LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 267, 8 November 1923, Page 5

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

MUSSOLINI'S COMPLAINT. ANTI-ITALIAN FEELING. ' (By Cable—Press Association.—Copyright.) ) LONDON, November 7. The Rome correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the greatest interest has been taken in the visit to Dome of Sir Eric Drummond, Secretaryi General of the League of Nations, and ; his long conference with Signor Musi solini. There has been no very friendly : feeling in Italy toward the League of ; Nations since the Janina and Corfu - affair. s I It is understood that following mutual j explanations, Signor Mussolini declared - J himself ready to take renewed interest i - r in the League as an international organ- I ■ isation for peace, and he will see that! >. Italy becomes an active and useful i ( member and not an absentee. J Sir Eric Dnimmond, in a subsequent I interview published in the Press, said ■ that iSignor Mussolini emphasised that ■ Italy required that her position as a ; , Great Power should be more adequately . I represented within the organisation of - the League. Italy complained that she ■ was not only badly represented on the commissions of the League, but there were hardly any Italians even in sulwrdhmte posts, with the result that • a somewhat anti-Italian atmosphere, she feared, had been created. Sir Eric Drummond naturally protested that this could not be the case, but he promised to recommend a more' equitable distribution of posts in future i His explanation has been favourably re- ! wived by the Italian Press.—(A. and SUPPORT IN WELLINGTON. ; MR. L. L. GRIMYVADE'S TOUR. ' (By Telccraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. I "It is nothing less than our duty to ! support the League of Nations." " In i these words Mr. L. T. Watkins epitomised the attitude of a meeting of proi minent business men held to consider i i the question from a business point of ■ j view, and to hear an address by Mr. L. I L. Grimwade. Among those present i were Sir Francis Dillon Bell, Acting- ' Prime Minister and president of the ■ Dominion Branch of the Lea.gue-. Rev. Dr. Jajnes Gibb, president of the Weli lington branch. Mr. R. A. Wright, ■ Mayor of Wellington, and others. " ■ 1 After his address Mr. Grimwade, ivho 'I is lecturing through New Zealand at 1 his own expense, suggested' axrange- ! ments for more press publicity of the ; League's work, and the setting up of an organisation among business folk to ' act as an auxiliary to the League ana \, to educate public opinion on its work j and aim*. ■ , I I "Wellington ought to be very inter- ■ ested,"' said Sir Francis Bell, "in aiding the work of the League. Of course, ' ■ you understand I am speaking rather I a? president of the New Zealand branch I of the League than as the representative J of the Government, and even aa re- , presentative of the Government I feel I the importance of the question brought before us by Mr. Grimwade. If measures are taken to arouse public interest , as well as that of the Government, good service will have been done. The object of the League, after all, is to I bring not only peace, but also goodwill among men." j