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4. Should His majesty's Government ultimately decide

to adopt in principle the project of an international confer-

ence, to be held at an early date, it may be desirable, in

the interests of despatch and for other reasons, to exclude

from the consideration of the conference any questions that

are not yet ripe for uniform treatment. Lord Morley is un-

able to express a considered opinion on the contents of the

programme suggested by the Government of the United States

until he has received the recommendations of the Government\

of India, and, as the interests of the United ringdom and

the colonies are also affected, he would be glad to be al-

lowed an opportunity of learning the views of the board of

trade and the colonial office in reply to the reference

which has been made to them by the Foreign office. The Tol

loving remarks on the programme should therefore be under.

alood to be of a strictly provisional character. The cen

tral part of the programe, and the part which seems best.

adapted for international treatment, is represented by the

group of proposals, numbered (b), (c), (a), (e), (j), (k)

(1), (m), (n), for placing the export and transport of

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