GENEVA DISCUSSIONS

Evening Star, Issue 19664, 17 September 1927, Page 6

GENEVA DISCUSSIONS

DISARMAMENT DEBATE SECURITY FIRST M. BONCOUR’S SUGGESTIONS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. GENEVA, September 16. (Received September 17, at 12.5 p-m.) M. Boncour, speaking at the meeting of the committee which is considering disarmament, declared that the do velopment of arbitration had reduced the tear of war, but so far it was insufficient. Security must procode disarmament and to realise this the Prcparaiory Disarmament Commission must define a guarantee in order to bo successful. He was convinced that such a reorganisation of security, to ensure disarmament, would enable special security agreements inspired by the Covenant. The Preparatory Commission must request the States objection to the Protocol to define their objections which had not yet been done Ho denied that the protocol was Continental. Such a character would be contrary to the spirit of the league. PRESS NEWS SERVICE. GENEVA, September 16. (Received September 17, at 12.5 p-m.) Sir Granville Eyrie (Australia) participating in the sixth committee s discussion on the resolutions of the International Press Conference, said that judging by Australia’s experience there was no serious ground for the complaint concerning the leading agencies, which always worked in co-operation with Australia’s own agencies. The Australian newspapers for half a ecu* tury had had their own cabling agencies in London. They perceived, with Mr llambro, the advantage of having news presented to thoir own nafiouals and were cor tinning this policy in Australia, and through it in New Zealand. These were the only dominions which were separately represented at Versailles, and at all sub3 lent international conferences, as as at every assembly of tlio League. Newspapers of small countiies could organise their own services as the Au si rati au newspapers had done.