APPEAL FOR THE LEAGUE.
LORD R. CECIL AT SORBONNE.
A. and N.Z. PARIS. March 12Lord* Robert Cecil, speaking at the Sorbonne, advised France to confide in the League of Nations for settlement of the grave problem of reparations. The essential principles of the League were those, of France, namely, liberty, equality, and fraternity. In applying these principles the League respected the sovereignty and liberty of all nations-. He feared that France had not sufficient confidence in moral pressure. Her sentiment was that nothing could be done except by cannon and rifles. Napoleon had said that fourfifths cf success was due to the power of moral forces, but in peace five-fifths depended on moral forces.
There was a strong feeling- in England in favour of the League of Nations, and he appealed to French university men to encourage a similar feeling in France.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18348, 14 March 1923, Page 9
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