Geneva, Sept. 23.
Great Britain to-day assumed leadership in a movement to take the Sino-Japanese question out of the hands of the League of Nations "Assembly and place the matter before £n independent World Conference. Hopes were expressed that full collaboration would be given by the United States. London was named the headquarters for the proposed conference.
The British spokesman stated that the plan was still in embryo but emphasized that an attempt to hold the conference would be made, There was nothing definite at present, pending consultations with Washington, The World Conference would be limited to nations having vital interests in the Far East—United Press.
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