Le Nord : revue internationale des Pays de Nord - 01.06.1938, Blaðsíða 33

WHEN KINGS AND FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET 25
been elaborated by an expert committee concerning the revision
of the uniform Scandinavian rules of neutrality of 1912, and
agreed that this work should be continued in order to make it
possible to issue the revised regulations before the end of the year.
»The Foreign Ministers unanimously agreed to protest against
the capture of ships in Spanish waters and to raise in the Nön-
Intervention Committee in London the question of the status of
ships having on board controllers appointed by the Committee
in case of their being captured.«
The bulletin of the meeting in Stockholm, September 1937,
ran as follows:
»The Foreign Ministers of the Northern Countries met in
Stockholm on September 7th and 8th to discuss the general inter-
national situation and to exchange information, more especially
reports of their experiences during visits to various countries.
»The questions on the agenda of the Assembly and the Council
of the League of Nations this autumn were considered. Atten-
tion has been given to the League’s attitude to actual conflicts,
to the so-called reform of the Covenant, to the question of dis-
armament, the refugee question and intellectual co-operation.
»The Foreign Ministers have been informed of the progress of
Northern co-operation in various fields where such co-operation
has been carried out under previous agreements. Among the
topics discussed were the details of the revised neutrality regu-
lations; how to get or exchange necessary supplies under excep-
tional circumstances; how to publish information about the
Northern Countries; Northern interests in the navigation of the
Mediterranean, and the London Convention concerning naval
armaments. It has been recorded that the co-operation agreed
upon in various respects has had a satisfactory development and
ought to be pursued.«
The latest communiqué from Oslo has the following text:
»The Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Finland, Norway and
Sweden met in Oslo on the 5th and 6th of April (1938)-
»At the opening of the meeting as usual a cablegram was sent
to the Prime Minister of Iceland, and he cabled back his cordial
greetings.
»The political world situation was discussed. The Foreign
Ministers were unanimous that now, as before, the Northern
Countries ought to and desired to remain outside any block of
powers being constituted in Europe, and in case of war between