VITAL PROBLEMS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20500, 19 March 1932, Page 15

VITAL PROBLEMS.

THREE IMPORTANT CONFERENCES. BRITISH DELEGATES. (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIHELESS.) RTJGBY, March 17.. The Prima Minister "Ramsay j Mac Donald) announced in tho Housf of Commons to-day the provisional list of delegates to the Ottawa and Lausanne Conferences. , ' • He said the Government-had to be represented practically simultaneously at three of the- most important conferences this summer —tbe Disarmar ment Conference at G«neva, the .K®* , parations Conference at . Lausanne, opening in June, and the Imperial Conference at Ottawa in July. Any announcement must, depend 'on «u» claims made upon the services .of Ministers during the /summer. ■ The del®gation for Geneva* was ■ known. An® representatives for Ottawa would .be the Secretary, for the Dominions, Mr J. H. Thomas; the Secretary for the . , Colonies, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister; the President of the Board of Xrade, Mr Walter Runciman; and a representative of the Ministry of Agriculture. Subject to Government business con- • siderations, the Lord Prudent of the Council, Mr. Baldwin, the , Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Neville Chamberlain, and tho Secretary for "War, Lord Hailsham, would also attend. . '• '■ ,V ; At the. Lausanne Conference, the ''Government' would be represented by the Prime Minister, Mr Chamberlain, • Sir John Simon (Foreign Minister), and Mr Runciman. If advisable and possible the services might be utilised of Sir Herbert Samuel (Home .Secretary), Sir Hauiuel ffoaro (Secretary for India),' .or a representative of the Dominions Office. - COMMENT ON SELECTION. MR BALDWIN AS LEADER. (Received March 18th, 8.10 p.m.) . ' LdNDON, March 18. The "Daily Telegraph" says the announcement 6£ the Ottawa Conference delegation will give great satisfaction. There.has been a real anxiety that.the best and strongest British team should be selected. Mr Baldwin will be the virtual leader of the. "delegation, and there is every reason to believe that , this will be acceptable to both the. Dominions and the Home Country. : Other newspapers comment on similar .. lines. ■ . ■ ■■■ . "The Times" welcomes the selection as a compliment to the importance of tho Conference in the nomination of outstanding • members of the Govern-. ment.