Geneva, Dec. 1.
At the resumed debate of the Opium Conference, Sir Malcolm to enlarge of the Conference by mut ant. The acceptance of the Amexilean proposals would mean not only the prohibition of the export of epitm, but its internal prohibition, This would affect India, Persia and Jother countries. His impression of the proceedings of the advisory Jeommittee was that the domestic fuse of opium and coca leaves in the [producing countries would not be raised at the Conference. Great Britain took the view that the matter was outside the scope of the (Conference. He declared that un-ess an agreement was reached be tween manufacturing and producing countries they would in effect have failed, The delegates of Japan, Poland, ina and Cuba favoured a dis-eu ion of the American proposals, The Conference, finally decided by 26 votes to 1, with 9 abstention: to refer the American proposals {0 the First Committee for examina tion and report, Canada and Ireland voted in the majority; Grete Britain, Australia, France, Greece, Portugal, Yugo Slavia, Turkey, The Netherlands and Bolivia abstained. from -voting, while India comprised the minority, Sir J. Campbell recorded a' re~ servation. which the President intimated would be noted.
The result of the vote mesic that the conflict of views between She United States and India has
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