AT GENEVA CONFERENCE

Hokitika Guardian, 1 October 1930, Page 5

AT GENEVA CONFERENCE

v LEAGUE ASSEMBLY DECISIONS ’• r ’ • X (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright GENEVA, September 29. The League Assembly adopted the report on the convention for financially assisting a country involved ;in war or country menaced with war,' provided.the other disputant had not conlirmthe Council’s steps, and Council’s expressed opinion that the interest ol the country being assisted could not otherwise be safeguarded. . The 1 report T will probably be submitted on 2nd Oct., but Britain will not ratify it until a general agreement on disarmament is reached. , . * ‘‘ o' WHITE SLAVE TRAFFIC. . DISCUSSED AT GENEVA. ! " I Received t.hi* day at 11 a.m.» ■■■/ GENEVA, September 30. , The Australian, Miss Holman, addressing' the Social Committed: .on traffic in women and children, ' said she was not satisfied that forceable enough steps had been taken to,-stamp out yoommeroialised vice. Despite the League’s thorough inquiry, many in, ctedulohs, still denied the: existence, of; the traffic, except in novels and. ; cinema 1 fllihi. ‘Hitherto the.League’sreports. ! , bh ; ihe subject only resulted ,in. resol, Utions which were mere pious hopes, ’The system of licensed houses 'should be stopped. Women police in 'Australia. ' Inestimably helped in . the., prevention of traffic. ..;., Miss Holman urged the League,,to convene a conference and adopt a tightly drawn convention on the subject. V FRENCH ATTITUDE ; GENEVA, Sept, 3Q.. “I long for disarmament, But,, only recently, rumours came from the, ballot boxes bringing cries of hatred and death/ Can; :;we neglect > a p.he--Jtornena.v said M. Briand;;dunng the tAssepibly '«armaments' n debate.';’ '.' He : added; that' the ddetriner based on' se-. entity: /aitdf. fdisarmament - wits only,-one ? iworthy -of the' nau'ie coil'd envisage. France..hadum:reduced her • tocTortyf-six per cent of l, f)f e-ii-ay effectives. Her policy was j bfosed oh ' fend ; ment, but. there was still ' unknown Irftohts/liO Eds%£ S ; he added.:'The' ‘Lmitioii Xonfepencfe MiaH the’ way for a meeting of the ■ Disarma"merit'""jPrVparafdry Committee in November, in .which the French caii meet friends, and neighbours with every hope of success. , ■it.-■) Curtis,explained" that is tmable tO' accept -the resolution be-; • capse of the-unfixed date of the disarmament conference. Germany wins urgently, desiring peace and the ?fe-' jWovAliiOf&ithp ft? Jjhftr "SK@’ ob'jefftedi tft.,W | aitlng, for, .another--yen f * {/ pLord'j.^gei].,'replying, ,d ( epreicated ftk-i'' v tb; must ah- 1 xibuS;;fbr,;a,yßpeedy ; ponf|>ren!ce ( 'but'it was imperative that the- prepartion' ' adequate. • r'c r>‘ « , The assembly passed the first-section ’ of’.the disarmament report, j . ; ;/qOWw'? Austria and Hungary did <