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LAUGH AT GENEVA. ’(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) ~ ' .GENEVA, March 5. The brightest interlude in the Disarmament- Conference debate was the explanation of the Spanish delegate, iSenor Madariaga, of Russia’s visionary ■proposal. He quoted the fable ol the animals discussing disarmament. The lion suggested the abolition of eves ; the xßiglowthe- abolition-, of ..wings and. eyes.;,, the tiger the abolition of claws; and the bear the abolition of nil weapons, after which they all fell into each other’s arms in an embrace.
The conference was convulsed with laughter, in which the Soviet delegate (VI. Litvinoff) participated vigorously.
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Hokitika Guardian, 7 March 1932, Page 6
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