London, July 20.
Further deadlock over the non-intervention issue followed the Italian request at to-day meeting of the Non-Intervention sub-committee that withdrawal of volunteers be not discussed before the grant of belliger" ent rights, As no agreement was possible on procedure, the meeting adjourned at 645 p.m Despite terchafiges, the lively i meeting to- conducted in an amicable tone, and it is not anticipated that the adjournment will exceed 48g hours. Meanwhile, representatives will consult their' governments with a view te bridging the differences It is learnt that Lord Plymouth, the Chairman, suggested that the points of the British proposals requiring the consent of buth partie in Spain should be taken first.
Count Dino Grandi, the Italian representative, expressed the opinion that agreement should be reached on all proposals before submitting the scheme to the parties in Spain The Portuguese Ambassador, Sr. A. Montiero, and Herr Woerman, for Germany, supported Count Grandi, while M. Charles Corbin, the French Ambassador, the Belgian Ambassador and the Czech Minister supported Lord Plymouth.
Lord Plymouth then proposed that the control of land frontiers be discussed provided it was agreed to discuss afterwards the withdrawal of volunteers.
M. Corbn agreed provided the discussion of the withdrawal of volunteers followed immediately, but Count Grandi stated the Italian Government was unable to agree to any other order than that set forth in the outlined prop Earlier in the day the Committee had reached agreement, in principle, on the item in the British proposals providing for the establishment of international observation officers in Spanish ports, and further agreed at once to refer certain technical aspects of this problem to their technical sub-committee.—Reuter.
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