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Show CABLE CONFAB DELEGATES TO MRECESS Provisional Agreement Drawn Up on Disposition of Ger man Communications WASlMXOTi IN, Dec. 14. The British Brit-ish delejrates to the International communications com-munications eonference have left for home. Their departure la expected to result In an Indefinite rccees by the delegates representing the United Bi itsa. Japan. tYance and Italy. The British delegates left l&te last nlk'hi after the close of the plenary 6 ssloa. The reason assigned them for their departure was understood to baVS bean a desire to return home to spend the Christinas holidays together with the expression of the conviction that a settlement of the difficulties which have arisen over the disposition of the former (., rman cables xvas impossible im-possible without the return of the delegates del-egates of PranCS and Japan to I'arls and Toklo, respectively, to consult personally per-sonally with their foreign office. Tin- I nited States sironslx oiibosed a formal recess as It desired to have certain discriminator) (towers exercised exer-cised by (lie allied nations In possession posses-sion of the former German cables removed re-moved as soon as posslbl-. uut of deference to this position, it was understood un-derstood that at the meeting last nighd 1 pr.. f-i'.nil 1 tr.r no ii? H.i- .Ir.iwn up reaps eting the use of the former German caPlis by the five alio. I and associated powers which it was proposed pro-posed should co:.ic into operation im- l.o oia.elv This agreement xvas approved by t?ie rapreaegtativae of four f the five poxvera and approval b the fifth power pow-er is expected at the si'sMon today. A holiday recess then will be taken. The U lited States h.ui p.g ojvd that nnibuKMiuors be delesaieu Ui continue .r.e discussions in case oi ncutaty ing the recces and pending ihe le-1 le-1 Hie delegates fiom consalta- a With 1 heir k'overnments. In order t.. remoxe r-ery poMslbU-obstacle poMslbU-obstacle from the way of reaching the provisional agreement desired by the I'nlted States the question of the ownership own-ership of the island of Yap. it was un-.1 un-.1 ratood today, w 1 1 1 be withdrawn front the immeiliate purview of the "-.inference and postponed for further discussion as result. |