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...sooner had the Dutchman spoken than Great Britain's Baron Cushendun and M. Paul-Boncour of France expressed disapproval and repeatedly used the term "surprised." Both told Jonkheer Loudon that their governments could not countenance a reversion to "Secret Diplomacy." Since Britain and France have just come to a secret naval understanding (TIME, Aug. 13) the indignation of their representatives was akin to that of small boys caught in the jam closet...
First to sign was Herr Doktor Stresemann (Allemagne), next Visitor Kellogg (Amérique, Les États Unis d'), then Foreign Minister Paul Hymans (Belgique), and so on alphabetically. Baron Cushendun signed twice, once for Great Britain, once for India...
...scathing conclusion Baron Cushendun remarked that although "some of the Soviet suggestions would make for a better and brighter world . . . don't let us make the mistake of imagining we can reach the goal more quickly ... by taking wild leaps . . . instead of setting to work with patience and perseverance...
...rebuttal to Baron Cushendun soon made by Comrade Litvinov was phrased almost exclusively for home consumption. For example he defended the Soviet Government against charges of bad faith by declaring that it had championed disarmament as far back as the Genoa Conference...
Perhaps the most important development of the debate last week, was the close lining up of the U. S. with Great Britain in opposition to Soviet Russia. Thus U. S. Representative Hugh Simons Gibson followed Lord Cushendun with a speech in which he went even further toward condemning the Soviet proposal and roundly advised that the Commission waste no more time upon it. Meanwhile the German and Turkish representatives had taken the stand that they approved the Soviet proposal "in principle"; but all the Latin nations showed themselves unalterably opposed. As a result, the Commission prepared to put the. Soviet...