Argament for Amendment of Remarkable Statements Made in' the Convention of Forgery Trial in Geneva Leipzig Geneva, Feb. 2.
Loipaig, Feb. 8.
A new British policy towards the Washington 8-hour eonventi gate, to the governing body of the Unternational Labour Office, Mr, Betterton declared that very serious difficulties hindered the carrying out of the convention, which, he said, had been concluded hurriedly and without sufficient experience regarding the question of reduction of hours of labour. Consequently, ho continued, Great Britain thought that it was more important (o revise the constitation instend of adhering to the prevent wording.
He proposed that the governing: body should include the revision of the convention on the agenda for the conference in 1929 and that, in the meantime, the Labour Office should prepare a report for submission to jon in April, after which should be submitted to all Staten for their opinions, The workers' delegates strongly dissented, Jouhaux (France) declared that' he was bitterly disappointed. Ile pointed out that the Cent delegates to the Laboue at Washington in 1919 had accepted the British standpoint to avoid difficulties and that the British A sensational trial for high treason, at which the notorious Zinovief? letter received prominence, ended at the Supreme Court here to-day when Anton Schreck was sentenced to five yours penal servitude "for the Fopeated crime of forgery of documents and offences against the charged with selling documents "which "hampered. Keotiations at the Locarno Peace Conference when they were pr sented as proof of the insincerity of Germany.
The German pacifist, Karl Mer-tens, who came hero from Geneva fon 8 safe-conduct, as a warrant ig fut against him on a charge. of treason, giving evidence at the trial, said that it was rumoured Geneva that the Zinovieff letter was forged at 1 Anhalt Strasse, Berlin, hich tamed out to be the house in Which Schreck lived.
The Public Prosecutor said that was evident that very dangerous things wut on in the darkroom" at 1 Anhalt Strasse.
Two other persons, Herman Koch ud HE. Schulz, were also sentenced, he former, for attempted high treason, to 22 months imprisonment and a fine of M. 100, and. the latter, for perjury, to four and half" months imprisonment Reuter, delegates Init accepted "the third text of the convention, Delegates representing British and French employers supported the propowils submitted by Mr. Better ton, The German Government's dele-ate proposed postponement decision li the session in April The meeting finally adopted the oguestion of delegates representing the Fee ments regarding mn of the convention should be fon the agenda for 1029. nur day. had been introduced practically everywhere. Moreover, he said, the British proposal was Premature since the rules gozerning procedure must be formulated Before revision euuld be undertaken,
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