FAILURE TO AGREE

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 121, 18 November 1931, Page 9

FAILURE TO AGREE

MINORITIES COMMITTEE

TEMPORARY VALIDITY

(British Official Wireless.)

(.Received 18th November, 1 p.m.) " •' ' ■'- ' "EUGBY, 17th November, i Tho report of the Minorities Sub' Committee was circulated last night, subject to amendment on the basis of any comments received to-day by the Prime Minister from members.

The report traces the efforts made since its reassembly to secure an agreement upon the various minority claims, and records the informal negotiations which proceeded alongside the four formal meetings of the Committee. The appendices contain the suggestions and views of the various groups "and individuals, including an agreement reached by representatives of the Moslems and certain other minorities last week.

The report says that the Committee has to record with deep regret that it has been unable to reach any agreed conclusion, and refers to suggestions made at various times that the British Government should settle the dispute on its own authority, but adds that these were accompanied by such important reservations as to offer little prospect of the award securing harmonious working. Finally, it records the Prime Minister's offer to give a'decision of temporary validity, if every member of the Committee wouM pledge himself to work the scheme loyally, pending a permanent settlement by the interested parties. ■