LEAGUE OF NATIONS
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES WHEN SHOULD BE OPERATIVE ? GENEVA, Oct. 45. The League Assembly has closed. China,«Brazil, and Belgium were reelected non-permanent members of the Council. (Received Oct. 6. 5.5 p.m.) GENEVA, Oct, 5. An interesting debate arose upon a proposal to amend article IS of the covenant in order that, no international treaty should be. binding until registered and published by the secretariat of the League. The discussion revealed many difficult cases and considerable difficulty in embodying the proposal in legal phraseology, which would cover an infinite variety of cases. After Mr Balfour had explained the situation the Assembly agredd to adjourn further consideration of the matter to the third Assembly.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6203, 7 October 1921, Page 5
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