A SOCIAL EVIL.
'LEAGUE OE NATIONS’ DEBATE.
URGENT ACTION PROPOSED. - ■! By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright Received Sept. 20, 7.30 p.m. London, Sept. 20. The Daily News’ special correspondent at Geneva states that a controversy of the first constitutional importance arose to-day when the League of Nations debated the proposed convention aimed at tightening up international action relating to traffic in women and children.
For inscrutable reasons France, both last year and this year, opposed decisive action on this subject. To-day France proposed to refer the subject back to the individual Governments, calling forth a spirited speech by Mr. A. J. Balfour, demanding that this urgent social evil be dealt with without delay. The Frenchmen fell back upon their attempt to prove that the procedure was not constitutional, but Mr. Balfour again blew their arguments sky-high. France’s retardation attempts were defeated by 12 votes to 5, which is a noteworthy victory for decisive action over procrastination, circumlocution, and diplomatic formalism. —Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1921, Page 5
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160A SOCIAL EVIL. Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1921, Page 5
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