Mr. Eden then spoke of prospects lof a Five-Power meeting. In the last week or two, he said, the British Government had been' studying and collating the replies received from the other four Powers to. earlier British communications on the.sub-{ect of the projected conference, 'These preliminary exchanges' had revealed Important divergences, none fof which, however, had come as a surprise, Though formidable, these differ-fences were not necessarily insupet fable. He gave assurance that the British Government would do all that lay in its power to bring about the success of the negotiations.
Departing from these questions. Mr. Eden said that his main purpose that afternoon was to contribute some thing to the appeasement of inter~ national relations and he proceeded, therefore, to review the relations tween Great Britain other coun: many, But much more important in rela Hon to the solution of Germany'a aiMeulties was the hopeful move~ ment for greater freedom of trade, resulting from the Three-Power monetary declaration in which the ce-operation of other powers, including Germany, was invited.
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