Rumour as Absurd London, Jan. 22.
The British Foreign Office today flatly denied a Washington newspaper rumour that an unnamed member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had discovered an alleged secret treaty under which Britain would remain neutral in the event of a Japanese-American war.
The alleged treaty also was said to have provided that Britain would not interfere with the Japanese attempt to conquer China.
British officials here said the rumour was absurd in view of the background of the relations between all the nations concerned. They said they believed the Senator must have been the victim of either German, Communist or American isolationist propaganda.—United Press, Orient Service Resumes As Labour Trouble Ends labour controversy on the Coast which has held up the Puget Sound Orient Line service for the past two months has been satisfactorily settled, the Pacific Northwest Oriental Line, Me., agents for. the United States Mari time Commission, reported yesterday. Two ships have been added to. the Puget Sound Orient Lipe assumes definite fortnightly service from Seattle, Tacoma and other Puget Sound ports to shanghai, Hongkong and the Phil-pines, At present ships are routed to the United States from the Phil-lipines via Japan ports. The Everett Steamship Corporation are the "gents in the Orient for the Puget Sound Orient Line. om belahL,
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