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BRITISH WEST INDIES. f Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.} (Received Wednesday, 12.35 a.rn.) CONDON, March 8. Replying - to Hon. Gideon Murray, in regard to the l American suggestion that the British West Indies should be ceded to the United States in exchange for the cancellation of certain war debts, Mr Lloyd George stated that the Government had not the slightest intention of bartering or selling any part of the British West Indies. (Loud cheers.) Replying to Mr Asquith, Mr Chamberlain stated that the Government did not intend to reborrow outside the United Kingdom any part of the 250,000,000 dollars required to repay the British half of the Anglo-French loan of 500,000,000 dollars from the United States, so when the loan was repaid, the British external debt would be reduced by over £50,000,000. The Government would employ in this connection the available resources in the United States, supplemented by the shipment of gold. They had already begun to buy Anglo-French bonds at considerably below par.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 1511, 10 March 1920, Page 5
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