LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1925, Page 3

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

[Australia & N.Z. Cable Association.] DISAR MAM ENT QUESTIOX. VICTORY FOR BRITISH VIEWPOINT. GENEVA, September 21. Quite a- new development in British Cabinet methods has been revealed (luring the present sessions of the League of Nations, in the number of audiences granted to international journalists at the delegations head(piarters, the Hotel lioaurivage. Tonight Bord Cecil was tin- exponent of Britain’s policy, and he bewail by answering the supposition based on many press comments, that Britain’s a tlittitle on several important matters had been entirely negative. That, Inclaimed, was very far from the (ruth, and wholly a wrong deduction, when Britain’s desire was to see the most just and prudent solutions emerge from the Beaune's debates. Lord t ecil conveyed a veiled hint that an agreement was imminent on the thorny i|uestiun of a disarmament Conferent e. The details were not revealed, but the Australian Press Association understands that it is virtually a victory from Ihe .British viewpoint. THE PASSPORT SYSTEM. GENEVA, September Ml. While the major questions of nrhitartion and kindred steps towards disarmament are running the gauntlet ol diverse ideals in the Commissions some minor issues have already been disposed of. A plenary session this morning acelaimed the outstanding aebievement in Austria with an expression of hope that the League control would soon be abolished. Then the Assembly approved the application of a brake on any wasteful launching of health enquiries, and also adopted the Transit Coinnißtee's report whether in following on an Australian protest last year there is a clause advocating an abolition as tar as possible of the passport system, and the speedy mitigation of the attendant expense and disadvantages. The present prospects are that the Assembly will he wound up in a week.