MIXED RECEPTION
SENATORS DISPLEASED
BARRING FREEDOM OF SEAS
(Received 13th November, noon.)
WASHINGTON, 12th November. The United Press correspondent states that President Hoover's proposal to except food ships from contraband of war has been received with mixed sentiments in the Senate, for while the President's purpose to lessen the wartime suffering of women: and children is universally praised, some Senators publicly or privately have expressed displeasure that the whole subject of the freedom of the seas is being barred' from the forthcoming London conference. The general impression was that President Hoover is seeking to appease one of Britain's vital problems for war time, namely, the protection of her food lanes. It is pointed out that she produces only enough food to supply the population for a few days, and the conclusion* was that Britain would mor« readily enter into disarmament, if assured of open lanes for her food ships.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 117, 13 November 1929, Page 11
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149MIXED RECEPTION Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 117, 13 November 1929, Page 11
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