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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 810, 2 November 1929, Page 11

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GREAT CROWD AT EUSTON Euthusiastic Welcome Given WELL-SATISFIED WITH HIS MISSION (United l’.A. —By Telegraph — Copyright) Received 11.30 a.m. RUGBY, Friday. THE Prime Minister, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, was welcomed at Euston station amid enthusiastic scenes. He had almost to fight a clearance through the crowd. Mr. MacDonald said his mission to America was in no way hostile to M. Briand's conception of a United States of Europe.

A British Official Wireless message says Mr. Ramsay MacDonald arrived at Liverpool this morning, and after being greeted by the Lord Mayor and the Earl of Derby he left by special train for London. He issued the following statement to the Press: “My visit to the United States and Canada has given me great satisfaction. I believe sincerely that my conversations with President Hoover and other American statesmen have brought our two peoples much closer together, and improved their mutual understanding. They have also, I am convinced, paved the way to a more effectual co-operation with other Powers in the maintenance of the peace of the world. “Strong in this_ conviction. I feel that thus far the purpose of my mis-

sion has been fulfilled, and that the way is now cleared for the next step. “The exchange of views I had with Mr. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister of Canada, both on the United States mission and on Imperial affairs, was also most advantageous and timely. “Throughout my visit. I have endeavoured to voice what 1 believe to be the peaceful aspirations of the British people in all parts of the Empire, and 1 have met with nothing but the most welcome response. “The Prime Minister also expressed gratitude to the British. American and Canadian Press, which had been almost uniformly helpful lo the ends he had in view, and to the others who had helped to facilitate the work of himself and his colleagues.”