LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Evening Star, Issue 19661, 14 September 1927, Page 9

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

THE ASSEMBLY MEETING INTRODUCTION OF DOMESTIC PROBLEMS BRITAIN’S OPPOSITION. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. GENEVA, September 12. Britain is definitely opposing the attempt by Norway, Sweden, and other small States to introduce _a discussion virtually amounting to international consideration of Prohibition under the guise of inducing tho League Committee to recommend international action to prohibit the importation of certain drugs. Britain has made it clear that she cannot agree to the League dealing with domestic problems, though she is willing to allow small private committees to examine the question. LOAN TO GREECE. LONDON, September 13. 'J’ho League’s Financial Committee recommends a loan of £9,000,000 to Greece, guaranteed by an estimated revenue of £5,000,000, and controlled by an international finance commission at Athens. Greece undertakes to stabilise the currency balance and reform the Treasury. LOAN APPROVED OF. LONDON, September 13. (Received September 14, at 11.30 a.m.) A Geneva telegram reports that Sir Austen Chamberlain, M. Boncour, and M. Scialoja have approved of the Greek loan. GIFT OF LIBRARY.

LONDON, September 13, (Received September 14, at 1.30 a.m.) The donor of the library at Geneva is Mr John Rockefeller, jun. [A previous message stated that the Council accepted an uncy»iditional offer of 2,000,000d0l from America to establish a library at Geneva for tho use of the increasing number of students of international affairs.]