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CONFERENCE OF PRIME MINISTERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE DOMINIONS, AND INDIA, held in June, July, and August, 1921. SUMMARY OE THE TRANSACTIONS OF THE PRIME MINISTERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE DOMINIONS, AND INDIA, JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST, 1921. I. Preliminary Note. The proceedings of the Conference of Prime Ministers and Representatives of the United Kingdom, the Dominions, and India, opened at 10 Downing Street, on 20th June, 1921, and were continued until'sth August. During that period thirtyfour plenary meetings took place, which were normally attended by the following : — Great Britain. The Right Hon. I). Lloyd George, 0.M., M.P., Prime Minister; The Right Hon. A. Chamberlain, M.P., Lord Privy Seal. The Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, 0.M., M.P., Lord President of the Council. The Most Hon. the Marquess Curzon, K.G., G.C.5.1., G.C.1.E., Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Right Hon. W. S. Churchill, M.P., Secretary of State for the Colonies. Canada. The Right Hon. A. Meighen, K.C., Prime Minister. The Hon. C. C. Ballantyne, Minister of Naval Service. Australia. The Right Hon. W. M. Hughes, K.C., Prime Minister. New Zeala,nd. The Right Hon. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister. South Africa. General the Right Hon. J. C. Smuts, K.C., Prime Minister. The Hon. Sir Thomas Smartt, K.C.M.G., Minister of Agriculture. Colonel the Hon. H. Mentz, Minister of Defence. India. The Right Hon. E. S. Montagu, M.P., Secretary of State for India. His Highness the Maharao of"Cutch, G.C.5.1., G.C.I.E. The Hon. Srinivasa-Sastri. Secretariat. Great Britain.—Si? M. P. A. Hankey, G.C.B. ; Sir Henry Lambert, K.C.M.G., C.B. ; Sir Edward Grigg, X.C.V.0., C.M.G. ; Colonel S. H. Wilson, C.8., C.M.G. Canada. —Mr. C. H. A. Armstrong. Australia.— Mr. P. E. Deane, C.M.G. New Zealand.— Mr. F. D. Thomson, C.M.G. South Africa. —Mr. G. Brebner. India. —Mr. G. S. Bajpai. In addition, the following attended meetings for the discuss'on of subjects which particularly concerned their respective Departments : — The Right Hon. Viscount Birkenhead, Lord Chancellor. The Right Hon. Sir L. Worthington-Evans, Bart., M.P., Secretary of State for War.