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indicated in these words, the Resolution was adopted
unanimously, and the Conference after approving & modi-
fication of its rules of procedure una ciscussing one or
two draft resolutions which led to no result, proceeded
to the consideration of a Resolution which the British
Delegation moved under Item (b) of Chapter I in the
following words:- "that every participating Government
should strictly limit the mumber of places through
which raw opium may be exported or imported".
Monsieur
Delbrück of the German Dolegation in & short statement
the text of which will be found in the official French
Procès verbal of the Sasion, explained that Germany
would not be able to consent to this resolution.
It was
however put to the vote, when Germany alone voted
against it, while the remaining ten Powers accepted it,
France, Persia and Portugal agreeing only ad referendum.
At the following Session however (the Fifth Plenary
Session of December 11th) when the Delegations had bud
the advantage of some informal discussion of the ques-
tions involved, the following formila was accepted un-
animously by the Conference:-
"that every Government
participating
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