Foreign News: Churchill v. Mellon

COMMONWEALTH (British Commonwealth of Nations)

Secretary Mellon of the U. S. Treasury and Chancellor Churchill of the British Exchequer came as near as statesmen ever do to calling one another "Liar!" last week. The Secretary was vacationing on the continent. The Chancellor was busy at London. Neither was within earshot of the other, but, through a series of suave but venomously couched official statements, they exchanged compliments with rough-and-tumble intent.

The U. S. Treasury set out to combat Franco-British propaganda against "U. S. debt Shylocking" by announcing over Mr. Mellon's signature: 1)...

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