TENTATIVE PLANS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 25, 31 January 1933, Page 7

TENTATIVE PLANS

DEBTS AND. ECONOMICS

ROOSEVELT AND LINDSAY

RESULTS OF MEETING-

Urflted Pi-ess Association—By Electric Telecraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, 29 th January. A tentative understanding for meetings in March on war debts and plans for world-wide economic recovery was reached to-day at Warm Springs, Georgia, by President-elect Roosevelt and the British Ambassador, Sir Ronald Lindsay. A Note handed out by Sir Ronald Lindsay as he departed en route for London, gave the only announcement issued from the two statesmen. It was as. follows:— "The British Ambassador and Mr. Roosevelt had a' wholly informal and unofficial but very satisfactory conversation concerning tentative arrangements for the coming -meetings in Washington. It is hopect that it will be possible to start these • meetings early in March." The fact-that the statement referred to meetings and not a meeting is interpreted by some hero to mean that Mr. Roosevelt's desire for separate negotiations on- debts and economics still stands. Sir' Ronald Lindsay admitted that there were great difficulties facing a final settlement, but adfled: "We arc going to make a good effort." He was extremely reticent, regarding definite details and smilingly parried questions he did not wish, to answer, such as a report that Mr. Roosevelt had invited Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald to" come to America.

The general feeling is that the conference largely consisted of a f&rniulation of procedure for negotiations. Mr. Booseyelt made no promises and has not abandoned the idea that the debt situation niay furnish an opportunity for bargaining.