St. Johns, Newfoundland, Aug. 22.
The conference on common defence between representatives of Canada and Newfoundland closed here last night. General agreement has been reached on all the points which were involved, it is announced.
"The question of the defence of New-found land was given full consideration with special reference to her position as a first line of defence of the North American hemisphere. The Canadian members of the conference emphasized that no question involving in any way the sovereignty or independence of Newfoundland had been raised.
it is understood that Canada has undertaken complete responsibility for defending Newfoundland and the Newfoundland authorities have agreed.
Newfoundlanders are most interested in the British announcement about an offer of defence bases to the United States.—Reuter.
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