Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-12
MacdonaIdto to Rest Two Days
Before Going to Canada to
Aid Similar Cause.
DECLARES DEALINGS
FOR UNIVERSAL GOOD
No Exclusive Understanding Be
tween U. S. and Great Britain
Discussed, He Says.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, october 12-With 9
last appealing message not alone to the
British and American people, bat tc
all the nations of the earth, Prime
Minister Ramsay Macdonald has brought
to an end his peace mission to the
United States.
A very tired man after the efforts OF
the past week, the British statesman
today began two-day rest before go
ing to Canada to begin there the stu
pendous task that lies ahead in work.
ing out the many problems to the solu-
ton of which he and President Hoover
have pledged themselves.
In this talk, which continued fol
nearly an hour, the prime minister
spoke with feeling which was appar-
ent alike in his voice and his gesture.
He gave some intimate details of how
he and the President carried on their
personal negotiations in the wilderness
of the Virginia mountains and In the
Lincoln study at the White House.
Public's Patience Asked.
More than that, he undertook to again
EcdSSuES Tie WOIla bL1dt WAldI OOOk place
was solely for the promotion of uni
versal peace and he appealed to the
| American people for patience, for un-
| derstanding, for good will while the
British people are replacing the old
furniture of their minds with the new
and more modern furniture of naval
limitation and parity.
His message to the other nation,
regarding the conversations between
President Hoover and himself wa.
briefly but earnestly delivered.
II want to say quite definitely anc
clearly" he said, 81 want the whole
world to know it, and ] say it without
any reserve and any Withholding o,
any kind whatever, that during the
entire course of our conversations there
has never been any idea whatever Of ar
exclusive understanding between Great
Britain and the United States.
There has been nothing discussed
which the two governments would moi
be happy to see discussed on the same
basis with all the powers In the world
The understanding we have been try
ing to establish will always be incom-
plete and unsatisfactory until It has
become the common possession of all
the nations on the face Of the earth.
without Amy Maneuvers.
11C b1lt1oll S5dDCouldl ItLEOuuCCQ Ills
description of the conversations between
himself and Mr.. Hoover by saying that
they did not try to maneuver eacf
other into position or out of position
We tried, as I have said, for ne
alliances and no balances of power,
he asserted. I'VE did not sit dowr
to play a creeping and waiting game
We did not watch each other as swords
men watch each other or as prize
fighters study the faces of each other
We did not begin by offering little
things, trying to best each other and
then to advance step by step and stage
by stage as the one forced the other
We did not examine statements me.
ticulously in order to discover how we
could put something over the othel
without his knowing it.
Difficulties Frankly Told.
-'The method was altogether differ
ent. We knew what we were out for
We stated the difficulties of our re-
spectiVs countries. He told me his. ]
equally frankly told him mine. He
told me what he thought he could do
l told him what I thought I could do
He told me what public opinion de-
manded OF him. ] told him what public
| opinion demanded of me-
In that sincerity, in that simplicity
in that informality, we conducted our
negotiations and that is the reason why
In four brief days we came to con-
clusions that under the old diplomacy
would have taken at least as MANY
| months to have achieved"