Show CONSIDER UNITED STATES CO NECESSARY london feb 24 in the course of the debate in the house of lords today on the congo situation lord fitz maurice representing the foreign office pleaded for a little more action on the part of the belgian government he pointed out the enormous difficulties both international and belgian that were in the a speedy accomplishment of the reforms in the congo described by everybody the negotiations between the belgian parliament and king leopold has now reached a crisis and it required time to adjust the delicate points af pf difference the british government the speaker said would not regard as satisfactory is anything short of a complete vindication of both the treaty obligations and the claims of humanity i lord pita maurice said he thought the appeals made by this country bad received a marked response from the united states continuing lord fitz maurice said 1 I regard the cooperation of tho 1 united states of the highest importance bof merely because of the in and power of the united states great aa this is but because the united states could not under any conceivable cei vable circumstances be charged with what great britain unfortunately has been charged abroad namely purely ambition the united states has no ambition in africa they among the first to recognize the existence of the international association of the congo out of which the congo free state grew andi U alio unit ed states operated cooperated co as they were cooperating with great britain that waa a fact 0 first rate impo |