London, May 21.
Mr. R. S. Hudson, Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade, who arrived in London yesterday from New York, where he assisted in the inauguration of the British Pavilion at the World's Fair, left at once by air for France to visit the Paris Exhibition.
During his United States visit he spent a day in Washington, and there had useful talks with Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State, Mr. Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce, as well as with Government officials.
Everywhere, said Mr. Hudson, he found the greatest interest in the European situation, and especially in Britain's state of preparedness.
"There is no doubt in my mind," he added, "that what is regarded as the firmer line we have taken lately in our foreign policy, and especially in our acceptance, in time of peace, of compulsory service, has greatly impressed public opinion in the United States"—Wireless through Reuter.
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