THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XVIII, Issue 1858, 6 September 1923, Page 5

THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

ON ITALY'S ACTION

AN AGGRESSIVE ATTITUDE

(Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 11.35 a.m.) Geneva, September 5

The greatest interest is being taken in the council meeting of the League of Nations to-day, when the hall was crowded.

Signor Salandra, the Italian representative, opened the proceedings by reading a letter drawing attention to the bombardment of Corfu, and throwing aspersions on the conduct of the Corfu authorities, following up with a lengthy statement contending that as the individual members of the mission were appointed by the Ambassadors' Conference, it was for the Conference, and not the League of Nations to decide the issue. He asserted Greece had appealed to the League in order to escape the responsibility for the barbarous act, and affirmed that the Italian Government had no intention of recognising the authority of the League to intervene. It was the Italian Government's irrevocable opinion that the Council of the League should not proceed with the matter.

Baron Ishii, the president, proposed an adjournment until to-morrow. Lord Robert Cecil agreed, and asked that articles 10, 12, and 15 of the Covenant, be read in French and. English. When this was clone, Lord Cecil remarked that these articles were not merely contained in the Treaty of Versailles, but also in the Treaties of Neuilly, St. Germain, and Trianon. If they were not taken into consideration, then the basis of these Treaties would be shattered.