CO129-385 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 355

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THE GRANGE,

WELWYN.

C

41337

1928 PFC ||

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25th. December, 1911.

My dear Campbell:-

You will have heard that the Conference is

adjourned until January 8th.

The Convention, so far as its subject matter

is concerned, is complete. No new matter can be intro-

duced. There remain only Articles dealing with Ratifica-

tion, Adhesion and Denunciation. These fall within the

province of Diplomatic and International lawyers. I

have no experience of such matters.

In view of the above I venture to express a

very earnest hope that I shall not be required to go

back to the Hague. I am quite sure that I cannot be of

any further use.

I have felt the strain of the last three

weeks more than I can tell you. This is doubtless not

surprising for a man of 71 years of age.

Provision is made in the "Full Powers" for

the Convention to be signed "by one or more "of the

Delegates