DISARMAMENT

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 5 December 1927, Page 5

DISARMAMENT

SITTINGS OF COMMISSIONS THE DATES FIXED.. LITVINOFF’S DEMAND. [British Official Wireless.) (Received 5. 11.30 a.m.) Rugby, Dec. 4. The session of the preparatory commission for the disarmament conference concluded with yesterday's meeting at Geneva. February 20th was fixed as the date for the meeting of the security commission, set up by the committee and it was decided to hold the next session of the preparatory commission on March loth. Hopes were expressed that a disarmament conference would be held next year. Litvinoff, declaring that March was too distant a date, demanded that the disarmament commission meet on January 10. It should not, he said, lie dependent on the security committee’s meeting. Count Bernstorff supported Litvinoff, saying that his Government was anxious for a disarmament conference in 1928. Lord Cushendun opposed the suggestion. In London it is pointed out that some of Litvinoff’s figures are incorrect.—(A. and N.Z.) SIGNING OF PACTS. BRITAIN’S DIFFICULTY. (Received 5 11.30 a m.) [British Official Wireless.! Rugby, December 3. In conversation with the press at Geneva, Lord Cushendun emphasised in particular the difficulty felt by the British Government in undertaking engagements regarding security binding her to action in circumstances which cannot be foreseen. The signing of such pacts was more difficult in a country where the Parliamentary system was stably developed and where puublic opinion was strong and free, than in one where the Parliamentarv system was comparatively undeveloped.