Cordell Hull, Secretary of terday gave the first official intimation that Mr, John G, Winant, United States Ambassador to Britain, brought with him from London a grave report regarding the outlook of Britain's war effort, Mr. Hull declined io discuss the precise data Mr, Winant was furnishing the White House and the State Department, He said, however, that the Ambassador spent more than 30 minutes going over foreign policy generally as it was related to the international naval and military situation, and the state of international danger to the United States, Mr, Hull was asked whether Mr, Winant had brought with him a request from Mr. Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister. for a declaration of war by the United States, Mr, Hull said that the Ambassador did not submit any such request.
Mr. Winant's conference with Mr, Roosevelt, to have taken place yes terday, postponed because Mı nant was obliged to leave for New York on undisclosed business.—-United Press, Death for Strikers In Holl ad London, A decree forbidding lock-outs i n Dutch newspapers on A penalty is hard labour, imprisonment or death.—Reuter.
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