PACT OF MUTUAL HELP.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 175, 25 July 1924, Page 7

PACT OF MUTUAL HELP.

IREJECTIOM DEPLORED. (jccfircd i;-30 P- m ' I LONDON, July 24. ttl „ tG reyofFalloden initialed an oli «gfSS. in the House cl Lord, & *S££ Government's rejection of i oi mutual assistance. He W 4e fA. Britain outfit to give more 3 of Nat T S ' U " 4 **JI,|L she was prepared to use m uphold the League cove--3 *rfS» dilutes. "Wearemak--31 DJBtB I £*■ towards a sense of secanv. v ds competition m armagot I*"* X impossible to hold out eventing the growth of armatt « tOP f lless the scheme wa. one vvhicu «t StSs to be consulted as to ■s sr«« duputes ■■ r m £?J p«* ared tn use - -° *• .v .nt on the merits oi any dis?to bolialiofthecovenantof °« 4 r .te A policy Of isolation for * JfiS"*- polio, of certain, op Jin""" "* C fTparmoor replied that the Oov- ! In was the essence I fO - r f™ent's policy, hut all the * ol ' to the Irish Free State. 1 2ttJTS a treaty of mutual I ** e jf B was not possible for the 01 £££**> I'^ 2 c itself _to any . "SI f whicu the Nonunions were 5 ,ne It was impossible to carry k nolicv of disarmament unless Dominions. Wi tnont mill- ' St rtas, the scheme oi mutual assist.ZtbM oe a farce and a delusion. " "SdS-rt Cecil said that if force h Jsnot'contemplated against the nation 8 ri*r«. determined to break the " 3of the world, there could be no Sin the League. He asked what '' ■ Britain was going *0 do at Geneva. Lord Balfonr said that Mr. Ramsay | jiacDonald's letter proposing an assemS oly of all nntions in connection with di'jrmanent was an illusory proposition that wonld end in a wrangle, but \ j,e was also doubtful of the value of a i treaty of mutual assistance. J I Viscount Grey's motion was with- j drawn. [ ■ ~ '