Chinese Disappointment. is Trenchantly Expressed Brussels, Nov. 25.
With only Italy voting' in opposition, the Nine-Power Conference last evening, in an atmosphere of disappointment, adopted its Report and Declaration ' urging, among other things, a suspension of hostilities and a resort to peaceful processes to find settlement and then adjourned Dr., Wellington Koo, the chief Chinese delegate, vainly endeavoured before the mectihg to obtain accept tance of an amendment in favour of more concrete form of action. Although it is emphasized that the Conference is merely going Into recess, it is generally felt that there is: very little ikelthood that it will ever meet again.
Count Aldrovandi, the Italian dele-ate, explained that his objection was based on the "hostile reasoning" of the Report. "I said that the conter~ ence would fall," he added. "It has. We should not adjourn but dissolve Mr, Norman Davis, chief American delegate, declared that, as a result of the Conference, nothing had been lost fand much gained in regard to a more complete knowledge of the difieulties and possibilities of the situation, The recess, he added, in no way meant that the problem they had been considering would be dropped, or that. their interest in. the solution of the Far Eastern conflict would in any way be lessened.
Viscount Cranborne, British Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, supported the remarks of Mr. Davis.
Following the adoption of the Declaration, Dr, Koo, in a lengthy statement, declared that, In view of the continuation of hostilities." the Chinese delegation believes that a mere rearming of principles cannot. be considered a satisfactory result of the Conference because It is inadequate to deal effectively with the grave situation."
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