A PACIFIC PACT
BRITAIN AND AMERICA MR MACDONALD QUESTIONED (British Official Wireless ' RUGBY, November 27. Asked in the House of Commons if he would consider the advisability of proposing to the United States Government negotiations for a Pacific mutual assistance pact on the lines of the Locarno Treaties, the Prime Minister (Mr Ramsay MacDonald) said the Foreign Secretary had stated last week the position of the naval discussions and the desire of Britain to obtain friendly cooperation with the United States and Japan. In these circumstances he did not consider it useful to raise such matters by question and answer, as members could assume that the Government had in mind every aspect of the situation. MR CORDELL HULL'S COMMENT WASHINGTON, November 27. (Received Nov. 28, at 9 p.m.) Commenting on London reports that Mr Ramsay MacDonald told the House of Commons that Britain had no intention of offering America a Pacific security pact in the event of a collapse of the naval and co-related treaties, Mr Cordell Hull said that such a proposal had never been considered by the State Department and he had never before heard the matter discussed.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22432, 29 November 1934, Page 9
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190A PACIFIC PACT Otago Daily Times, Issue 22432, 29 November 1934, Page 9
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