SUPREME EFFORT WEEDED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18253, 23 November 1933, Page 8

SUPREME EFFORT WEEDED

WORLD DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE POSTPONED < Itritis 1 1 Uiliciiil Whetoss.) lire. 2 p.m. RUGBY, Nov. 22. Iho uni ouu of the Disnraiiiment Conference met at Geneva and unanimously agreed that the work of the general commission of tiie Disarmament Conference should tie postponed until some time in January. .Mr. Arthur Henderson said that as a result of conversations between the delegate's of Britain. France, Italy, and the i nited States, a unanimous view was revealed that a supreme effort should he made to conclude a disarmament convention. It was suggested by these PoWers that a meeting ol the general commission on December 4 was inadvisable, as it, was recognised that there were several political questions which were too important to encourage any hope of successful issue from a premature discussion in the general commission. Meanwhile it had been suggested that the work of the conference at this stage would he best assisted by parallel and supplementary efforts between various States, and with the full vise of diplomatic machinery. Mr. Henderson added that a hope had been expressed that these efforts should he energetically pursued with a view of advancing in every possible way the work which lies before the general commission. Mr. Henderson will consult with delegates with regard to the committees which are now engaged at Geneva in bringing the draft convention into conformity with the amendments which have been proposed. The meeting of the bureau ended in an anti-climax, Mr. Henderson’s statement being accepted without discussion owing to M. Paul Poneonr declaring that he avou ld not make a, statement if no other person- attempted to import his own meaning In Mr. Henilevson’s declaration. The conference then adjourned fo flu* end of January, pending negotiations in the various capitals.