DISARMAMENT
POSITION AT GENEVA
GENERAL SATISFACTION
STATEMENT BY SIMON
(British Official Wireless.) , (Received ilareh 30, 11 a.m.)
RUGBY, March 28. ' In the House of Commons in a statement on tho present position of the Disarmament Conference Sir John Simon, who returned from Geneva by air this morning, said - that the General Commission yesterday unanimously decided to take tho British draft convention as the basis of subsequent discussions, the- delegations retaining tho right to propose modifications, amendments, and additions. The Conference adjourned until April 25, when it will examine, tho convention chapter by chapter and article by article. . Sir John added: "This British initiative, which involves the pursuit of a new method—the placing'before the. Conference of a comprehensive scheme in convention form, so that each question may be studied in relation to other necessary questions—has been received with general satisfaction as giving the best prospect for reaching an agreed solution."
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 74, 29 March 1933, Page 7
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149DISARMAMENT Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 74, 29 March 1933, Page 7
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