LONDON CONFERENCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 171, 21 July 1924, Page 5

LONDON CONFERENCE.

,1 CASE EVACUATION OF RUHR. jjjE DAWES SCHEME. prCaW^ess^Uo,-C UI , ris U,> (Received 10.30 a.vi.l LOXDOX. July 'JO. TWraTwd tl,a( the committees at the. SsK procedure in the event of «ergtfmlt; also governing evacuation <?i c *£erverV' diplomatic comjdent says the latter agreement. con&ZL complete evacuation within days after Germany ha, put the into operation '-ijundar Express hopes the < onwill prove the shortest and vtw*t lWnC fu held, and that all throe ■ v will present unanimous regfS. Plenary session of the cong£! on MondoyV-tA. and XX)

HIGH COMMISSIONERS.

jffTTSS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Received 12-3" 1 ,, "- , LOXDOX, July 20. r a ch Dominion becomes a member »1 ,J.Empire delegation. High Commie- ■„,« are attending the conference % m; others can attend daily and iatch the proceedings. fle settlement covers only the present Conference and cannot hv regarded as a patent affecting the status of the mminions. <\: James Allen points out that the setttcment means that the status of High ronunissioners is raised to the equivalent o f Ambassadorial rank. It is only a 'smallbeginning of greater things. High Commissionoris' "duties and responsibilities arc constantly increasing as the Dominions expand, and will inevitably mean further recognition until the positions arc equal to foreign Ambassadors. Sooner or later this must be thoroughly recognisei The Dominions, therefore, should send the best statesmen to represent them in London.— ("Sun."')

AIL OR NONE.

EMPIKE UNDIVIDED. (Received 30.30 a.m.) LONDON", July 20. An "Observer"' editorial criticises the middling concerning representation of iie Dominions in the present Allied conference. It insists that the Empire as a whole must definitely choose a regular STstcm, "which, when found, will have im accepted together. In reality it represents a fact in international politics as.solid as the Monroe Doctrine."—(A. jnd XZ. Cable.)

! STATUS OF DOMINIONS

POWER AT CONFERENCES. THE CANADIAN STANDPOINT. OTTAWA, July 20. His correspondence which passed beto™ the British and Canadian Governments Tritli reference to representation at tic Inter-Allied Conference was tabled in the Dominion House of Commons. ■A telegram from the Prime Minister. 3lr. '\\\- L. Mackenzie-King, was to the effect that if a protocol" were to be signed ou behalf of Canada it would be lecfssarr for Canada to have a representative at the conference holding full pora. To this the British Prime Mm Bjcr, 31r. -Ramsay HacDonald. replied foresting that the arrangements likely to best meet the situation seemed to be (1) for the British representatives to tap in continuous consultation with the nptsentatives appointed by the Govornrantsof tie Dominions and*lndia during >k course of the conference: (2) for * Dominion Governments to be kept * informed by telegraph. Mr. JlacDouald said "he had assured "» High. Cormnisisoners and the Seere|mt for India that whatever was agreed, anew of the exceptional circumstances, not to he regarded or quoted as a jwedeut. A statement to that effect ■fronld be made by him to the conference. Jn reply, slr. King said that, from to statements in Mr. MacDonald'e tele?ram dated July ]1, it would seem that a Preluninaiy conference was to lie held. M. as they had been led to believe, so aoch for the arranging o f details reSOTmg the representation of the Domin*aus and India on an Empire delegation. fs .or informing the Dominions and * of wliat, in advance consultation •aj • eir rc P rese »tatives. had been detl(m ™. respect to representation. ,j i, is P reci » e ly the procediire Mopted with regard to our representa- ™ at the Lausanne Conference, to Mich exception has been taken, and eonT™? which we have been told that we Mould have spoken more plainly at the 'mc,- sai& Mr. King. 'Tor many read's we- had hoped this would not be "Peatcd., We regret that we were not !S- ° agree witb this manner of pro•wing, nor depart from the position we we consistently maintained, of having .wadas right to representation at ■™r-Alhed conferences determined in «Wdance ,with the precedent estabZl "t Versailles and Washington, and ffirmed «ie 1023 conference resolu!h WroTld" ° Ur Governlnent formally .ftrtlier messages show that an agreeZi aS i finallr reaell «<l to adopt the W system of representation, j ff Secretary for the Colonies. Hr. femi I r m^ s ' speakiii!? at Derby, rec'j n t0 the misunderstanding' with regardins the Dominion's reflation at the conference. He said l^f/ lafl the diffi culties Lad been finin P ?S Cflua(la and the otl,er S , llad ,lot onl y awented the Ration, but had made a real eontribu-S-te«Td the solution of the represengwn.proolem. The Government was 7T t0 tackle question *iZhT T ntat! ° n Ol the aid! conferences.— (Renter )