LORD ROBERT CECIL’S VISIT.

Shannon News, 6 April 1923, Page 4

LORD ROBERT CECIL’S VISIT.

U.S. MEMBERSHIP NOT ESSENTIAL. BUT TO HER ADVANTAGE. NEW YORK, April 4. Lord Robert Cecil, when interviewed ;aid that the entrance of the United states into the League of Nations was not necessary for its successful functioning .He .expected to see the entry jf Russia and Germany eventually. He again stressed the point that the League furnished the only method whereby the United States might be certain of' remaining free from entanglements. In replying to a statement by Senator Reed that his visit was an impertinence, Lord Robert said he could r;ee no impudence ,in giving publicity o a matter upon which his American fiends sought information. He denied my desire to spread propaganda and a d that Britain cou'd nob outvote the United States in the League because the. component parts of the Empire would not vote as a unit necessarily. :le expressed regret that the League was not strong enough to intervene at the beginning of the Asia Minor situation and pointed out the war there had never ceased and the League was 'supposed to deal only with a state of peace. Lord Robert declared that Britain was willing to submit the Mosul ouestion to the League. He declined to answer questions concerning Britain’s position in the East.