Washington, Mar. 10.
Much Interest is evinced here in the! announcement made in the House of Commons yesterday 'A. spokesman of the Navy Department said the story was true, but the arrangement was a routine United States warships of a larger tonnage than small cruisers cannot obtain docking facilities in Manila and would" be forced to proceed Hawaii if Singapore was not open ther.
Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of [State, said no correspondence about Jany such amicable arrangement had passed through his hands—Reuter.
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