Geneva, Dec. 9.
A complaint about an "offensive" clause was made by the Soviet delegate to the preparatory disarmament committee, M.- Luna-char sky, to-day. He alluded to the reservation that the adhesion of Esthonia, Finland, Latvia, Poland and Rumania tothe Draft Disarmament Convention was dependent upon Russia's adhesion.
'M. Lunacharaky demanded the deletion of the clause.
The mention of Russia was! finally excluded from the text, and the meeting adopted the coneluding part of the Committee's report relating to chemical warfare, arms and miscellaneous provisions.
The compromise text to which the Soviet delegate has agreed to "Esthonia, Finland, Latvia, Poland sod Ramana have made the adhesion the Dralt Disarmament Con 'The Preparatory Committee of} ithe Disarmament Conference closed to-day after five weeks' deliberations. The next step is the calling' of a conference.
'Dr. Woo Kai-song (China), speaking at the close to-day, declared that China had a' clear opinion as regards disarmament} and peace, and would formulate it} at a general conference. The radical moral causes which led to! war, he added, must be suppressed.
London (Holland), the Chairman, closing the proceedings, appewied to the delegates to impress on their governments to lose no. time in convening a conference—Reuter.
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