SAMOAN DISPUTE

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 72, 20 June 1928, Page 5

SAMOAN DISPUTE

YBEFORE LEAGUE COUNCIL. DISCUSSION POSTPONED. HON. NELSON STILL ACTIVE. United Press Assn.—E v Electric Telegraph Copyright. • ■;,, (Received 10.15 a.m.) ..., GENEVA, June 19l The* Samoan question originally on to-day's agenda has been postponed until to-morrow. Hon. o'. F. Nelson, his daughter and secretary ar© still at Geneva, and are occupying a suite . in the best hotel. General Sir George Richardson and the Rt. Hon. Sir J. G. Ward! are staying at an hotel two minutes distance away. There is no likelihood, however, of their meeting either in the presence of th© commission or privately.' Hon. O. F. Nelson sought to plac© his case before the various members ofi the Commission with vlrrying degree® of success, according to the differing views of the members on the .propriety' of such interviews, the League Council having ruled in 1926 .that individual petitioners should noj;. be heard before the Commission .though no ruling was made concerning th© individual action of members in the elucidation of particular problems. „ . ' The Commission's meetings are secret, and the report will not be published until after the Dommon Council in September. Hon. Nelson, if he does not obtain satisfaction, will seek means of agjun raising the issue in September.—Australian Press Association—United Service.