SUNSHINE AT OTTAWA

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 28, 2 August 1932, Page 7

SUNSHINE AT OTTAWA

DELEGATES' PICNIC

PROGRESS OF CONFERENCE

EARLY END UNLIKELY

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graph—Copyright. (Received 2nd August, 10 a.m.)

OTTAWA, Ist August.

The delegates are taking advantage of the glorious sunshine to visit some of Ottawa's conveniently-situated picnic places. It is expected that the Conference, when it resumes to-morrow, will continue^ rapid progress, but on none of the vital issues can it reach a decision ,in this short week, closing on Thursday. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, reviewing the proceedings to date, said today that he cherished die highest hopes of a successful outcome.

Opinion among delegates is veering to the view that the Conference, despite its early rapid, progress, cannot finish before the end of August. It is unlikely that the British representatives will be able to occupy the berths they have booked on the liner Empress of Britain, leaving Montreal on 20th August. It is feared, however, that if the Conference lasted much beyond that date it would almost be an admission of failure, but it is doubtful whether within three weeks the monetary problem, now seen as the paramount item, can be solved or taken to a stage where postponement to a wider conference would be agreeable to the Empire delegations.