Washington, June 6"
Climaxing a brilliant state dinner at the White House last night, King George and President Roosevelt exchanged toasts, pledged themselves to maintain the strong ties of friendship between Britain and the United States and appealed for world peace.
President Roosevelt unexpectedly brought Anglo-American collaboration in the Far East into the spotlight by citing joint Anglo-American control of the strategic Canton and Enderbury islands as an example Of how nations can solve disputes without resort to war, The Presidents remarks immediately induced widespread unofficial speculation as to possible closer Anglo-American collaboration to establish a less precarious balance of power in the Pacific,
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