LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 29 September 1926, Page 7

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

WORK OF SESSION.

MUCH ACCOMPLISHED. VTSCOUNT CECIL’S REVIEW. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.^ GENEVA, Sept. 27. In a statement to journalists before hi® departure, Viscount Cecil said he felt strongly that the session of the League Assembly, which had just concluded, had been most successful. The proceedings had shown a spirit of .solidarity in the League. He was particularly pleased with the success? of the slavery convention and the hastening of the ratification of conventions. Regarding criticisms of the British attitude on the Mandates Commission, he reminded his hearers that the French) Foreign Minister and the Dominions’ representatives also spoke on the same subject. All paid a tribute to the commission, and the object of their criticisms was simply to draw] attention to the possible danger of the commission exceeding its powers. Alluding to his own motion regarding tlie limits of the League’s Action, Lord Cecil declared that now that the League was growing its functions should be defined. The League had to deal with all matters of international concern affecting the peace of the world, not with national affairs. Concerning disarmament, Lord Cecil said it was necessary to settle certain manciples before practical results could be attained. There was no difference between the French and the American® on this point.