Mr. JUAN PASTORIN, Delegate of Spain, then presented the following amendment: 

“Resolved, That the Conference proposes to the Governments here represented that longitude shall be counted from the prime meridian westward, in the direction opposite to the terrestrial rotation, and reckoned from zero degrees to 360 degrees, and from zero hours to 24 hours.”

The PRESIDENT.  The question before the Conference now is the amendment of the Delegate of Sweden.  If the Delegate of Spain desires to offer his resolution as an amendment to the amendment already offered, the Chair will place it before the Conference.

Mr. JUAN PASTORIN, Delegate of Spain.  I am in accord with the views expressed by our colleague, Commander SAMPSON, and I propose the resolution which I have just presented.

Mr. VALERA, the Delegate of Spain.  I believe the amendment proposed by my colleague, Mr. PASTORIN, Delegate of Spain, does not apply to the amendment of the Delegate of Sweden, but to the original resolution.  In order to avoid all ambiguity it would be much better to discuss them one after the other.  Therefore let us decide the question whether it is better to count up to 180 deg. in each direction or up to 360 deg. continuously.  Then we can go on to something else.

The PRESIDENT.  In order to meet the views expressed by Mr. VALERA, the Delegate of Spain, Mr. PASTORIN will withdraw his amendment, and the Delegate of Sweden, Count LEWENHAUPT, will propose the substance of his original resolution so modified in form that its details may be considered separately.

Mr. JUAN PASTORIN, Delegate of Spain.  In conformity with the statement of the President, I now withdraw my amendment.

Count LEWENHAUPT, Delegate of Sweden.  I beg to offer the following propositions in the form of amendments to the original resolution offered by the Delegate of the United States; these may be discussed in succession: 

     “1.  That from this prime meridian (the Greenwich meridian)
     longitude shall be counted in one direction.”

     “2.  That such longitude shall be counted from west to east.” 
     Or, in place of No. 2—­

     “3.  That such longitude shall be counted from east to west.”

The PRESIDENT.  The Delegates from Sweden and Spain have agreed as to the first part of the resolution, that longitude shall be counted in one direction—­that is, from zero to 360 degrees.  The question before the Conference is now upon the first clause of the resolution, and the other two will be subsequently discussed.

General STRACHEY, Delegate of Great Britain.  I think it is impossible to proceed to a vote upon these propositions without bearing in mind what is to be decided as to the universal day.  That day, as it appears to me, will have to be determined with reference to the initial meridian in such manner as to prevent, as far as possible, inconvenience from discontinuity of local time and date in passing around the world.