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...Auckland Geddes, Ambassador to the U. S., now in London, said in answer to inquiries after his health by a correspondent of The New York Times: " My eye trouble, I am glad to say, is very much better. You see how I look. As a matter of fact, I received six months' leave of absence from the Foreign Office." " Then you may be back before Christmas," it was suggested. " Well, I might be," he replied, "but I do want to see my boys when they come home for the Christmas holidays...
March 7, Secretary Hughes wrote Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador, asking whether the Canadian Government was disposed to cooperate to prevent rum running...
More than three months later (June 19), Sir Auckland referred the matter to the Canadian Government...
Charles E. Hughes, Secretary of State, and Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador to the United States, signed an agreement to renew the arbitration treaty of 1908 between the two countries. The treaty has already been twice renewed for five years, in 1913 and 1918, and the third renewal is for the same duration. The treaty provides that any legal disputes which cannot be settled by diplomacy shall be submitted to the Hague Court of Arbitration-provided that the matter does not affect the "vital interests, the independence or the honor of the two contracting States." A new feature embodied...
...Auckland Geddes, British Ambassador to the United States, and Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the U. S. Treasury, signed the Anglo-American Debt Funding Agreement. The period of 62 years granted to Great Britain in which to pay off her debt of $4,600,000,000 was thus begun, although the British began their payments some time ago. One thousand bonds of $4,600,000 each have been issued. These bonds may be taken up by the British semiannually and sums of money may be paid toward retiring them in three year periods at the option of the British Government...