LEAGUE OF NATIONS
, mil kalian and n.z. oabi-s association. BRIT IS 11 r NOEI iTAT NT V. LONDON. January 28. Cabinet Ministers, the Corps Diplomatique, and one thousand distinguished persons attended a League of Nations Union ro ej lion given by Viscountess Grey. Mr Baldwin said that he felt that there had been a. risk in the delegates to Geneva agreeing to a proposition which, when examined at Home, failed perhaps to get instant recognition ill the eyes of the Government, or, what was equally important, in the eyes of the Dominions. “Without the Dominions. we could not play our part.” he; said : ‘\Ve hoped that it might he possible for the subject to he discussed fully beforehand, so that they could go to Geneva clear as to the extent to which an agreement was possible. and also carrying with them the.- 'J)bniihi,oiis and India.' \\ non what was sanctioned by the British Government was different from "hat was done in Geneva, they got doubts creeping into men’s minds regarding the good faith of the British Empire. That good faith was our most precious asset, and only its maintenance inviolate would enable us to pull our weight m Europe.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 January 1925, Page 2
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