LEAGUE COVENANT
AND PACT OF PARIS (British Official Wireless) RUGBY 19th. February. Mr Henderson stated in the House of Commons in reply to a question that the Government had informed the SecretaryGeneral of the League of Nations that they continued to support wholeheartedly the principle involved in the proposal to bring the Covenant of the League into harmony with the Pact of Paris, and they were ready to join with other members of the League in acepting amendments put forward by the first committee of the recent Assembly, subject- to a- proviso that ratification of tliese amendments on behalf of the United Kingdom will be made dependant on the entry into force of a general treatv for the reduction and limitation of armaments. As regards the general position of the other members of the British Commonwealth on Nations lie recalled the conclusions reached on this subject during the Imperial Conference, and said that their Governments would doubtless address the Secretary-General of the League in a similar sense. ' DUMPING QUESTION
A Geneva message states that the Economic Committee of the League of Nations, appointed a sub-committee to examine the dumping question.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 20 February 1931, Page 5
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