Statement About Belgium i Arouses Anger Washington, Aug. 8.
The State Department has asked Mr, Joseph P. Kennedy, American Ambassador to London, to supply a complete text of the interview given to the press in London two days ago by Mr. Joseph Cudahy, American Ambassador to Brussels.
Mr. Cudahy defended King Leopold's decision to surrender, and it is reported that he forecast a condition of approaching famine in Belgium. during the winter, failing supplies from outside.
Mr, Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of State, said that the into view had been given without prior consultation with, or authority by, the State Department.
The tone used by Mr. Welles left none of his hearers in any doubt with regard to his feelings in the matter., In versions of Mr. Cudahy's speech published here, the Ambassador is reported to have compared German and American soldiers to a disadvantage of the latter. Americal generally are furious over this suggestion,—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.