Washington, May 5.
Great Britain, Italy and other nations which have made token payments on their war debts to the United States are not defaulters under the Johnson Bill, it was ruled to-day by the United Siates Attorney, General, Mr. Homer S. Cummings.
At the same time, the Attorney-General held that the Soviet Union is classed as a defaulter, because Moscow has not paid the debis due to the United States by previous Russian governments.
The ruling delivered by Mr. 'Cummings specifically named Great Britain, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Latvia and Lithuania as countries' which are not classed as defaulters. Other nations were not mentioned in the ruling—United Press.
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