Meeting with French Premier on portant To London, Feb. 19, In the House of Commons to-day, Lieut-Commander Kenworthy. (Li eral) asked whether the disarmament conference was abandoned missions on matters arising from the jcrieva protocol, which were to hav been considered' in Rome, had been postponed for three months until March, with a corresponding pos:- Ponement of all subsequent dates.
Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy ask-led if there was, therefore, a chance holding the disarmament confer-fence in September; to which Mr. Austen Chamberlain replied that the Position was that each item of the programme had been postponed for three months, likely Feb. 20.
Reuter's Agency is informed that the British Cabinet cannot decide with regard t6 the Geneva protocol until the views of all the domi fare beard, but that it may be expected that something in the nature of rejection of the protocol in ite present form is inevitable and that radical modifications of the scheme will doubtless be necessary.
Feb. 21.
Reuter Yearns. that Mr. Austen Chamberlain is ex route to Geneva attend the Council of the League lof Nations on March 9. He will probably meet M: Herriot in Par tis emphasized that in view of the important issues now before the Allies, a personal exchange of views fat present would be very welcome, M. Herriot is unable to come to London owing to his preoccupation with the French financial situation,
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