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Proposal agreed to by France, United States and Britain that aerial bombardment should be forbidden "between High Contracting Parties"; position of the Saorstat as a High Contracting Party.

Extract from the "Journal de Genève" on the Anglo-Irish economic dispute (customs tariffs) and the difficult negotiations regarding its arbitration; the British Press held E. de Valera responsible for the failure of the Anglo-Irish negotiations in this matter.

Lausanne Economic Conference; Jouhaux-O'Rahilly resolution adopted by the International Labour Conference on the economic crisis.

Possible candidates, including Joseph Avenol, to succeed James Eric Drummond, as League of Nations Secretary-General.

Extract from the "Irish Press" on the decision taken by the Council of the League of Nations to convene a world economic conference: this was the result of a resolution of the Lausanne Conference asking the League of Nations to convene such a conference; S. Lester's point of view on the request addressed to the League of Nations by the Lausanne Conference; the Jouhaux-O'Rahilly resolution of the International Labour Conference proposed the same action; necessity for adequate representation of the small Powers.

Resignation of Grandi and other Italian Ministers: Grandi, a notable figure, made a place for Italy in the League of Nations, and therefore in the world, but the crisis cause was the Lausanne Conference, in which Grandi was in charge of the Delegation: a Franco-British entente placed Italy outside the negotiations, what was an affront to Italy's prestige.

The Aga Khan who had an Irish Estate, and was "persona grata" with the British Government, proposed the acceptance by the Saorstat of a Commonwealth chairman on the condition that he would be chosen and of a Commonwealth statesman.

Controversy between the Irish Free State and Great Britain on the payment of land annuities, Ireland offered to submit this economic dispute to the League of Nations' arbitration, the British Government accepted the principle of arbitration, but the problem was in the choice of the chairman, S. Lester suggested to Deputy Little to speak of the economic crisis in general and to insist mainly on the League of Nations' principles such as international peace based on justice and the equality of all States, and the fact that no great State could ignore the rights of the small States; Ireland was a firm supporter of the League of Nations' ideals, but would never have accepted the position of inferiority vis-à-vis the other nations of the world.

Important votes on various Russian, Chinese, Swedish-Dutch amendments and motions on reduction in land, naval and all other armaments, on air attack against the civilian population to be prohibited, on the limitation of the number and calibre of mobile land artillery.