BREACH OF COVENANT.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 238, 8 October 1935, Page 7

BREACH OF COVENANT.

DISREGARD OF COMMITMENTS. UNANIMOUS DECISION OF COUNCIL. British Official Wireless.—Rec. 1 p.m. RUGBY, October 7. The historic meeting of .the League of Nations Council this evening was preceded this morning by a meeting of the Committee of Thirteen, which unanimously adopted the report of the Committee of Six to the effect that the Italian Government had resorted to war in disregard of its commitments under the Covenant. The report of the Committee of Thirteen and its recommendation that any violation of the Covenant should be brought to an end came before the Council and after long speeches by Baron Aloisi and Dr. Hawariat was Unanimously adopted. Ethiopia voted in favour and Italy against, but the votes of the disputants do not count under Article XV. The president of the Council then declared that the public opinion of the world expected the two parties to accept the appeal of the Council to cease hostilities. After the chairman of the Committee of Six had read the findings of the committee the Council adjourned, and it is assumed the next development will come with the meeting of the Assembly on Wednesday. There will then be a general discussion in which the delegates of all countries will have an opportunity to express their views. Afterwards a joint committee of -co-ordination, representing the Council and the Assembly may be set up to decide on further recommendations.