LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

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tariff truce CONVENTION. 0 appeal for ratification. (Beceired September 14th, 5.5 p.m.) GENEVA, September 13. u „ w Graham, president of the Jtf, Board of Trade, addressing the Assembly, announced that jff' Br it«ln would ratify the tariff convention. He urged that all 1 should ratify the con?nn in order that preparations for forthcoming conference to negotia reduction of duties and to freer trade generally might *23 without delay. . Ifflraham declared that unless suf- „ i~; t notions ratified by April let, ftf Great- Britain would hold herself So act in any wnv she desired nS seemed that there was little bopo * ; ® ppnernl tariff reduction at pre"L* W laid, but it might bo advan!»«ouß to concentrate on certain comZiities such as textiles and machinit in order to see how far they could S'progressive tariff reductions. InfiLrcd ' tariffs might temporarily Simulate industries, but the mulatto effect of such a course must seri.'delay Europe's restoration. A Mriiiftnent solution of economic diffirtlties lay the abolition of tariff burns'*. PROGRESS IN DISARMAMENT jjHTISH DELEGATE'S APPEAL. '■' (jIBITISS OJFICUL WIBKLEBS.) RUGBY, September 12. Hf Arthur Henderson (British For- ' eign Minister), speaking on disarmaat the Assembly of the League of Nations, said he did not say that no pngrem been made. On the eon- , he believed that during the last f 1? months important stups forward had Men taken. £fter. referring to the results of the Nival Conference, and to the fact that bf the London agreement tho British Hiiy would be 200,000 tons less than it Wild have been if the proposals befjje the 1937 conference had been acc«Ptedt Mr Henderson expressed the ■ before 1930 further agreeittats would be made, under which no itytt capital ships should ever be entrusted. But, he said, to the Britih Government this was only a first slip, and he hoped that when the world (jjjmmament ' conference met they ijjnia, with the other naval Powers, get ' attll frttther immediate and substantial ijjjqctions in naval forces. -The .Prepmtory Commission and 'ojief Lvagvc commissions had had wist difficulties to overcome, but the "t®»for praetieal results had arrived, ped a disarmament conference \®ald lie summoned for next year, so , within a measurably short period a would be taken toward tft-faMHSent of the undertaking which all. for a strong and united afatfli&hieve the purpose for which ttytldnexiited. * 1 iIfiCTJATION OF SAAR ' ME COUNCIL'S DECISION. , .(ratrsD pee as association—by execteio TSMOBATO—COPYBICrHT.) ' v ' GENEVA, September 12. ; vlhe League Council passed a resolution in favour of the withdrawal of : protecting the railways in the , territory within three months, Jr. Cnrtius (Germany) expressed satytt||Ction at the solution of the matter. %£fbexe was a notable decline in the general debate after yester- ■ guns. Tho main topic in the ;-Mjpiea is Arthur Henderson's astute yjljttehffig of interest to problems of disand arbitration, instead of ,^|%hßriand 's European federation proi'ssb was not mentioned iff any jjethe morning Speeches. ffaeral J. M. B. Hertzog (South and Sir Robevt Borden (Can- . through uninspiringly written speeches. . Gentians stirred -uneasily and Weed daggers when General Hertzog, |MWWg particularly to the recent exaltation of the South-Wbst African JjjjWiate, declared that the Mandates JS™2®iMion had caused the greatest I'jmjnoa by raising' academic questions the permanency of the mandate prvfto extent of the mandatory Pow--IjSP' sovereignty, Such enquiries should ;.'tpwer hf..abandoned or restricted unljwrtaliy. League was most gratified / by the IPs decision in favour of the ti«| of the Saar Basin by all the VMial troop? within the period <8 by Germany. This is regarded i;|J3B»{iileflpite achievement toward" a settlement of the situation, ill™* wily second to the occupation iffipNtvßhineland in the bitterness it in Germany. Ilfe'sAAß AGREEMENT. OP TRANSPORT. | - omsui wibflibb.) September 14th, 5.5 p.m.) Hf , J, RUGBY, September 12. pjpffeirtva this afternoon the Council Sgfefeiai of Nations adopted the reached during private conwith Dr. Curtius, the German Minister, whereby within three MSjßpith® last French soldier will have jj from Germany. The "■ luSm/ has been dealing with i of protection of, and the i transport and transit of the decided to abolish the fflMjjßiKPtpcliijjg the railways, as well Committee. The'aboli* force is to take effect with"iMkjkoi OP WHALING. OP: DRAFT p < Convention. ' ' 5-5 P-m ) : September 18. * Conrentiori, which will the Economic Committee session, provides for e license# by the nations vlMt.wliahnp areas, - behalf of IS^MRBw^riiig, an amendment in of AiwtroUa imA $ ike

nation deems it advisable. Canada is concerned about the use of floating factories, whereby the whalers avoid the necessity of putting into ports or ot employing coastal stations. The draft Whaling Convention prohibits in all cases the killing of calves, immature whales, and female whales accompanied by young. It also prescribes the fullest possible use of the carsases, prohibits the engagement or gunners crews on terms whereby the remuneration depends entirely upon the number of whales taken, and provides that no. vessel of the contracting parties shall take and treat whales unless a license has been granted by the contracting party to which it belongs, or at least until the owner has notified the Government of his inten tion to employ such a vessel. The Whaling Convention, which wi extend to all seas in the world, will be concluded for three years, continuing thereafter by tacit consent.