FOR WASHINGTON
BRITISH PREMIER
PARTY LEAVES FOR CONFERENCE
(United Press Association—By Electric Telegrapii—Copyright.)
LONDON, April 15
The Prime Minister (Air Ramsay MacDonald) and Miss Ishbel MacDonald sailed on the Berengaria on their way to Washington. Mr MacDonald is accompanied bv Air Robert A'ansittarl (Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), Sir Frederick Lcith-Rosi (Chief Economic Adviser Lo the Government), Messrs J. A. N. Barlow (private secretary), E. Overtoil (Board of Trade), and Howard Smith and At. Wright (of the Foreign Office). On Thursday Air AlaeDonald told the House of Commons that when in j the United 'States he would discuss with President 'Roosevelt war debts. I wholesale price levels, and disarms- ! ment. Both Governments were agreed that there should be a preliminary and candid examination of the war debts situation, the. settlement of which would he one of the greatest blessings to the present generation. The next instalment of the debt paypayment boenmo due on June 15. and before then the re would have to be a peraonul and candid examination, for it was not going to be merely a matter of experts, No provisional agreement, however, subject to the acceptance of the Cab-
inet, would be entered into as a result of his Washington visit. There would merely be exchanges of vie a * Xli’ AlaeDonald added that he would take the opportunity of the visit to speak to Air Roosevelt as president of the International Economic Conference No great success could result from that conference unless part of the obstructions raised in the way of international trade were removed. He wanted to get co-operation of the most cordial character, and if he could do that h© thought his mission would be successful.
AIR BENNETT TO ATTEND. WASHINGTON, April, 14 It was Jdarncid ddfinitply ’to-day that the Prime Minister of Canada
(Air R. B. Bennett) will be here from April 25 to April 28 r to engage in economic discussions with President Roosevelt.
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