SAFETY OF BRITAIN.
IMPORTANCE OF SUEZ CANAL. j RECOGNITION BY LEAGUE. GENEVA, Sept.. 17. The League of Nations Commission, which is discussing the treaty for strengthening means to prevent war, proposed that the League Council should havo the right to order the withdrawal of warships in the event of a threat of war. Viscount Cecil pointed out the itnof the Suez Canal. Its vital communications necessitated its exemption. The exemption of the canal was moved bv Lord Cecil and adopted by the commission.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20982, 19 September 1931, Page 11
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83SAFETY OF BRITAIN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20982, 19 September 1931, Page 11
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