STATUS OF DOMINIONS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 13 April 1922, Page 5

STATUS OF DOMINIONS

A RUSSIAN PROTEST.

GENOA, April 12. { After a strenuous fight by Sir Joseph t^ook and Mr. Walton over status the .Dominions' right to vote as independent entities was conceded. Mr. Campion . also secured similar recognition on the ' Finance Commission. . ■ ;

Consequent upon the concession of in- • dependent representation to the Dominions, a new vote for the selection of tour representatives of smaller nations resulted in the deposition of Sspam in favour of Sweden." : The conference sat in sectional com- ' missions. Angry scenes marked the Russian Commission, owing to Tcniteherin objecting to the allotment" of only one seat to Russia. He pro- I tested against the attendance of Ron- ' mania and Japan, the latter owing to ,*er occupation of Siberia. Tchiteherin tad to withdraw his angry expressions. The friction on Monday and Tuesday las created a.most "unfavourable impres- i sion. - " -- i