NO WORSE

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 246, 14 September 1935, Page 8

NO WORSE

CHANCE'S OF SETTLEMENT

ITALO-ABYSSINIAN DISPUTE

(United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.-—Copyright.) (British Official Wireless.) Received September 14, 1.20 p.ni. RUGBY, Sept. 13.

A brief address by Sir Samuel Hoarc on tlie work of the League of Nations in connection'with the Italo-Abyssiniaii dispute was broadcast from Geneva. Referring to tlie work of himself and Mr R. A. Eden, Sir Samuel said the British people . would want to know whether the chances of a settlement between Italy and Abyssinia were Hotter or worse than they were a few days ago. He thought it could be said they were no worse, “but whatever might happen in the end none shall say tlie Britisli Government and its representatives did not make everv possible effort to avoid what they considered to lie a grave calamity.” Sir Samuel added that lie had been deeply struck at Geneva by the respect with which Britain and, indeed, the whole British Empire, was held hy the world. “I have tried to put to them the typical British point of view, and in particular to impress to them first of all our universal desire to have peace and be able to live in accord; and, secondly, the desire to keep our word which we have solemnly given in the Covenant of the League.” THE AGA KHAN’S OPINION.

The speakers in the League Assembly after AJ. Laval included the Aga Khan, who said:, “The conception of collective security is appealing to Indian thought as tire only alternative to international anarchy, with evergrowing force.” At the same time, lie added, ciiticisms of the League in India on the grounds of the size of her contribution and its past failures were also growing. UPHOLDING THE COVENANT. In Glasgow, the General Council of tlie Scottish Trades Union Congress passed a resolution declaring that the authority of the League of Nations and the obligations of the Covenant should be upheld by the British Government and by the people of Scotland, and stating that any action which would weaken the authority of the League would be a disastrous blow against the collective peace system on which the security of the world depends.