ALPHABETICAL ORDER
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—ln yesterday's edition of "The Post" appears a complaint from "Scotia" that America (the U.S.A.) comes first among the Big I'ive assembled for the Naval Conference. He states: "The irony of the position is that as regards the true alphabetical position, the United States of America, which name is the correct name of the Kepublie, would not be first, but last.
Apparently your correspondent assumes that the nations participating in the Conference are arranged in alphabetical order according to -English (possibly, but most improbably Gaelic) ideas of their names. If my assumption is correct then your correspondent has not even a rudimentary knowledge of the practice at international conventions. For hundreds of years the practice has been to classify nations according to the accepted diplomatic language, viz., French. Furthermore, the U.S.A. is always recognised by its correct title (not simply "America") in-interna-tional treaties.—l am, etc.,
DIPLOMATE.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 25, 30 January 1930, Page 8
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ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 25, 30 January 1930, Page 8
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