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probably do th: same. The line I should take would be to say

that the matter was clearly outside the scope of the Conference;

that the question had been considered at length in the First

Conference and that we had, with great difficulty, arrived

at an agreement in respect of the further measures to be

taken; that the position in the British Territories had been

fully set out in the rep rta which had been laid before the

First Conference and in the explanations which I had given

during the discussions j mid that quite apart from the

competence of the Conference, no useful purpose would be

served by résopening the matter. 1 would then proceed to make

the suggestion of the Com ission of Inquiry.

I thought it mly fair and courteous to the

Dutch Delegate (who has worked with us in an extremely friedly

way throughout the First Conference) to let him know confidentialy

of the proposal ve were going to make with regard to the

Commission of inquiry, so that he might not be taken by surprise

and might have time, if he thought fit, to son mult his Government.

• understood our position in the matter, but after thinking it

over he said that he was very strongly opposed to the proposal

and that it would be impossible to get a Commission which would be

competent to make mich an investigation,

In view of the line the French have taken here I

am not inclined to mention it to the French Delegate, but I

thought, and still think, that it would be desirable to peo

whether the French Govemment could not be got to agree to

support the proposal when I bring it forward in the Second

Conferenc@g If a heated debate takes place on the American

Droposal. I am afraid the offer may meet with little acceptance,

either on the American side, or on the side of the other Far

Eastern Powers, and may fall rather flat. Of course, one cannot

be sure; the Americans may be glad to find any way out of the

The Tyanah Delegate here has been courting the Aericana

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