Britain is expected to propose to the United States joint Anglo-American occupation of the islands at least pending a settlement, usually reliable British circles said here to-day.
Britain is expected to suggest joint use of the islands by the United States and Britain in view of the large mutual interest in the islands by New Zealand and Australia.
Britain is expected to give stout support to New Zealand's title claims to the Canton and Enderbury islands in principle, but is believed disposed to seek a friendly settlement because of its ce-operative attitude toward the developrient of the southern Pacific air routes. British desires for American ce-operation in meeting troubled conditions in the Far East also is expected to facilitate an early settlement.
President Roosevelt to-day was reported unrelenting in his demands that the islands be put under sole American sovereignty. Other Government officials, however, were believed more disposed to compromise.—United Press.
Several hundred Nazis were arrested here in clashes in which police
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