FIVE-POWER CONFERENCE

Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1929, Page 9

FIVE-POWER CONFERENCE

DATE IN JANUARY FIXED ANGLO-AMERICAN DECISION LEADERS TALK IN SOLITUDE By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Australian Press Association. Received Oct. 7, 9.15 p.m. New York, Oct. 7. According to telephone advices from President Hoover’s camp the President has announced that a five-Power conference will be opened at London probably on January 20, but the date is subject to change if the representatives find another date more suitable, reports the Washington correspondent of the New York Tinies. The President’s secretary has revealed that the announcement followed a threehour conference between Mr. Hoover and Mr. MacDonald, who had followed the path to the headwaters of the river Rapian, where they sat on a log beside the tumbling mountain stream, smoked their pipes and discussed various pertinent matters in seclusion, occasionally breaking serious discussions with remarks upon the fondness of both for fishing, which is impossible this season at the camp. Mr. Ishbel MacDonald and Mrs. Hoover have been on horseback riding through forests brilliant with autumnal foliage. The threatening weather upon their arrival changed to-day to bright sunshine, and both statesmen seemed delighted with their success in reaching a medium of informal, friendly conversation. Mr. MacDonald to-day took great interest in reading the newspapers which an army aeroplane dropped near the camp, and seemed pleased by the editorial discussions of his arrival and reception. Mr. MacDonald will to-morrow visit the Capitol. He is expected to speak briefly to the members of each House. The Senate will interrupt a highly controversial tariff session to pay a tribute to the British Prime Minister, and a special session of the House of Representatives will be held for the purpose, the Speaker, Mr. Nicholas Longworth, returning from his home in Cincinnati for the occasion. Mr. and Miss MacDonald will lunch at White House with members of their immediate party and the British Ambassador, Sir Esme Howard. At night an elaborate State dinner will be held for 90 guests at White House. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF WELCOME. MR. MACDONALD’S WARM REPLY. British Official Wireless. Rugby, Oct. 6. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald issued the following message from the British Embassy at Washington yesterday:— "The messages of welcome I have received from all parts of the United States have touched me no less deeply than the unforgettable greeting which citizens of New York were good enough to accord me yesterday. "Your greetings and your welcome are greetings and welcome through me to the people of Great Britain, and I know it will make their hearts full. I hope to thank, as soon as I am able, all those who sent messages of welcome and encouragement, but I wish to thank them now in the fullness of my heart, without waiting to thank them on behalf of the people of Britain, and to tell them what hope they give me for the future, and to assure them how deeply they are appreciated and how warmly they will be echoed.”