The decorations are to be remitted by Admiral Petit in Saigon, for which port Vice-Admiral Lo Bigot sailed yesterday in his flagship Lamotte Picquet.
Before leaving he gave a reception aboard this vessel, on Tuesday, Among those present were: M. P. E. Naggiar, French Ambassador China, M. F, Knobel, Counsellor of the French Embassy to China, M. P. Auge, local Acting French Consul General, Lieut.-Col. Perretier, Commander of the French Forces in Shanghai, M. Luc, Secretary of the French Embassy to China, M. Jobez, commissioner p.i. of the French Concession police, and other prominent of the local French comand naval and military Cairo, July 27.
The Government today decided to Provide an additional E.£1,000,000 credit for the country's air arm.—Reuter, In a press interview here last night, Senator Key Pittman, Democrat of Nevada, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, outlined a project providing for treaties with Latin American Governments in order to consolidate international law.
Basing his plan on the failure met by the scheme including international law in multi-lateral accords, Senator Pittman proposed to attack the problem in a simpler. way by means of bilateral treaties, The Senator expressed the opinion that the definition of naval and air blockades and the definition of rights of propriety could be used as a basis for study through the bilateral method and in an accord between two countries, it could be used in a bilateral treaty.
The situation arising from the Mexican expropriation of foreign oil concerns gave rise to Senator Pittman's proposal, which has not yet been communicated to the State Department as it is still being studied by the Senator, American diplomatic circles may resume an initiative if the plan has chances to succeed.
The Pan-American conference at Lima is to discuss the codification of international law, and will offer an appropriate means for a similar discussion on the Senator's plan—
Havas.
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