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contracted during her Spanish trip. Ac cording to LL"Auto today, her illness will probably prevent her being a partici a t in the olympic tennis events. Paris, May 26th- The Uruguayah Ol- ympic Soccer Team today defeated the Jugo-Slavian team to nothing, iu a match marked by the brilliance and speed of the South Americans pl-oy. Philidelphia, May 26th—Paul Costello today won the Philidelphia Gelé Chal- lenge Cup, enblematic of the werids sin- gle sculling championship, from Gilmore, by two and omehalf lengths. The race was over the mile and a quarter course in the Schuykill River. Both oarsmen are Philidelphians. London, May 27th Suzar in stock on the 24th inst was 1:9 000 tons. Last year 99,009. Ottawa, May 26th —'‘The Covt. of Cinala not having been invited to send a representaiive to the Lausanne Confer- ence, and not having participated in the proceedings of the Conference, either di- rectly or indirectly, and not being, for this reason, a signatory to the treaty on b-hall of Canada. my Ministers do not feel that they are in a positivn 10 reco.n- mend to Parliamert the approval of the Peace Treaty with Turkey and the con- ventions theretuv.”” In these words the Governor Gepneral in a message address- ed to the Secretary of S.ate for the Colo- nies on March 24th 1924, defined the at- titude of the King (Government toward the Lausanne Treaty. The telegram is the last of a series between the Imperial and Cana“ian Govt’s, going bacls to Oct. 27th 1922 and tabled in the House by the Premier today. The (elegram adds. “*Without the approval of Parliament they feel they are not warranted in signifying concurrence in ratifica- tion of the trea'y and the conventicns. With respect to ratification, however, they will not take exception to such course as his Majesty’s Govt. may deem it advisable to recommend.’ When the papers were tabled Mr. Meighen asked whether the correspondence was com- plete, and if it was not complete, which Govt. took responsibility for the omis- sions. The Fremier replied that the Govt. had asked that all correspondence sheuld be made public. The Imperial Govt. had nbjected to some of it being brought down, What had been tabled was all that the two Govt’s. hal agreed upon. Ih2 correspondence opens with a message {rom the Duke of Devonshire at that time Secreta'y for the Colonies dated Oetober 17th 1922, and irdicating that invitatiens had been sent by the Govts. of Great Britain, France and Italy to the Japanese, Roumanian, Jugo-Slav and Turkish Govt’s. to senl representa- tives to Lausanne for the conferenee,that the Russian Soviet Government and the Bulgarian Govt. were being invited to send representatives to discuss the ques- tions of the Straits and that inquiry was being addressed to the United States ex- *3. 13] ¢i3 AXIE pressing the hope that the United States representatives woud be present. The telegraru added that the Secretary of State for Fkoreign Affairs would per- sonally aet as chief Eritish Plenipo- tentiary and the Dominion Governments would be kept informed from time (0 time onthe general lines of policy on ‘which the British Pleripotentiries propo- ‘'sed to procced. Tnreply. the Governor- General, on bebalt of the Dominion Gov- “eri ment, ackncwledged receipt of tele- gram ‘‘imforn.ing our government of in- vitations to the Lausanne Cenferenc:, which have been sent to the Gevern- me Its of other conntries’”’. The Domin- ion Government had not taken exception to the conclusion of a treaty to end the war in the Near. East, but "'we deem it advisableto avail ourselves of the eur- liest opportunity to inform His Majesty’s Government that, in our opinion, the ex- tent to which Canada may be held to be bound by the proceedings of the confer- ence, or by the provisiors of any treaty, or any instrureent arising out the same, was necessarily a matter for the Parlia- ment of Carada to decide, and that the rights and powers of our Parliament in these particulars must not be held to be affected by impheation. or otherwise, in virtue of the information with which our Government may be supplied.”” On Nov- ember 16:h 1922 the Duke of Devonshire cabled that it was the most earnest de- sire that you should be kept fully inform- ed of the develepm:nts of confer- ences and we shall endeavor to sond yov full details. Nine days later the Governor-General replied that the purport of his previous message (Oct- tober 31st) had not been ccrreetly in- terpreted. '‘Our Government,’’ he add- ed, ‘' has not expressed a uesire to have any treaty with Turkey, which may re- sult from the conterence, submitted to the Canauian Parliament for approval before His Majesty’s Government is ad- vised to be uncerstood as preferring any such request. My message was intended to make clear that we had no exception to take to Canada not being invited o be represented at the conference, but in- asmuch as we had been informed that we would be invited to sign th= treaty and any separate instrument regulating the status of the Straits, we wished to make it perfectly eclear, that in our opinion, the extent to which Canada may be heid to be bound by the proceedirgs of the couference, or by the provisions of any treaty, er other instrument arising out ot the same, was necessarily a matter for the Parliament of Canada to decide. We deem it of the utmost importance that there should be no misunderstanding as to our position with respect to Canada’s obligation in this and kindred matters. In our opinion Parliament desires as re- spects the treaty with Turkey and any other instruments arising out of the Lau- sanne Conference, to reserve to itself the right to decide, upon the merits of the case, what actior on the part of th» people of Canada is right and- proper. In this connection we shall be p eased to place before Parliament all the informa tion with which we may from time to time be supplied.”” In his reply the Duke of Devonshire remarked that 1t was in- portant that there be n) misunderstand ing on so important a question. Amn treaty resulting from the Lausanre Con- ference, woeuld, ofeourse, replace the treaty of Severes and ‘until it ¢omes in- to foree a state of war between the Brit ish Empire and Turkey will technicall continue. The treaty must therefore b binding on the whole Empire when rat fied. It remains to be seen wheiher there vill be a successful issue to the Lausanne Conference but we shonld preter tha: any new treaty should follow the ['aiis presedent ana include signatories on 1o half of all the Dominions.”” To this, the Dominion Govt. through Lord Byng i plied that the proceedure at [.ausanne was different from that adopted u: Paris, in that Canada bad not becn invited to send representatives to Laus anne ard had not participated in the pro ceedings of the conference, either direct- ly or indirectly. ‘‘Under the circumstan res we do not see how, as respects sig:- ing on behalf ¢f Carada, we can be ex pected in the case of a new treaty, or of separate itstrument rezarding the Straits to followthe procedure adopted in the case of thetreaties with Germany, Aus- tria and Bulgaria’’. On February 22nd 1924 Mr Thomas, the new Secretary of State for the Colonies, cabled expressing the bope that the Dominicn Government would be in a position at an early date io sign its concurrence i ratification and by antoher messaze on March 2lst stating that it was importznt that ratification should take place at an early date. To this the Governor Genera replied with the last message of the corre-pondence already quoted. London, May 27th.—The King and Queen last night gave a State Banquet in Buekingham Palace in honour of Kiny Vie or Emanuvel and Queen Helena of [taly. In his speech the King reecalling previous visits to England by the Italian Monarchs, emphasized the unbroken bonds of friendship between Italy and Great Britain and their work in connect- ion with the other Allies for the cause of peace apd progress. King Vietor Em- manuel said he warmly reciprocated and expressed the thanks of his Government and country for King George’s allusion to the unbroken bonds of friendship. He shared with King George the wish that they might be further strengthened, in order to promote the task of world paci- fication and closer economic and in'el- lectual bonds uniting the two couantries. Mr. Hubert Alexander Phillip please call at the Post Office, Fred- eriksted.