LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION LEAGUE MEETING. GENEVA, Sept. 18. Dr Nansen asked the League of Nations’ Council to take measures to safeguard tho pence of nations, by offering, its services to the belligerents, or other steps to secure the immediate cessation of hostilities. Lord Robert Cecil submitted a res solution asking the Council to assure Armenian integrity in any Asia Minor settlement. Both resolutions were referred to a Commission for urgent reports.
EXPENDITURE ON ARMAMENTS. GENEVA, Sept. 15.
The League of Nations lias issued a document showing that the following’ nations have increased Army, Navy and Air Force expenditure in their 1922 Budgets as compared with 1913: Per Cent. Britain ... 19 India IT Australia ... ... ... 17 Canada ... ... ... 7 New Zealand ... ... lIS .Japan ... 71 Belgium 82 Denmark ... ... 33 Spain ... 38 Holland ... ... ... T 8 Sweden 20 The following have reduced their expenditure:— Per Cent. lloumanija ... , 23 Italy 46 Brazil 4. r ) France ... ••• ••• 7 Switzerland 39 Norway ... ... ••• 14
NANSEN’S ATTITUDE. GENEVA, Sept 18. Dr Nansen has asked the League of Nations Council (the Big Six) to take measures to safeguard the peace of the nations, by offering its .services to the belligerents in the Near East, or else to take other steps to seciiio* tlie immediate cessation of the liostil itios. Dr Nansen’s resolution has been referred to a commission for an urgent report. HELP FOR REFUGEES. GENEVA, Sovtembcr 19. Or Nansen told the Commission of the League of Nations that 103 thousand Greek and Armenian refugees from Smyrna and 170 thousand from Brussa had arrived at Constantinople. The Commission decided to ask the league to authorise the placing of Dr Nansen’s organisation at ifs disposal for relief work and also to ask the Council to make a grant for their preliminary relief.
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