Washington, July 24.
The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, to-day hailed the "timely suggestion" of King Leopold for a permanent non-political organization for economic study as a means of preserving peace. The Secretary said that international relationships were never more dependent upon a sound economic foundation than at present.
Mr. Hull declined, however, to commit the United States to participation in such an organization United Press.
Washington, July 25.
World opinion is reacting favourably to the suggestion-of the King of the Belgians.
The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, declared yesterday that he was in favour of any association capable of clarifying the views of statesmen on international economic relations, and assured his interviewers that he would support any organization of this kind.
In Berlin, political circles expressed satisfaction' over the suggestion which, they believe, would be favourable to the claims so often expressed by the Fuehrer and his collaborators for equality of rights in economic matters.
The "Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" declares that it is now a matter of appealing directly to London, Paris and New York to get them to consider the problem of repartition of the supplies of raw materials and a more practical means for international payments.
Mr, George Lansbury, prominent British Labour M.P., who is now in Copenhagen to attend a "Resistance to War" Conference, telegraphed to King Leopold congratulating him on his suggestion and declaring "I hope that God will give you force and courage to draw humanity from its obscurity and to give it light." Havas,
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