LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 September 1921, Page 5

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

DESTINY OF ARMENIANS. INDIA’S PROBLEMS. By Telegraph.—-Preas Assn—Copyright. Received Sept. 13, 11.30 p.m. Geneva, Sept. 12. At the League of meeting Profesfior Gilbert Murray moved two proposals. The first, significantly seconded by Herr Mensdorff (Austria), was that in order to effectively carry out the duties of the League, in guaranteeing protection to minorities in certain States, the council be invited to form a permanent commission to consider and report upon complaints addressed to the League and where it was necessary tn make inquiry on the spot The second motion provided that the subject of a national home for the Armenians, as promised by the Supreme Council in March, be referred to a commission of six for consideration.

Mr. Sastri said much as India would welcome disarmament it was v*ery doubtful how far it can come in on a general scheme. India’s troubles emanated from Russia. Afghanistan and Turkey, who were all outeide the League. He complained that India, though she had ratified the Washington labor convention, was denied representation on the bureau of the international labor office on the ground that she was not among the great industrial Powers of the world; also, while India was under the new scheme she was required to pay over six per cent, of the cost of the Secretariat, but had only one solitary representative among 351 members.