WILL THE NATIONS DISARM?

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 14 December 1925, Page 9

WILL THE NATIONS DISARM?

Influence of the League Council. DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE CONVENED. By Cable —Press Association —Copyright. Reuter’s Telegrams, (Received December 13, 5.5 p.m.) GENEVA, December 12. One of the outstanding items on the agenda paper of the Conference lias been disposed of amid general satisfaction. All details of the constitution of the Disarmament Commission, together with the procedure and programme, have been completed, and will undoubtedly be approved at to-morrow’s sitting of the Council. The Commission will probably meet at Geneva in February. The various States on the Council have all agreed to serve on the commission, and invitations are now being sent to other Powers, including Germany, Russia, and the United States.

ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS DISARMAMENT. APPROVED BY LEAGUE COUNCIL. By Cable—Press Association—CoDyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association (Received December 13, 5.5 p.m.) GENEVA, December 12. A private sitting of the Council of the League of Nations approved the programme prepared by the Preparatory Committee for a Disarmament Conference. RUSSIA’S ATTITUDE TO THE LEAGUE. STATEMENT BY SOVIET AMBASSADOR. By Cable—Press Association —‘Copyright Australian ahd N.Z. Cable Association Received Dec. 13, 5.5 p.m. PARIS, Dec. 11. M. Roltovsky (Soviet Ambassador in Paris), said that Locarno ought to be followed by an agreement with Russia, but the latter’s attitude towards the League of Nations, would not change until the nations which had not yet entered into diplomatic relations with the Soviet, had dona