(N. B.--The Joint Drafting Committee of the First and Third Committees made a final revise of the whole text, with a view to checking the wording of the various articles, their logical arrangement, &c. In the course of this work they removed paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 7 of this article and incorporated them in the "ratification" article of the final Protocol--No. 21.) 123. _Article_ 10.--The British Delegation proposed the suppression of the words "carrying out." It was decided to consult the First Committee on this point. (The words are omitted in the final Protocol.) 124. _Article_ 11.--In view of the new text of article 9, it was decided to omit the second paragraph of this article. 125. This concluded the work of the sub-committee, and {260} the text of the above articles of the Protocol were submitted to the Third Committee on the 22nd September. Dr. Benes, as chairman and _rapporteur_ of the sub-committee, made a general report on the sub-committee's work, and it was then agreed to discuss the articles seriatim. 126. On _Article_ 4 a debate ensued on an objection raised by the Italian Delegation to the proposal that investigations should be carried out by the organisation to be set up by the International Conference. In the first place, they disliked the idea of a permanent organ of investigation--they considered that, if an investigation were necessary, this should be carried out by a special body appointed for the purpose if and when the occasion arose. In the second place, they suggested that it would be improper to anticipate, in the Protocol, any decision that the International Conference might take. The British Delegation explained that this proposal had been inserted in their draft merely as a matter of convenience: thinking that it would be necessary for the Conference to appoint some body to ensure that the decisions of the Conference were carried out, it had seemed to them that it would be only duplicating labour for any other body to be set up by the Council to carry out these special investigations. The Italian Delegation finally suggested that the text should run, "such enquiries and investigations shall be carried out with the utmost possible despatch, and the signatory States undertake to afford every facility for carrying them out." This was accepted, with the consequential amendment to the fourth paragraph, which should now begin: "If, as a result of these enquiries and investigations, any infraction," &c. The article thus adopted became article 7 of the final Protocol. 127. _Articles_ 5 _and_ 6 were adopted without modification, becoming articles 10 and 9 respectively of the final Protocol.