THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 223, 20 September 1935, Page 9

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

WORLD'S DEBT TO BRITAIN. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. New Zealand's representation at the International Labour Conference was one of the questions discussed with the Prime Minister, Mr. Forbes, by a deputation from the League of Nations Union, which asked that full and regular representation should be arranged, and that the Government should do all it could to ratify all International Labour Conference conventions. The need for exhausting every means towards a peaceful settlement of the Italo-Abyssinian crisis was also emphasised by the deputation. The Rev. F. H. Wilkinson said that the union believed that it might become New Zealand s duty as a last resort to co-operate m terms of the League Covenant in collective action at the dictation of the League. Mr. Forbes said the League was undergoing a very severe test. He thought that they could be pleased that the nations that had given their adherence to the League Covenant were standing by their signatures and obligations. Ine whole world was indebted to Great Britain for the patience it had shown in trying to avoid a clash, and he hoped those efforts would be successful. It was encouraging to see nations prepare to stand by the League and trying to make it a real influence in world affairs.