London, July 18, In the House of Commons to-da the Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen 'Chamberlain, announced that he had handed the' United States Charg. d'Affaires in the morning the repu of the Governments of Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and the reply of the Government of India accepting the pro-Posals of the United States Government for a multilateral treaty for the renunciation of war (Cheers). His Majesty's Government, he added, would be happy to sign the treaty! at such time and place as wore agreeable to the Government of the United States.
'Asked whether there were any' reservations in the British reply, Sir Austen Chamberlain said that he could not make a statement in regard to the contents of the reply until it was published on Friday. morning.
Replying to further questions, the Foreign Secretary said that the Irish] Free State and Canada had their own
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