AIL news boiletine broadcast {rom A statement issued after the con-{ference said, in part, "The perman—ent joint board " on' defence will consist of four or five members from each country. most of them from. the services. It will meet shortly."
Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Mackenzie King were together from 635 om. Saturday to 1 pam. yesterday. The Senator Rush D. Holt, Democrat of West Virginia, said that he was "glad to sce our defences being Planned here instead of over there.
He warned, however, that the moving of the seat of the British Empire to Canada would bring the war directly to America.
"It Canada wants us to defend her, she owes it to us not to transport the British Empire to this hemisphere."
Senator Elbert D. Thomas, Democrat of Utah, said that the creation of the board "is very splendid and will do a lot of good."
Mr. Sol Bloom, Democratic Representative of New York, said that he was "very glad" that the board was formed.
T will cooperate in every way," Senator Frederick Van Nuys, Democrat of Indiana, told the United Press.
Senator Waller F. George, Democrat of Georgia, said that the board plan was a good idea because it Might open the way to the aequis! tion of United States bases in the He pointed out, however. that any formal agreements must first be ratified by Congress as treaties.
This comment caused some observers to wonder whether Presi-any and Moly" yesterday con Gained." navigational warning, that the "ota blockade of Britain having been proclaimed, very ship in the Iniltary zone round Britain would attacked and destroyed: any ship tering the area would do 300 The war zone was described as aren roughly within a line drayon from about 90 miles north of Sone Tora, Norway snd passing near the Faroo! Islands, sweeping "eat some distance into the Atfantie, then femicirele to well below southern England where It turns east into the Bas" of Biseuy.
route' which the American rolugee "ship "American micings runs through the northern ater this zane,—Redter, Germany Negotiates with ire Berlin, Aug. 19.
Germany "has begun" negotiations with Eire to protect Irish supply routes" ay a result of the inclusion fof Trish waters in Germany's. "oral blockicle" of England, a German spokesman said here yesterday.
"IN seems. to Us," an authorized statement said, the most con venient method would be for the Irish Government to notify us from ime that certain ships sailing under the Ivish flag would take a certain route to a certain Trish port."
'Asked what would be the position of United States ships sailing to Britain to collect refugee children, the; authorized German spokes: said' the question this far has not risen, not know whether an aren for such sailings would be loft open," hho said, "but, in any ease, if the US, Government wanted to "send such ships, Germany would be ready to mi sider proposals, We would take Into account. the question of hunumity."—United Press,
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