PEACE PACTS

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 10 September 1927, Page 5

PEACE PACTS

THE POLISH FORMULA. MUCH WHITTLED DOWN. WORK OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS <» f!A BI.R PRESS ASSOCIATION - -COPYRIGHT GENEVA, Sept. S. The. mountain has brought forth a mouse. The Poles have aecepted a vhit tled-dnwn formula, acceptable to Sir Austen Chamber lain, M. Brin ml aid 111'. Stresemann, and the excitement of the last two days has passed, but the. Dutch protocol proposition is si ill (o be tackled. The Polish proposals, as amended, were handed fa the heads of the Locarno Powers. They were: “All wars of aggression are to remain prohibited. The Assembly has declared- it obligatory that members of the League cmform with this principle; wherefore liie Assembly calls on members of the League to conclude non-aggression pacts, inspired by the idea that all pacific means ought to be employed to settle mutual differences, whatsoever their nature.”

This version has increased rather than diminished the obligations of the 1.1 earno signatories. The British delegation confirms this, but a Warsaw correspondent declares that the latest demands are entirely unacceptable to the Powers subscribing to the modified pact.

TARIFF RESTRICTIONS. PROPOSAL TO ABOLISH THEM LONDON, Sept. S. An international conference of representatives of the Governments of members and non-mein.bers of the League mec-ts at Geneva on October 17 to frame an agreement, abolishing import and export prohibitions and restrictions.

The “Daily Mail’s” Geneva corres-p-indent says' that Count Aplonvi, after referring to the successes of the League, examined its failures, the chief of Which was the la'ek of protection aceeided the minorities brought into existence by the peace treaties. He had pi oposed remedies which the Council hod rejected. The 'minorities created In- the war would always endanger p< ace.

COMPENSATION FUND PROPOSED

GENEVA, Se.pt., S. Sir Austen jChamberlain welcomed the proposal of M. Erich (Finland) suggesting the pooling of the League funds p. order to compensate victims as evidence of the solidarity of the League against any State guilty of aggression, since the anticipation of the receipt, of such aid might deter the intending aggressor. Sir Austen Chamberlain added that the scheme involved heavy commit meats and his Government'could not request. the necessary polls from Parliament unless it was proved that Britain would secure compensation for her financial effort, for instance, in the shape of reduction of armaments, and the prospect of general disarmament was kept in view. Decision on this matter must be reserved until disarmament had attained a visible measure of success and then it could be seen the extent to which n embers of the League supported the scheme.