U.S.A. PEACE FEELER

Grey River Argus, 15 March 1940, Page 8

U.S.A. PEACE FEELER

London Interviews RUGBY. March 13. Mr Sumner Welles saw Mr Eden, Mr Lloyd George, and the Australian High Commissioner (Mr Bruce). He will leave to-morrow for Paris, en route to Rome. .... Mr Welles, at the end of his visit to London, called upon Mr Chamberlain. Lord Halifax was present. The general feeling is that he cannel fail to have been struck by. the unity of outlook among personalities, differing politically and in other ways, on the essential purposes of the Allies in the present struggle. Mr Welles must have had to seek fewer elucidations in London than in Berlin, but it is certain that any questions he may have had to ask have been answered with the utmost frankness by the Bii tish Ministers, the whose ■reception of Mr Welles has bet%. ao genuine as it has been evident. NO TRADE TREATY. NEW YORK, March 13. Commenting on Mr Casey’s statement that the time is inappropriate to negotiate an Australian-American 'trade pact, and that a post-war agreement is unlikely because of the similarity in products, the “Journal ol Commerce” says: A preliminary exploration suports Mr Casey. Since Australia is largely agricultural, the United States would need to grant tariff reductions on commodities competing with her own production, which is not compensated for by Australia’s industrial concessions to the United States. MR WELLES TO SEE MUSSOLINI AGAIN. (Received March 14, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, March 14. President Roosevelt’s envoy, Mr Sumner Welles, is departing from London to-day. He will see Signor ■Mussolini and Count Ciano (Italian Foreign Minister) before embarking for Genott on his return to the United States. DEPARTURE FOR PARIS. (Received March 15, 1.10 a.m.) j LONDON, March 14. | Mr Sumner Welles has left here for Paris by air. Mr J. S. Kennedy (United States Ambassador) accompanied him from his hotel to the aerodrome. Ho maintained his reticence to the press to the last. Mr Welles is due to see M. Daladier to-day.