M. Daladier, the French delegate to the Opium Conference, associated himself with the pronouncement made by Viscount, Cecil, the British delegate, in which the latter strongly' repudiated the charge of Americans that the British" and other Governments were not earry~ ing out The Hague obligations. and intimated "that he would vote against the American proposals that dealings in opium shall cease within 16 years from the ratifiention the present convention, Daladier read a declaration by the French Government undertaking to carry out in its territory the abolition of the use of prepared opium within certain fixed periods, completely and progressively.
Renewed hopes of a solution of the present deadlock followed the unanimous adoption of a Swedish motion of adjournment of the cussion of the American proposals till January 24, to allow an effort to be made to find " compromise—ling Reuter.
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