BRITAIN AND LEAGUE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 215, 11 September 1925, Page 7

BRITAIN AND LEAGUE.

. AN EARNEST SUPPORTER. CURBING THE PEACE-BREAKER WHY THE PROTOCOL FAILED. > (By Cal)le.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 12.30 p.m.) GENEVA, September 10. ! Mr. Austen Chamberlain addressed the [ League of Nations Assembly on the subi ject of the measures taken by the council ,to carry out the decisions of the i ; assembly. He paid a tribute to the great i j influence of the League, and referred to i the spirit animating Britain, adding • that though there were differences of opinion regarding the best means of ■ attaining their aims, there was no difi ierence as to what these aims were. He emphasised that though punishment ■ might be necessary, the fundamental I principle was not to punish the aggressor, i but to prevent the commission of an I offence. He declared that Britain held i that that principle seemed to have been , ; lost sight of in framing last year's pro- . j tocol. If by attempting less than last . I year's assembly did with the protocol I they eventually achieved more, they I would be acting in the same spirit as j the original covenant framers. "We do I • not seek fresh alliances directed against ' anyone," he said. "Our sole desire is the > peace of the world. We hope that our work in that direction will meet with tne sympathy and support of the ' . League."—(Reuter.) j