THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
AN INSURANCE FOR PEACE AND ■ CIVILISATION DIFFICULTIES FULLY RECOGNISED London, Juno 20. The House of Lords resumed the debute oh Lord Pin-moor's motion approving the principle uf ii League of Nauous. Lord Curzun said that the league ought lo bo established iniiiiediotely after the war. lie pointed out that tho leagues which already existed, namely, the British Empire iukl the League of Allied. Nations, had passed resolutions to resist German militarism. There was also the Versailles Council. Tlieso leagues represented two-fifths of the human race. Until Germany was defeated it was impossible to admit her to 'the league. British and American opinion regarding this principlo agreed with the other Allies. Therefore, .they must proceed warily. The Government was in earnest regarding the necdssity for the league, and was exploring the matter, and would soon exchange ideas with the Allies. Lord Curzon accepted Lord Bryce's amendment, instructing the Government to study the conditions required for the realisation of the League of Nations.— Reuter.
FAVOURABLE COMMENT. London, June 27. Tho newspapers praise Lord Curzon's fair and statesmanlike examination of the League of Nations' proposals, as indicating that the Government is exploring the subject carefully. Lord Curzon fully recognised .the difficulties, such as whether the league is to lie confined to Europe, or is to include America, China, and Japan; upon what terms these nations shall be. admitted; how to secure the limitations of soldiers, guns,, and ships of States joining the league; how to remove tho dreadful instruments of war; including submarines, poison gas, and armed aircraft; arid'how to impose conditions upon future generations. On tho other hand, he cordially associated himself with the advocates of the principle, and' did not doubt that tho idea of a league had come to stay.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 241, 29 June 1918, Page 7
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