WAR DEBT ISSUE

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 38, 15 February 1933, Page 10

WAR DEBT ISSUE

BRITAIN AND AMERICA

AMBASSADOR RETURNING

WILL MACDONALD GO?

(British Official Wlrctem.) (Eeceived February 15, 2 p.m.) BUGBY, February 14. Sir Ronald Lindsay returns today in the liner Majestic to New York to resume his post as British Ambassador at Washington. During his brief visit to London there has been an almost daily series of conferences by the ' Cabinet War Debts Committee, and as a result of his mission Sir Ronald will return with a clear view of the attitude of the British Goveminent. It is assumed that he will immediately, renew contact with Presi-dent-elect Roosevelt. Until this conversation has taken place no further statement of the British attitude towards the war debts is likely to be made. .Probably the next contribution to the discussion will be by Mr. Roosevelt when he delivers his inaugural address to Congress on March 4. He may on that occasion make some'reference to the invitations extended to Great Britain. Referring to the popular assumption, when this invitation was given, that the mission would proceed early in March to "Washington to negotiate a settlement of the debt outright, "The Times" regards such a prospect as doubtful, and anticipates that the business is going to take far longer than many people suppose. It adds that common sense suggests that the next practical step should be a frank discussion between the heads of the two Administrations themselves,.-in order to clear away the specific difficulty arising from the divergence over the method to be adopted in; securing the objective at which both countries aim. "The Times" suggests that the Prime Minister, instead of visiting America at a later stage to place the coping-stone on the. new structure, should be persuaded to make' a visit in order to lay the. foundation. " • . '■