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American Proposals.to. Revis lieved to be Merely Soundings Decisions oft the League's London, Dec. 14.
First, Conference Dealing with the French war debt to America, in regard to which Mr. Winston Churchill's recent declarations have apparently been received quite coolly by the French, the "Sunday Times," Paris correspondency represents influential Frenchmen as considering that there is a vast distance between M. Jusserand's talks regarding Washington conversations and a definite settlement. They regard the conversations "as merely soundings to discover what is the fallest extent of American "gene-ro sity." The correspondent thinks that the early funding of the American debt is unlikely in view of the situation in France, The "Sunday Times" American' correspondent discussing the United States' "rather ambitious new naval programme" says that there is no denying a lurking anxiety over the imminence of a clash with Japan. There is-a growing demand in responsible circles for increased naval appropriations, and Britain's revival of the Singapore Base project has given impetus to this demand—Reater, Washington, Dec. 11.
It is officially announced that the United States Treasury has accept Mr. Winston Churchill's statement on Inter-Allied debts as ob-
Geneva, Dec, 12, At a plenary sitting. of the /Second Opium Conference this afternoon there was a lively and. frank Jdiseussion on an American motion' to refer to an appropriate committee the consideration of Chapter LI of the American suggestions dealing with: prepared opium and having for its object" the reduction of the imports of raw opium for purposes of manufacture by 10 er cent. of the present importation for 10 years, with the understanding that the reduction should not be supplemented by domestically prepared opium, and furthermore that on the expiration of 10 years the importation of raw opium for purposes of the manufacture of [prepared opium should be prohibited.
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