Washington, Aug, 14.
Mr. Alfred Duff-Cooper. former British Minister of Information, who is on his way to the Far East for the War Cabinet. conferred with Mr. Cordell Secretary of State, yesterday and later in an interview said Britain was ready to collaborate with the United States on parallel lines throughout the world, The only comment he would make on the Far East tension was that Britain felt Japan could not be allowed entirely to have her own way in the Pacific.
Mr, Duff-Cooper had earlier attended a ceremony at which representatives of United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand formally exchanged ratifications of treaties designed for advancement cı peace, The treaties replace a treaty with "the British Empire of 19! They provide separate commission. for settlement, of disputes instead of one commission of the United States and Britain, Though negotiated year the treaties had not previous been formally ratified.—Reuter,
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