Mr. Chamberlain was greeted with "loud cheers when he rose laxnin. He continued that the fact Vthot it was thought necessary to impose seercey had made him a little suspicious of the spirit. in which the proposals had been made, [but the German Ambassador had assured him that Germany had always intended to communicate a similar proposal to Paris, Brussels and Rome, and that had now been Even at the first moment, the he had welcomed the German Govand now that they had! substantially repeated the proposals to the other Allies he attached great importance to it. It was Fobviously undesirable at this stage'
enter into publ Mr. Chamberlain added that the bonze of views between the Allies had so far been very slight and a fuller exchange of views and 1 closet examination of the purport and possibilities of the proposal were necessary before anything cou usefully and safely added fu the subject.
Mr. Fisher' asked whether the newspaper reports roughly repre sented the proposal.
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