LEAGUE TO ABOLISH WAR
INTERVIEW WITH BRITISH PREMIER i "NOT YET," SAYS LLOYD j GEORGE ■! By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ; (Rec. Juno 50, 5.5 p.m.) J v London, June 18. | Representatives of the League in Favour j of Abolishing War waited in a deputa- j tion on Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Balfour, < and Lord Curzon. The Premier catechis- j ed the deputation, endeavouring to pi.ii i them to details. . ':
.With a view of demonstrating thfe impracticableness of their aim, the Premier pointed out that the Great Powers were already too entangled to supply forces to' create an international police. Moreover,' ho said, discussion in that connec-' tion was idle until America came into the' League of Nations.; i . Mr. Balfour inquired ■where the proposed forces were to bo ' kept—in St. Helena or Labrador-for if kept in. France they could, not fight France, and if kept in Britain they certainly could 'not fight England. ' _ . The Premier emphasised the point that any present attempt to force the pace would only destroy the League.—Reuter,
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 228, 21 June 1920, Page 5
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