LEAGUE OF NATIONS

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 10 March 1927, Page 5

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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NO NEW POLICY._ RUSSIAN POSITION IS VERY ■DIFFICULT. 1 NO INTERVENTION IN CHINA.

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Received Wednesday, / p.m. GENEVA, March 9, Sir Austen Chamberlain in a conference with the International Press said each time foreign ministers found themselves at Geneva it was thought that they were intending to inaugurate a new policy. This certainly was not Britain's intention. which was confined to maintaining peace and dissipating the mistfust created by ihe war. Questioned as to the relations between Britain and the Soviet, he replied that they were very bad. Britain was tolerating the present position because she did not wish to trouble the general world peace. He strongly denied that Britain had ever attempted to organise an antiSoviet league. Regarding China he repeated that Britain understood China's aspirations, but must wait until there was a Government representing the whole of the country. He added that nobody felt that intervention by the League of Nations would serve any useful purpose. PARIS, March 9. It is believed that the Rhineland evacuation will not be discussed officially at this session of the League G'ouncil though there may be informal conversations between M. Briand, Dr Stresemann and Sir Austen Chamberlain. The authorities. are unanimous that the time is not ripe §o long as Germany's disarmament is not completely fulfilled.