WAR DEBT SILENCE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 167, 14 June 1933, Page 8

WAR DEBT SILENCE

NEGOTIATIONS GO ON. STATEMENT KEENLY AWAITED. (United Press Association.—By Electric ' Telegraph.—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Received June 14, 1.35 p.m. RUGBY, Juno 13. Mr Neville Chamberlain was unable to make in the House of Commons to-night the full statement he had hoped to make regarding llie war debt instalment. It was known that there had been constant communications by cable and wireless between tlio Washington Embassy and London during the day and it was first announced that Mr Chamberlain would speak at 6.30. Later he said he hoped to make a statement at 10 p.m. An extremely interested House was again disappointed, for at 10.10 tlio Chancellor said 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 Britisli and United States Governments. “The British Ambassador at Washington has to-dav handed to the State Department a Note setting forth the British proposals and we expect to receive tin; President’s reply to-mor-row,” lie said. “We have no reason to suppose that it will be other than satisfactory to us, but as it has not yet reached us T am not in a position to state its terms.” Mr Chamberlain added that he understood arrangements had been made by which it Would be possible for the debate to be adjourned at 10 o’clock to-morrow night, and he hoped he would then bo able to make a complete statement on all the documents exchanged between the British and United States Governments.