U.S.A. SUSPICIOUS.

Grey River Argus, 28 August 1928, Page 5

U.S.A. SUSPICIOUS.

OF BRITAIN AND FRANCE. A Sensational Document, fl v. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received August 27 at 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, August 26. \ Tlie newspapers are featuring a British Foreign Office announcement that a sensational document purporting to be a letter from Sir Austen Chamberlain to M. Briand (French Foreign Minister), anent Franco-British cooperation on sea and in the air, which has - been given prominence in the American press, is a forgery. The letter Was cabled from London to New York, and it purported lengthily to set forth that Anglo-French cooperation in the Pacific and in the Far East was a necessity, as well as urging consultation between the AngloFrench military and air experts for joint action in future disputes. According to New York messages received in London to-night, the affair has caused a sensation. The Foreign Office asserts that there was no communication, even remotely, in tho sense suggested. The Daily Express points out that any strange feeling that American interest is likely to be affected by the Anglo-French agreement may result in the United States Senate wrecking the Pence Pact, just as it wrecked America’s participation in the League of Nations in 1920.