Interest however was focussed on the subsequent private meeting to consider the demands of the Little Entente, namely, Czecho-Slovakis Rumania and Yugo-Slavia, for a examination into the dispute beween Italy and A\ following the recent discovery of smuggled machine-gun parts on the frontier between Austria and Hungary, which were alleged to have been consigned from Italy to Hungary, Dr. Louis Walko, the Hungarian "Minister 10¥ Foreign Affairs, had previously visited and lengthily eonferred with the Italian delegate, Signor Scialoja, at the latter's hotel. Italy is being involved in the altair owing to. the allegation that the machine-gun parts had been consigned from Italy.
Sir Austen Chamberlain (Great Britain) pressed for ratification of the Opium Convention of 1925.
Inkr, F, Bélaerts van Blokland (the Netherlands) and Mr, Adachi (Japan) respectively announced that their countries had delayed ratification owing to modification of their national legislation.
The Hon. Raoul Dandurand (Canada) said that a bill for ratification of the Convention was now before the Canadian Parliament, Dr. Gustav Stresemann (Germany) promised ratification im. mediately a German received a gent on the Central Board for the Control of the Traffic in Opium.
Sir Austen Chamberlain thereupon advocated greater care in drawing up proposals for conven-'The council agreed to place the question of ratification of the Convention on the agenda for the next session,
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