The Disarmament Conference's [Committee for Aerial Warfare broke to-day when the Italian, Russian German delegates left the éommittee room after having tabled a statement, declaring that they would take no further part in the diseussion of the committee which will meet again to-morrow to. draft report to the Conference.
This protest was directed against ithe decision of the committee to incorporate in' its report the recom ing- mendations made by its sub-committee recording certain answers to given to a questionnaire sub mitted by France.
In the debate on this point the Italian delegate declared that the Janswers. recommended by the sub-[committee gave an absolutely leading impression of the condition of aerial armaments,—a_contention which was supported by the German] and. the Russian delegate. The Jguestion was then put to vote, and it was decided with 23 to 11 votes incorporate the recommendation jin the committee's report, Chit voted with Russia, Italy and Ger many against he incorporation.
When the result of the vote was! Jannounced, the delegates of the three Powers leading the opposition left the committee room immediate. ly.—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min. to unanimity as to the cause of the trouble and' the steps necessary. to solve the problems than at any tine [since the War. Next week we ter upon a conference at which an Jearnest endeavour will be made to reach an agreement with the countries directly concerned with the solution of these difficulties and I feel hopeful about the result "The Lausanne Reparations Conference may be the turing point in [the history. of Europe in these ficult days."—Reuter.
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