LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 288, 31 August 1921, Page 5

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

REPORT ON ALLOCATION OF EXPENDITURE TWO SCHEMES FORMULATED By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. London, August 29./ ' The report of the League of Nations’ Committee on the allocation of the League’s expenditure is likely to produce an interesting debate. Two schemes have been formulated. The main scheme, which fixes Australia’s share at onesixth of the total, would require tho amendmeht of Article VI of the Covenant of tho Treaty of Versailles, and in view of ths delay that this is likely to occasion to countries under the burden of paying in tho. higher-class fixed by the Postal Convention, the committee has devised a provisional formula which it believes the Assembly can awcept without altering tho Covenant. The plan will give immediate relief, and Australia’s share will be one-fortieth.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. [Article VI of the Covenant stipulates that the -expenses of the Secretariat shall be borne by the members of the League in accordance with the apportionment of the expenses of tho International Bureau of tho Universal Postal Union.] AUSTRALIA’S CONTRIBUTION REDUCED Melbourne, August 30. A now plan has been arranged by which Australia’s contribution to the cost of the 'League of Nations is reduced from £52,000 to £l7,ooo.—Press Assn. [Mr. Hughes, when leaving London, expressed his intention of obtaining a substantial reduction in the Australian contribution to the League. He said it was flagrantly unfair that Australia, with five millions of people, should contribute the same amount as Britain, with fortyfive millions. He admitted that Australia had agreed to the terms of membership at the formation of the League, but it had not been anticipated that tho terms would be interpreted to mean equality of the contributions of Britain and Australia, irrespective of population and financial resources. It was impossible to allow this injustice to continue. He believed tho whole of the operations of the League were conducted on a grandiose scale. The League had become a gigantic machine, unjustifiably costly, and absurdly disproportionate to the work it was now doing, or was likely to do, within the near future.] MEETING OF LEAGUE COUNCIL VISCOUNT ISHII’S UPPER SILESIA STATEMENT READ. Geneva, August 29. The Council of the League of Nations met in the Palais National. Viscount Ishii the President, rwtd his statement on Upper Silesia. In conclusion, he said it was not only the right but the duty of the Council to undertake the role proposed. —Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. REINFORCEMENTS FOR SILESIA ALLIES NOTIFY'GERMANY. London, August 29. The Allies have jointly notified Germany of their intention to eend two battalions each from France, England and Italy to Silesia, and France will also send a detachment of cavalry.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.