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Show SEEK TO PROMOTE FRIENDMDUCT British Statesmen Decry Sensation and Untruth LONDON. Feb. I!. (By The Associated Asso-ciated Press.) A plea for making the dominant note In Anglo-American relations re-lations one of friendship and understanding, under-standing, rather than of sensationalist and Inaccurate representation, was made tonight by Winston 8pencer Churchill, new secretary for the colonies, colo-nies, and Karl Reading, viceroy of India, at a farewell dinner to Lord Reading. The guests Included Mrs. John W. Davis, representing the American ambassador, am-bassador, and Hlr Hnmar Greenwood, chief secretary for Ireland. Both Mr, Churchill and Lord Reading alluded to the cooperation between Croat Britain and the t'nlted States in the war and the need of preserving In peace what had been gained at such cost. The viceroy said it was essential that the two nations understand each other because misunderstandings breed suspicion and siispicioin breeds mistrust: mis-trust: but with a common understanding understand-ing of each others ideals and aims, 'Anglo-American unity was guaranteed. Lord Reading gave what he declared to be the first public utterance concerning con-cerning or.e wartime evidence of American Amer-ican friendshin to Knaland. savinr that t a moment during the war when silver sil-ver was unavailable and England urgently neded It. the American congress con-gress passed legislation opening the treasury reserves and silver was for- j warded to India, i Ho far sa I know," he added. Amer-ica Amer-ica hss since made no claim regarding I the matter." |