28 SEPTEMBER 1929, page 1

Owing To The Political Crisis In Australia, The...

was not ready to sign on September 19th, but he signed the next day. So also did the Canadian representative, whose signature had been delayed by the necessity of waiting for......

News Of The Week

The Geneva Arms Convention T ORD CECIL'S announcement in the League Assembly on Tuesday that the British Govern- ment intend to ratify the Convention on the InternatiOnal......

The Optional Clause • At Geneva On Thursday, September 19th,

the repre- sentatives of -Great Britain -and of some of the Dominions signed the Optional Clause of the Statute of the Per- manent Court of International Justice. The British......

Lord Cecil And Disarmament In The Third' Committee Of The

League Assembly on Thuriday,' September 19th, 'Lord Cecil introduced a resolution raising several points In regard to land disarma- ment. Throughout a three:days' debate he had......

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