LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1924, Page 3

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

[Reuters Telegrams.] (O.MM ITT EES' DECISIONS. LONDON. Sept. IS. A Genova (•om-spiiiiileiit stiiti*s tin 1 tilth committee is dealing with relief work among the Armenian wonivn anil children refugees in the Near East. .Mrs Allan supported the soonest ion for the renewal of relief for at least another year. There are still one hundred thonsaTid to he cared for and it wotdd he deplorable to abandon the work, if only lor sake of the unfortunate sufferers, hut also for the prestij/e of the League T'he Australian women felt so slrffngly when, last year, a discontinuance was suggested. that they immediately opened a subscription. ,M. iSanant (franco) thanked .Mrs Allan and urged an expression of appreciation of the Australian women's generosity. The Committee agreed to recommend a continuance of the relief for another

_ , year. Tim Committee on Intellectual Cooperation is considerin'; the French proposal for the erection ol a new institute in Paris for the co-ordination of scientific investigation throughout the world, the publication of hooks, the establishment of research laboratories, the cxoha ji ge of .scientific material and historical research. M. Bourgeois declares that if there is no intellectual co-operation there will he no League of Nations. In furtherance of the project the French Minister of Education visited Geneva during the week-end and was most actively engaged in propaganda. When the Committee was discussing the report of the Cominixsioii on Communications and Transport, Mr Cliniltoii brought up the need for the abolishing of passports, the discomforts arising from which did not tend to improve international relations. Sir Llewellyn Smith sympnllnscn with Mr Charlton's complaint and the Commission will consider the suggestion next year.

Til It INTELLECTUA I, INSTITUTE. GENEVA, September 19. The Committee appointed to consider the establishment of an international Institute of Intellectual Co-operation on the basis of the I* reneh ofiei of the Chateau Yineeiines as lioadquaiTcis. with au annual allowance of one million francs, derided to accept the ofTet. Mr Charlton (Australia) vigorously opposed it on the ground that the Institute would lose its essential international character if located in Paris, lie advocated its establishment in a neutral country.'