THE LEAGUE.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20491, 9 March 1932, Page 11

THE LEAGUE.

TEST OF USEFULNESS. VIEWS AT GENEVA. CHINA ACCEPTS PEACE RESOLUTION. (BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.) (R-eceived March Bth, 5.5 p.m.) RUGBY, March 7. China's acceptance of the peace resolution passed by tho General Committee of the Lcaguo of Nations en Friday was indicated in telegiams from General Chiang Kai-shek and Mr iSoong, Vice-President of tho Council of Ministers, which wore read to tho Assembly at Geneva to-day by the Chinese de-legate. Dr. Yon. During the discussion tho British delegate, Sir John Simon (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) emphasised the importance of local negotiations ior the settlement of the dispute. lho situation, he said, involved something more than tho restoration of peaceful conditions in the Far F.ast. It involved tho usefulness of the League. 'I hey had to show that tho League was indispensable as an instrument ol peace. They could not well proceed to discuss the dispute as they wero not in possession of all tho facts. Ho suggested that the League Commission of Enquiry having arrived, the Manchuria delegates should wait until a report was submitted by its members. Ho was in favour of making a solemn declaration affirming the fundamental principles of the League, which would have to be the sole basis for a settlc'lr.ent of disputes. FAR EAST TROUBLE ATTACKS ON LEAGUE DEPLORED. VALUE TO WORLD I'EACE. (Received March Bth, 5.0 p.in.) LONDON, March 7. Ixird Grey of Falloden, presiding over a mass meeting of the League of Nations Union at tho Albert Hall, deplored the attacks on the League arising out of tho Far East trouble. Great Britain's foreign policy, he said, must carry sentiments for the Dominions, who sided with tho League. If Britain did not pursue the League's policy its policy would bo suspect to tho Dominions and would also be- anti-imperial. In spite of the League's non-success in restraining the combatants in the Far East, it remained invaluablo to the peace of tho world. ]f it disappeared disarmament and other questions requiring international action would have a much poorer chance. Japan had resorted to force instead of putting her caso before tho other Powers, but military success would not open Chinese markets. Lord Cecil said .Japan alone resorted to violence. If tho League Assembly did not exert its powers to restore peace its members would be regarded as accomplices of the aggressor. I'hc League must repudiate the Japanese doctrine and reassert the obligations forbidding a nation to take the law into its own hands.