LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 16 December 1920, Page 8

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

NEED OF ECONOMY

MR MILLEN'S GREAT FIGHT

BY GABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT f (Received Dec. 16, 10 a.m:) LONDON, Dec. 15. Mr Percy Hunter, Federal Immigration Agent, says that Mr Millen's remarkable fight in the League of Nations' Congress in the cause of economy is recognised. All the Powers at Geneva were practically dominated by the Finance Commission's sittings for a fortnight. Mr Millen was insistent that the generally extravagant ideas «$ the establishment should be remodelled., Though he was1 naturally faced with considerable opposition from vested interests, he succeeded finally in securing sufficient support to ensure that future budgets would be ■rigorously economised. Mr Millen made «. great fight against the establishment ' of several new costly independent commissions, and the Assembly adopted his "view, altering the constitution of these bodies from permanent to merely temiporary advisory committees. Mr Millen's efforts will result in the saving of hxindreds of thousands yeai-ly without impairing the efficiency of the -scheme to prevent war, and will also -save Australia a very big sum in contributions to the League. Australia will be charged on the same rate as .France and Britain. Although relief will not be immediate, it will be ultimately attained and made retrospective.