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Show LONDON PRESS REGRETS DECISION Attitude of British Cabinet Toward To-ward the Panama-Pacific Exposition Criticized. Ixmdon, Dec. 19. The British press generally expresses regret at the cabinet's decision not to provide nn official British pavilion at the Pana ma-Paclfic exposition. The unlonl3ts Evening Standard says: "The question of expense has not stood in the way of assisting in the celebration of the completion of a great commercial enterprise by a 1 friendly power." The Westminster Gazette says We should be sorry for the United Uni-ted States to thiuk the attitude ol (ireat Britain is significant of more than the simple fact that manufacturers manufac-turers have not been attracted by the proposition." The committee which has bwn urg Ing British participation in the exposl Hon will organize a parliamentary committee to place the matters before be-fore the House of Commons when it meets. Premier Asquith In a letter today j to the committee which has been endeavoring en-deavoring to procure British participation partici-pation in the Panama Pacific exposl- j i tlon at San Francisco, and which ask-i ask-i ed htm to receive the deputation, says j the various points In favor of Rritlsh I paiticlpatlon were carefully consld I ered by the cabinet, but he regretted ' that the cabinet was unable to mod-j mod-j lfy the decision announced to parlla- ment last January. oo |