CO129-416 - Public Offices - 1914 — Page 448

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It may be assumed however that the

question as to whether or not it is

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possible to put the Convention into

force in the way above indicated will

come up for discussion immediately the

Conference opens and you will therefore

have to consider the most practical way

of harmonising the intentions of the

first and second Conferences with re-

gard to the point at issue and of over-

coming the technical difficulties that

stand in the way of a satisfactory set-

tlement in circumstances not originally

anticipated.

These difficulties will not of

course arise, if all the Powers have

already signed and ratified by the time

the Conference meets or if there are as-

surances forthcoming that their signa-

tures will have taken place and their

ratifications deposited by a given date,

and you should consequently press anyb

for the ratification of the Cón