LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 April 1923, Page 2

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

AfSTP.AI.IAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION. LORD ROBERT CECIL IN F.S.A. VISIT AN IMPERTINENCE, (Received this day at 9.15 a.m.) NEW YORK, April 4. Lord Robert Cecil, interviewed, said the entrance of the I nitetl States into the League of Nations was not necessary for its successful He expccied to see the entry of sin and Germany eventually. Lord Cecil again stressed the point that the League furnished the ordy method whereby the United States might be certain of remaining froo from entanglements.

Replying to a statement by Senator Reed that Lord Robert Cecil’s visit was an impertinence Lord Cecil said he could sec no impudence in giving publicity to matters upon which their American friends seek information. He denied any desire To spread propaganda and said Britain could not^ - outvote the United States in the League because the component parts V of the Empire would not vote as a unit necessarily. lie expressed regret, that the League was not strong enough to intervene at the beginning of the Asia Minor situation and pointed out that the war there had never ceased and the League was supposed to deal only with a state of peace. He declared that* Britain was willing to submit tho Mosul question to the League. Furd Roliert declined to answer questions concerning Britain’s position in the East.