Sir Roderick Jones said that the problem was how to place British news in foreign countries financially in a position to counteract its com-Petitors without exposing it to the taint of subsidy and the loss of its reputation for independence, During the subsequent debate, the speakers endorsed the views of Sir Roderick Jones, and the following resolution, moved by Sir Stanley M.P, was unanimously car-
That this conference, while recognizing the work that is being done by the B.B.C. and other agencies in the promotion of British publicity abroad, urges upon the Government the necessity of encouraging, by every means in its power, increased dissemination of British news and of international news of British origin. through existing unofficial channels, to the newspapers of foreign countries, as a corrective to the heavily subsidized foreign services now in circulation."—Reuter.
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