LEAGUE RADIO.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 143, 18 June 1936, Page 15

LEAGUE RADIO.

M.P.'S SUGGESTION. INTERNATIONAL MESSAGE. «MUST GET TO THE PEOPLE." "I believe that the League of Nations can become a most efficient force only if its message can be conveyed into the , minds of all the peoples of the world," L said Mr. W.'J. Lyon, M.P., in addressing , a large attendance at a luncheon of the Auckland branch of the League of Nations Union this afternoon. Mr. W. J. Jordan, M.P., was also present, and the president of the branch, Mr. M. Aldis, was in the chair. i How could such a thing be achieved? asked Mr. Lyon. Ho suggested that the , time must como when the League would possess its own international broadcast- , ing service. It would have its own secretariat, releasing international opinions to the world and giving all the facts of every case, without racial prejudice or national distortion, but with a common understanding and a common conception. The English language, Mr. Lyon believed, would become the basic language of the Leagjie. The League of Nations was quite fin olcl ideal, said Mr. Lyon. Peace was a .thing of which a great deal was talked, until it was forgotten in a wave of national emotion. He spoke of the efficiency and strength of modern Germany, smarting under an unfair .treaty. Then there Was Italy, defying the League and sanctions. Suppose Germany and Italy were able to combine, and there was a consolidated force right through Central Europe. Suppose Japan was to come down through the Pacific. What would be the position then? Where would the League stand? "I suggest we have made a mistake in our analysis of the situation, said the speaker." "We have pinned our faith in diplomatic and political control. We are getting away from the common peoples instead of getting into touch with the common people, iou will ne\ei have peace until you get the of the world working for peace."