Sir Austen on the Result of Tripartite Conference Lugano, Dec. 11. ferring for an hour and Briand and Dr.
Austen Chamberlain told British journalists here that ho was convinced that Dr. Stresemann would return to Berlin in a less pessimistic frame of mind. They had all agreed that the first step should be to get the Committee of Experts working as soon as possible, He added that no decisions had been reached and the conversations would be continued through diplomatic channels.
No further meeting of the "Big Three' has been arranged.
Conversations here between Dr. Stresemann and M. Briand have chiefly related to the Commission of Conciliation and Verification after the evacuation of the Rhineland.
The Germana demur at the contention of the Allies that the Com. mission continue after 1935, the date for the cessation of the evacuation according to the Treaty of Versail:
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