BRITISH EMPIRE: Parliament's Week: Mar. 30, 1925

House of Commons:

¶ J. Beckett, Labor, asked Foreign Secretary Austen Chamberlain if any understanding existed between the U. S. and British Naval authorities, and if the possibility of the U. S. using the Singapore naval base had ever been discussed. Mr. Chamberlain, replying to the first part of the question, said that he would find it easier to answer if he could be confident that he understood it. He confined himself to saying that there was not, and he hoped there never would be, any misunderstanding...

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