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Show CANADAAN HITS OUUT 0. S. Fifth stipulation declared to be request for extraordinary ex-traordinary privilege Speakers at Geneva Conference Criticise Crit-icise Attitude at Washington; . Virtually a Command the Court (lv.ne.va. Sir George E. Foster, former for-mer finance minister of Canada and for many years a leading statesman of that country, delivered a sharp attack at-tack at the world court conference Thursday afternoon on the American attitude, particulraly with reference to the fifth reservation relative to adherence ad-herence to the court. The world awaited and expected something more than this from the United States, said the Canadian dele-Kate. dele-Kate. His remarks were almost of a Bensational character and profoundly impressed the European delegates. Sir George warned that the United States' plan for adherence to the world court should not be Interpreted as showing any change in the Amer-can Amer-can position toward the league of nations. na-tions. The world, he declared, should rid itself of an Idea that the United Btates was more friendly to the league. "That Is going very far," he exclaimed, ex-claimed, "for a country which is out-Bide out-Bide the league." |