AMERICA AND LEAGUE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 81, 5 April 1923, Page 5

AMERICA AND LEAGUE.

EFFECT OF ENTRY. NOT AN ENTANGLEMENT. VOTES OF EMPIRE STATES. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received O.SO a.m.) NEW YORK, April 4. j Lord Robert Cecil, interviewed, said j that the entrance of the United States into the League of Nations was not | necessary for its successful functioning | He expected the entry of Russia ami Germany eventually. He again stressed that the League was the only method whereby the United States might be certain of remaining free from entanglements. Replying to Senator Reed's statement that bis visit wa-s an impertinence. Lord Robert said that he sees no impudence in giving publicity to matters upon which his American friends seek information. He denied any desire to spread propaganda, and said that Britain could not out-vote the United States in the League because its component parts would not vote as a unity necessarily. He expressed regret that the League was not strong enough to intervene at the beginning of the Asia Minor situa- I tion, am', pointed out that the war there ; never censed, and the league was supposed to deal only with » Rfnto of none* ne declared that Britain was willing to submit the Mosul question to the Leajjue, but declined to answer questions concerninsr Britain's position in the East. (A. and X.Z. Cable.) |