Mr. Sumner Welles Says He Knows Nothing of It Washington, Feb. 18.
Mr, Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of State, told the press here to-day that he was ignorant of re-morts from Buenos Aires concerning vroiected South American military alliance among all American republics, The report said that Argentina. on behalf of the Latin American nations, already had or soon would submit to the United States a Pan-
American defence plan looking toward mutual protection against European or Asiatic aggression in jthe Americas.
Mr, Welles pointed out that such a plan presumably was contrary to Argentina's policy, He Indicated the United States was not prepared to enter into any close military alliance with other American nations, ai-though it was ce-operating with certain American Powers on military and naval problems—United Press
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