BRITAIN AND AMERICA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 11 October 1929, Page 5

BRITAIN AND AMERICA.

SATISFACTORY TALKS. A JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT. f*res3 Association-Electric TelecjraDh-CoDyrijiit WASHIXGTOX, Thursday. Ytr Ramsay MacDonald said he had achieved more than he had hoped for in his talks with President Hoover. They agreed to keep the Kellogg Pact in front of them ‘‘to use for the purpose of coining to an agreement on subjects which have defied agreement up to now. In consequence of that. 1 take with me, to London a series of questions, all of which will now be tlie subject of study by the various Departments concerned and of consideration between the Dominions and ourselves with the object of coming to an agreement upon them.’’ Senator Borah, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Delations Committee, and a vigorous advocate of the freedom of the seas, said he had enjoyed “a very satisfactory ’’ talk with Prime Minister MacDonald at the British Embassy, but he refused to discuss the meeting in detail. President Hoover and Mr MacP aid joined on Wednesday nigh' . ' . , , . " v _<c m an- ' ; lolmCl i ng t Ult thun ' con :vcrsations had been based on the ~ ~ . , , . assumption that war between '„„ , T ~ , , , . 1 c-UC united States and 11 am been banished and that m Tonsequen.ee a satisfactory solution 6f old, historical problems between the two nations had become possible. While the problems are not specified in the statement, there is little doubt that tho principal one was the freedom of the seas, which has been the cause of many controversies in the past. President Hoover and Mr MacDonald asserted that on the assumption “that conflicts between our naval and military forces cannot take place, these problems had changed their meaning and character and their solution, in ways satisfactory to both countries, had becomo possible..” A brief explanatory statement by way of introduction declares that both President Hoover and Mr MacDonald are “highly gratified by the keen interest taken by peoples of both countries in their meeting,” and that the two statesmen regard it as a proof of the desire of each nation for closer Anglo-American understanding.— AjP.A.—U.S. OFF TO PHILADELPHIA. (Received Friday, 9.20 a.m.j WASHINGTON, Thursday. Coinciding with the departure of Mr MacDonald for Philadelphia this morning tho United States Government formally accepted Britain’s invitation to participate in the fivcPowcr Naval Conference. —A. and N.Z. P.A. MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. (Received Friday, 10.30 a.ry.) WASHINGTON, Thursday. His mission of peace accomplished and a message of British goodwill delivered, Mr MacDonald bade farewell to the capital of the United States and departed on His long homeward journey. The sincerity which so captured the imagination of official and unofficial Washington was more apparent than ever in the head of the British Government as he said good-bye to representatives of President Hoover at the station before leaving for Philadelphia. A large throng was gathered to Obtain a final glimpse of Mr MacDonald and Miss Ishbel 'MacDonald. Air AlaeDonald, addressing them, said: “I am sorry to lie leaving you.” His visit to Philadelphia is unofficial, being purely for the purpose of lunching with Doctor Solis Cohen, who treated him for bronchial trouble in 1927. Those treatments were so successful that Air AlaeDonald never forgot the services the physician performed. Immediately the luncheon ends Air AlaeDonald will proceed to New York.

Washington has been captivated by the Prime Minister’s personality and frankness, and wherever he went he was cheered in the streets by all who recognised him. —A. and N.Z. P.A.