ITALY AND LEAGUE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18551, 8 November 1923, Page 9

ITALY AND LEAGUE.

RAPPROCHEMENT IN VIEW. GRIEVANCES TO BE REMEDIED MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION By Telegraph—Press Association— (Received 4.5 p.m.) A, and N.Z. LONDON, Nov. 6. The Rome correspondent of tho Daily Telegraph states that tho greatest interest has been taken in the visit to Rome of Sir Eric Drummond, Secretary-General of tho Lcaguo of Nations, and his long conference with Signor Mussolini. There lias been no very, friendly feeling in Italy toward the League of Nations since the Janina and Corfu affair. It is understood that following mutual explanations, Signor Mussolini declared himself ready to take renewed interest in the League as an international organisation for peace, and he will see that Italy becomes an active and useful member and not an absentee. Sir Eric Drummond, in a subsequent interview published in tho press, said that Signor Mussolini emphasised that Italy required that her position as a Great Power should be more adequately represented within the organisation of tho League. Italy complained that she was not only badly represented on the commissions of the League, but there were hardly any Italians even in subordinate posts, with tho result that a- somewhat anti-Italian atmosphere, she feared, had been created. Sir Eric Drummond naturally protested that this could not be the case, but he promised to recommend a more equitable distribution of posts in future. His explanation has been favourably received by the Italian press.