WAR DEBT TO U.S.A.

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 138, 14 June 1933, Page 12

WAR DEBT TO U.S.A.

BRITISH PROPOSALS NOTE TO WASHINGTON REPLY NOT YET RECEIVED CHAMBERLAIN HOPEFUL

I (British Official Wireless.) (Received June 14, 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, Juno-13. The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Chamberlain) was, unable to make in the House of Commons tonight the full statement he had1 hoped to make regarding the war debt instalment to America due on Thursday. It was known that there had been constant communications by cable and wireless between the Washington Embassy and London during today, and! it was first announced in the House that the Chancellor would speak atj 6.30 during the debate on the Foreign ] Office Vote. At that hour, however, the Chancellor said that he was unable then to make the proposed statement, but hoped to do so at 10 o'clock. An extremely interested House was again disappointed, for at 10.10 j the Chancellor rose and said that he was even then unable to make any complete statement on the June instalment. He said, however, that there had been a lengthy exchange ] of views between the British and United States Governments. "The British Ambassador in Washington has today handed to the State Department a Note setting forth the j British proposals. We expect to receive the President's reply to our Note tomorrow. We have no reason to suppose it will be other than satisfactory to us. But as it has not yet reached us, I ara'not in a position to state its terms." The Chancellor added that lie understood arrangements had been made by'which it would be possible for the debate to be adjourned at 10 o'clock tomorrow night, and he hoped he would then be able to make a complete statement on all documents that had been exchanged between the British and American Governments.