and Disarmament Geneva, Sept. 23, The Third Committee completed its labours last night with the adoption of the report by Dr. Benes and of a resolution moved by M. Lange (Norway) with regard. to certain, desiderata to be submitted to the Council of the League when preparing the general programme for the Conference on. Disarmament, Several articles of Dr Benes's report were modified, but not substantially. Thus the part of the Protocol dealing with security and disarmament has been completed und there now remains only the section dealing with arbitration which, it is hoped, will be completed tomorrow, The Courcil to-day agreed to [plan of investigation by the League: Jot the armaments of vanquished States, replacing the system of ied military control. Ac-Jcording to the plan, a commission of investigation will be formed com tatives of members Tt will include at Toast one neutral member and a representative of a bordering State motory to the peace treaties, Further, when examining any ques. tion relating to the investigations, the Permanent Advisory Commission shall invite assessors representing bordering countries.
'The Fourth Committee, of which jMr. Adatchi (Japan) is' chairman, to-day pasted a credit for the Iabours of the experts entrusted with the drawing up of the amendments to the Covenant foreshados Jed in the disarmament protocol.
The Assembly has decided to post-one to the next session a resolution submitted by Great Britain defining extent of an ceonomie blockade against a State violating the Covenant. The resolution, which is in the nature of an amendment to Article 16 of the Covenant, all members rigidly to enforce sation of finance personal relation indirect between them and defaulting state.
The juridical clauses of the tocol, as drafted by the sub-commi sion and presented to the Committee to-day, imposes the same sanctions on hon-member States as Jon members in the event of th refusal to conform to the new procedure of pacific settlement.
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