Evening star., 1934-04-21
BR|TTEN DEMANDS
RECALL OF CONSUL
Asks Hull to Consider Re-
marks Made by British
Representative.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Secretary of State had before
him today a demand for the recall
Of Gerald Campbell, Great Britain's
consul general in New York City, be-
cause of "his personal opposition to
legislation that was pending before
the American Congress"
The request was made by Repre-
sentative Britten, Republican, of
Illinois, who said in the House yes
terday that on February 20, Camp
bell was listed by New York news
papers as a speaker against the Vim
son treaty Navy bill at meeting of
the Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom.
"I object to a British consul gen.
eral making a speech opposing the
Vinson bill, and opposing the Amer1-
can national defense at a public
meeting like this, and assisting in the
collection of 1929 in order to stifle
legislation now pending before Con-
gress." Britten said.
THAT is wrong. 1t could occur
only in one of the so-called Com
munistic or radical meetings.
Asks Investigation.
ct am now calling upon the Secre-
tary of State to look into this meet
ing held last month, and If British
diplomat assisted in the collection OF
funds to influence legislation pending
in Congress, and if he made speech
+1 tho American
national defense, he ought to. be
ordered out of this country before his
government can recall him"
Great Britain is a friend OF the
United States, and we are their friend,
interposed Representative Blanton,
Democrat. of Texas. Because some
subject of whom the British govern
ment knows nothing attends some
dinner and makes speech, that does
not have a thing to do with our
action here. Let us remember that
the British government is our friend
and we are their friend"
IT hope they will indicate their
friendship by paying their debts"
Britten retorted. Yesterday morning
the British chancellor of the ex-
cheouer took the floor of Parliament
and amid the glee of his audience ne
told them about the reduction IN
taxes, about the returning stability
of the country and its prosperity, and
at the same time said, We are not
going to pay anything on our in
debtedness to the United States.
Urged to Consider Notes.
Then Britten said he had asked
Secretary Morgenthau to take advan-
tage of a provision in the debt-fundlng
agreement permitting the United
States to obtain from the debtor ma
tions notes smaller than those now
held.
I'VE now hold notes from Great
Britain and France in billion-dollar
denominations, he said. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury may at any time
call upon them for notes of smaller
denominations which will compare
with bonds outstanding against those
nations which are on sale in every
mart all over the world, and we could
get these in $50 and 5000 and $500
amounts, and with that paper, run
ming into billions of dollars, we could
back up our own finances and be the
strongest financial power on earth in
every market on earth
He added, however, that he had
had no reply from letter to the Sec
retary of the Treasury suggesting such
a trade and asking if it had been
proposed to the foreign nations.
"I know that this matter has al
ready been called to the attention of
President Roosevelt" that letter said.