THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
-- Australian it N.Z. Cable Association. LEAGUE COPNCIL. GENEVA. March ii. The day was largely devoted to preliminary (.‘(inference discussions. Tin most definite event was the Arbitration Security Committee producing a draft of a model treaty on judicial .settlement by arbitration and conciliation; ft consists of thirty-eight articles. Lord Cushenden, in a lengthy explanation, intimated that Britain could not accept an optional clause regarding the submitting of disputes in an international court of justice, as her international relations were so complex. but lie hoped that the states with simpler foreign relations wotmt do so. Kranee is thus far, the only great power to sign the optional clause.
There has been considerable comment in League circles on the United Stales’ note to Frame, toe general impression being that America’s proposals need elucidation, and when examined closely, they do not reveal a material difference from the I.(-ague’s Covenant. It is freely stated that the United States could work more effeetviely for world peace by joining the League. Prominent members of the Council also express the opinion that European peace would he on a safer basis if Mussolini could be induced to take a personal part in the work of the League Council. Holies that the first general disarmament (oiiiereine would he held in 1928 have been shattered, as it is announced that all the resolutions adopted by the Security Commission will he subject to approval by the League Assembly, and as the Assembly only meets in September. a disarmament conference is impossible before 1929.
coviET PROPOSALS. GENEVA, March ii. M. Litvinoff. from Moscow, has telegraphed the League, stating that on account of Turkey’s importance in international politics and through its geographical situation, the Soviet delegation considers that the D : sarmainent Preparatory Conference would gain importance if Turkc-v were included, and suggests that that nation should be ipvited to the next session.
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