Parliamentary Papers

1923.

SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS.

(Appendices published separately in Cmd. 1988.)

Presented to Parliament by Command of His Majesty.
November, 1923.

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III. MESSAGE TO THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN

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VI.-PUBLICITY

VII.-COLONIES, PROTECTORATES AND MANDATED TERRITORIES

VIII.-FOREIGN RELATIONS

IX.-NEGOTIATION, SIGNATURE AND RATIFICATION OF TREATIES...

XIV.-POSITION OF INDIANS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE EMPIRE

XV. CONTRIBUTION OF INDIA TO THE EXPENSES OF THE LEAGUE OF

NATIONS

XVIII.-PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE POWERS OF THE IMPERIAL WAR

GRAVES COMMISSION

XIX.-ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING, EMPEROR OF INDIA

XX.-CONCLUDING RESOLUTION

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LIST OF APPENDICES.*

- I.-Opening Speeches.

II.-Statement by the Secretary of State for the Colonies as to the Colonies Protectorates, and Mandated Territories.

III.-Statements by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs as regards the Turkish Treaty and the Reparations Problem.

IV. Speeches regarding the work of the League of Nations.

V. Speeches regarding the position of Indians in other parts of the Empire.

VI.-Papers regarding Nationality questions.

VII.-Address by His Highness the Maharajah of Alwar on the Dussehra Festival, 19th October.

VIII.-Reply from His Majesty the King, Emperor of India, to the Address from the Conference.

* Published separately in Cmd. 1988.

I. -PRELIMINARY NOTE.

THE proceedings of the Conference opened at 10, Downing Street, on October 1st, 1923, and were continued until November 8th. During that period 16 plenary meetings took place, which were normally attended by the following:

GREAT BRITAIN.

The Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin, M.P., Prime Minister, (Chairman).
The Most Hon. the Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., G.C.V.O., C.B.,
Lord President of the Council.

The Most Hon. the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G., G.C.S.I.,
G.C.I.E., Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O.,
Secretary of State for the Colonies.

CANADA.

The Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King, C.M.G., Prime Minister.
The Hon. G. P. Graham, Minister of Railways and Canals.
The Hon. Sir Lomer Gouin, K.C.M.G., Minister of Justice and
Attorney-General.

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

The Rt. Hon. S. M. Bruce, M.C., Prime Minister.

Senator The Hon. R. V. Wilson, Honorary Minister in Charge of
Departments of Health and Migration.

NEW ZEALAND.

The Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister.

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.

General The Rt. Hon. J. C. Smuts, K.C., C.H., Prime Minister.
The Hon. H. Burton, K.C., Minister of Finance.

The Hon. N. J. de Wet, K.C., Minister of Justice.

IRISH FREE STATE.

Professor John MacNeill, T.D., Minister of Education.
Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald, T.D., Minister of External Affairs.

NEWFOUNDLAND.

The Hon. W. R. Warren, K.C., Prime Minister.

INDIA.

The Rt. Hon. Viscount Peel, G.B.E., Secretary of State for India.

and Head of the Indian Delegation.

Colonel His Highness the Maharajah of Alwar, G.C.I.E., K.C.S.I. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru, K.C.S.I