LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 69, 18 September 1925, Page 7

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

FACE-SAVING SESSION

INNOCUOUS KECOHMENDAJJOttt COMMTTTEfi WOEK-ITQ BBQD,\ V; :: ; : (omiß mvi Aiioeutwii—eomwir.) (WKIAI X) ABII&AIUK-XJ. »B«I AHQQiHOH.) ■; ■;■ ■'■ i . \;, .GENEVA,:-listh-^ Bept«)nbwv: v'^ ■ ':-, With, the"' adoption thk moraing of 'the annual report of the;L*ague'«'S«:retariat the' flood of unrestricted debate has ended. The : wayl is now cleared for committees to sit daily to fashion resolutions, which wjll be a salve,to those U wedded to the Protocol, "and at the same ■ time ■will seek to carry .its spirit \ into the Pact f negotiations. \ ■ -v :'.:' . The Rumanian delegate, M. Duca, this morning Upheld the League a» a model of open diplomacy^ 1 but; however ' open last year's■Protoool'debato /may ■'-.'■ . have' been", it cann6t. ; be-BBid;that;:the .-•■: present Assembly 1, ha* ,wholly'-rbeeu pan example of putting, all the rcard» on the I table.. It has largely been 'a battle of tacticß. ■ -.•'■■'■ ''■"'i. ( C.: 'Jy''-i-[:f'"^'; S-; ■ - Many of -.• the small urEuropeah ,"-'c6un- '-.'■■ tries cannot afford,to discard the .opinion of Britain, \vhbui they regard- as. their protector, yet .they-itilj 'jijoi-'; •to r : France as the exponent'of the^Kasp'ira- -,:,, ".turns..'/ So the debate .topic.' the middle, course, and ,it is not; an .exaggeration '-\ ! to say that the chief aim": of the "'Asseih--..* ,bly. is. to save the .face ,of ,last., year's gathering. This spirit;has carried' • into the committees, where a-{series', of ': motions, is now being discussed designed to reaffirm the ideals of arbitrationi.se-; , curity, aiyi reduction of; armaments. The general, belief"' is that the. cbnimifT tees; will submit to the Ass'emblyf nest.' "week a' crop of innocuousu'ecommendations, the most dirfect'of jyhjch m>^;recoi'd satisfaction" that; the,;Pact i'negotiav ' tions are '. conforming with j the; spirit of the League's CoVeiiant,. ; though} there .' Js still a belief that 1 fibnlething^c^iicreto 1 may emerge in} :the"*niattei-of'anterna-tional arbitration. V..: .; ••■, i.'s .i--;:;.!..-.V: •'. . Chile has submitted the liew :idea."pi".--.: convening ■a' j conference of Press. - ex- : perts to devise :a, scheme for th'e-. more * rapid viand cheaper ; ,'dissemihation of .. League' riewa in .order-.to infliisncei'the'','■;■ .of^the:^orld r :''v.;S^;::!:-:;;"^.;. '.'.■ ■;..., AUSTRALIAN INTEREStS The repbr^ of: the Economic; Com-. : , raittee, on \rhich Mr. Campion represented Australia,' has been but . it is; harmless from yiewr : point, because the recommendations are ' a modification; of 'unpalatable : -.trad'e-i prohibitions and .restrictions.f It' •] omits the 'ordinary tariff arrangements^'...-.- - ' : ■ "■ The latest ■: incident in the ; uhdercur- ; rent -of migratibn ■ dißcussion'occurred:.-. when some Scandinavian' .delegates approached the Australians and urged that' their -Nordic -nationals' would ,be glad to migrate to Australia; but'they".did riot press the point, when, they learned that the desired financial assistance could 1 not be considered.- 'There is a paragraph in the annual .report..of. the' League of Nations Societies'..Congress recommending the League-Labour .ponference in 1926 to give attention to> the. international control of .migration,' including.; the coordination:: <if ..'lawsi'and;. ihe/. protection of- imhiigrants,^.^;^^;^;l^^'^-^^;:'.;:" ■■ .; M. Loucheur explains :. '.:;|that > the French motion-for the Econpmic*:<Confcrr,. ; ence; will■-certairily.-include.-tariffs,' but ■■' France asks ) that the! e^uestiohs of the ' Allied debts and • migration should - not' be, placed on-the. agenda, -•■^•j—v ■■- CHILDREN A"NDf HtiPICTU^IES - Mrs. Mackinnon, on the Committee of Child; Welfare;"- supported .the- -Duchess '•'.■ of Athoir*. requeat*.'.that :,other "countries should state,their experience of tho effect of the cinema upon children, also what they thought .wa» necessa'ryv,: to ; improve children's. filidsv, MrsV;'iMackin- , non said the question;rwafii "'.of■--.-absorbing-.-interest in Australia^.where ednie-child- • ren* went to the pictures, twice-a-week. ; Mr.' Swinburne was; instrumental' in ,: .having any- proposed- health -investigar tion- first examined; on. its "merits .by"'■"•-■; the Health Committee, instead of being .''renjitfed ,;direct to the health drganisa-' ;•.-• tions, = with .'consequential heavy .'.ex;^: . penditure^whether' justified: or 1 not.^r;: