Lord Marley resented the Communist tag fastened to the conference, which, he said, was not Communist, The arrest of delegates on charges of being Communists Wrould give the impression that the meeting was a Communist activity. The conference would include Com. munist delegates, as dimi of one of the political groups would weaken the force of the meeting. now to be opened with Chinese, Definite official negotiations are
International Settlement, anc French Concession authorities with a view securing authorisation for the] holding of the Conference in shanghai, according a statement fe to press representatives on Monday evening by Lord Marley, leader of the European delegation.
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