London, Apr, 30.
Sir Austen Chamberlain made a blatement in the House of Commons to-day in reply to Mr, Ramsay MacDonald regarding the United States' proposals for a treaty to outlaw war.
The Foreign Secretary said that His Majesty's Government warmly, welcomed the proposals of the United States Government that further effort should be made to safe~ guard the peace of the world. They had been giving close and sym pathetic attention to the text of the treaty proposed by Mr. Kellogg. and to the observations and suggestions regarding it offered by the French Governnient. His Majesty's Gov. ernment. did not doubt that the lap could be brought to a successful eruc. Time was obviously needed for examination of the various issues raised snd of the important de clarations and explanations given by the United States Secretary of State, of which the Jast was only spurted in this morning's. papers, ay well us for consultation with ch Dominions and the Unite States and other Governments con-x40 could not, therefore, at pre vent indicate the date when a dis cussion could usefully be held in the Mouse, but in a week or ten days he would be ble to make a more specific. statement.
He hoped what he had said would be sufficient for the moment in regard to. the attitude of His Majesty's Government,—British Wireless through Reuter.
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