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Show y. S. MUST YIELD DN WAR T Proposal in Effet, Until World Meet Is To Convene LONDON, May 9 m Great Britain accepted the United States propo-for propo-for a tariff truce until opening of the world nomic conference. The acceptance was co-municated co-municated to Norman H n vis, president Roosevelt's Perr-ambassador Perr-ambassador to Europe, in the h of commons just before an 1m' ant speech on foreign affair Prime Minister J. Ramsay Donald. MacDonald, Sir j,' Simon, foreign secretary aruHv te Run-ciman,' president of board of trade, jointly .,,'' with Davis before the session Obstacle Removed After the consultation, it was thoritatively sta-ted: "The last obstacle to By adoption of the economic arm!.-recommendation arm!.-recommendation has been rerro. Final agreement is subject only minor alterations in the woti of the United States draft." The eight governments beting bet-ing to the organizing commits 1 the world economic confers : were expected almost immeiat. to recommend abstention f, ' hindrances to trade pending t " ' 1 vening of the conference. Shortly after .tTiis develops MacDonald, in addressing t ' house said "There is every p 1 peet of reaching an agreement . 1 tween us as to the ajvisabfe ' an immediate truce." '' " At the same time he warned ti. the debt difficulty must be i I moved at once, before the economic conference opens, or . conference ;s doomed to failure His double-edged statement s, interpreted in some quarters u ' offer to yield on the tariff que;' if the United States would yielo debts. |