THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2814, 22 November 1924, Page 2

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

On Tuesday evening a meeting under the auspices of the W.C.T.U. was held in the Presbyterian Schoolroom. There was a good attendance ami Mr Chrystall presided, and introduced the speaker of the evening, Mrs Evans, AI.A., of Wellington. Airs Peryman, on behalf of the local Union, explained that the platform of the W.C.T.U. consisted of the three “P’s.” World Prohibition, World Peace and World Purity. Because the League .of Nations was the first attempt to Ining world peace within the region of practical polities, the Union supported that League. Mrs Evans occupied a dual position. She was Dominion Recording Secretary for the W.C.T.U. and was also Secretary for the League ut Nations Union.

Mrs Evans, who upon rising, was greeted with applause, divided her subject into two parts. (1) What the League of Nations is; (2) what it has accomplished already. The League consisted of an assembly in which each member nation was represented, an International court of justice, a permanent secretariat and committees on various subjects. There was an International Labour Committee, a Committee upon Slavery; upon opium, upon the traffic in women and children, and various other subjects. These committees collected evidences from all countries, arranged it and presented it to the Assembly to form its judgment upon. It was impossible to overestimate the value of the knowledge thus acquired.. What had the League already accomplished''/ It had already r .urevented five wars. Briefly the speaker alluded to the Aaland Isles dispute, to the dispute in Boland, to the Italian and Greece incident and to the reconstruction of Austria. She showed how in its infancy, the League had justified its existence.- She urged all present to join the League of Nations and so help to create in every nation that public opinion behind the League wihout which its efforts would be hindered. The following musical programme was rendered: —Songs by Mesdaines Downes, Codd and Bullard; duet, Mrs Codd and Miss Littlejohn; pianoforte solo, Miss Spiers, and auto-harp selections, Mr Tongs. Supper was provided by 7 the ladies. On behalf of the local Union Mrs Peryman thanked the performers, the chairman and the ladies who provided supper; Mr Chrystall proposed a hearty vote of thanks to the speaker.