Secretary, broadcasting from Geneva declared that there was no reason to be too despondent in view of the present economic situation either ju Britain or the world at large.
International trade, he said, was growing despite difficulties, and he hoped it might be possible for Britain to reach an agreement with the United States for the reduction of Customs duties on a most-favoured-nation basis, Such an agreement, he added, would not only be to their own advantage, but to that of the whole world.
Most countries, Mr, Eden asserted, were more prosperous than last year, and he believed this factor was in favour of a peaceful policy, Among other statesmen who took part in the broadcast were M. Camille Chautemps, French Premier; M. Paul van Zeeland, Belgian Premier; Mr. William Mackenzie King, Canadian Prime Minister; Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg, Austrian Chancellor; Dr. Alfonso Lopez, President of Columbia; and Dr, Milan Hodza, Premier of Czechoslovakia.—Reuter,
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