairs, was also most advantageous and. timely. Throughout my visit I have endeavoured to voice what I believe to be the peaceful aspirations of the British people in all parts of the Empire, and I have met with nothing but a most welcome response.” The Prime Minister also expressed gratitude to the,British, American and Canadian Press, which had been almost uniformly helpful to the ends he had in view, and to others who had helped to facilitate the work of himself and his colleagues.