Geneva, Mar. 22.
Comrade Litvinoff, the head of the Russian delegation, again ad~ dressed the Disarmament Committee to-day, In a long statement, which was moderate in tone, he endeavours ed to refute the criticisms of Lord Cushenden, the British representa tive, and dwelt on the forts of the Soviet in the cause of peace, He feited the Soviet's voluntary operation with the Committee dence of its good faith, but that, he said, did not imply that the Soviet had undertaken to submit to any rulings of the League, The Soviet would only consider "itself bound by acts drawn up by the Committee and the Disarmament Conference, He cited the reserva tion of the United States delega tion, that it could not accept th Jurisdiction of the League, in sui port of the Soviets attitude towards the League, Comrade Litvinoff then referred to the intervention of Britain in China and Persia, and described the: Zinoviel letter as a frau:
In conclusion, the Soviet delegate intimated that he would continue to ce-operate with the Committee if the Committee declared its accepts ance of the principle of total dise armament.
Baron Clausel, the French dele-fate, seconded "Lord Cushenden' proposal to submit the Soviet scheme to the consideration of the Governments represented on the Disarmament Committee.
Impracticability of Soviet Plan Mar. 23. ter any real opposition. They have now been extended to France and Italy.
It is predicted that an agreement could easily be reached as regards battleships, Incidentally, this would pave the way to a resumption of the three-Power discussions on
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