DRAFT CONVENTION

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 71, 25 March 1933, Page 13

DRAFT CONVENTION

DISCUSSION AT GENEVA

2ILNOR CRITICISM

(British Official Wireless.) (Received March 25,11 a.m.)

KUGBY, March 24.

j The Foreign Secretary (Sir John j Simon) left London by air this mornJing for Geneva to- take part in the discussion .in the General Commission of the Disarmament Conference on the Draft Convention put before the Conference by the Prime Minister last week. Owing to a delay between Lyons and Geneva, Sir John did not arrive until after the Conference had begun. -....-■ The debate on the Joint Convention, which comprises a digest of the most generally accepted proposals advanced by the various delegations during the . Conference discussion, was opened by M. Titulesco, who, speaking on behalf lof the Little Entente Powers, said that the three countries he represented were ready to accept tho British pro--1 posals as a basis.of discussion, but re- ' served the right to introduce certain amendments later.

This attitude was also taken by M. Motta (Switzerland), who declared that Mr. MaeDonald's plan had saved the Conference.

Subsequent speakers," who included representatives of Norway and Turkey, criticised certain proposals in the Convention. The Norwegian (Dr. Lange) regretted the omission of certain desirable provisions, for example, the budgetary limitation and the supervision of the manufacture of arms, definition of "aggression," and sanctions against aggressor.

The debate continues tomorrow, and will-probably conclude on. Tuesday. V