was asked in the House of Commons, to-day, whether, in view of the value of the Dead Sea salts concession to the British Empire, the Government would take steps to ensure that control remain. ed in British hands, or whether the Government would obtain the ling interest by the purchase of Later, Describing: them as-n "mise hi and malicious joke," the "Jiji strongly censures the Soviet proposals at Geneva, After pointing out that the Soviet's disturbance of enco'in other countries necessitates the maintenance of strong. armed forees, the paper expresses regret thut the participation of Russia in the Preparatory Disarmament Conference is likely to cause failure of the Conference,—Reuter.
The Hon, W.G.A. Ormsby-Gore, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, suid that it had been. decided in principle to grant the con. cession to two persons, based on thei Joint option, providing that suitable terms and conditions were agreed upon with them and that they furnished satisfactory financial uaranteos. Negotiations on these points still were proceeding.
There was no proposal that the Government should obtain the con-
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