LEAGUE SITTING

Hokitika Guardian, 4 October 1932, Page 5

LEAGUE SITTING

DANUBIAN CRISIS : : i: ASSEMBLY DEBATES. (United Press Association- -By Electric Telegraph--Copyright.) GENEVA, Oct. 2. The Australian delegate, Mr Cameron, gave an excellent summary of Australia's task an New Guinea, which was also well received.

Sir T. M. VVilford paid a tribute to tli e Mandates work, lie said that th e best testimony of the peacefulness of Samoa, was the' fact that his weekly telegrams from the Government, had not mentioned Samoa sinc e the Mandates Commission last met in November. He- praised its assistance in producing the present pacific state of Western Samoa, wflena New Zealand’s ambition was to enable the Samoans and New Zealanders to five in amity.

The Australian Press Association’s special representative .says: Sir T. Wilford’s defence of New Zealand’s administration of Samoan mandate arose from an inference in the speech of the Norwegian, Oarl Andvord, tiiiat further disturbances had occurred there recently. Mr Andvord afterwards expressed appreciation of Sif T, Wllford’s expliv nation,

In the interests of economy the League 1 Council recently decided that the Mandates Commission 'Should meet once instead of twice yearly. Norway now proposes a reversion of the biennial meeting> At the Budget Committee meeting Sir T. 'M. Wilford vigorously advocated a reduction in the. higher salaries but no interference with th e lower salaries, owing to the cost of living at Geneva, 'instancing butter at 2s 6d a pound. There were 1020 permanent and two hundred temporary employees in th e service of the League, (h e said, and New Zealand was astounded •at some of the salaries. He added that the League’s expenses had greatly increased owing to Geneva being a fertile soil for fads, and idealists throughout the world sending suggestions for the regeneration of the world. T 1i 6 delegates were not blameless. While the committee was deliberating, a Hungarian, named Buda, fired a revolver and the bullet struck the ironwork .outside. Buda was arrested, but is believed to be feeble-minded. SMALL (NATIONS DESIRE. LONDON, September 30. The “Daily Telegraph’s” diploma,tic contributor says: There is ’ Bo ’ 7 longer’ any doubt ' ti'jat some of the mam ■authors of the Geneva Protocol of 1924, headed by M. Polotis, are again engaged in the elaboration at Geneva of a new security pact. The present British Gov-eminent, like its predecessors and the Italian Government, remains opposed to further commitment.