PEACE EFFORTS

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22401, 23 April 1936, Page 11

PEACE EFFORTS

ABYSSINIAN CRISIS FAILURE OF LEAGUE GERMAN • CRY FOR REFORM By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received April 22, 7.45 p.m.) LONDON, April 52 The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says a significant article published in the Frankfurter Zeitung—evidently directly inspired by the German Foreign Office — declares that the reform of the League of Nations is inevitable now that it has failed to bring about conciliation between Italy and Abyssinia. Otherwise it must cease to exist as an important factor in world policy.

"Either it must bo concluded that tho League has no longer any purpose, at least as far as important policies aro concerned, or it must be finally recognised that tho League must bo fundamentally overhauled and reformed," says tho article. "No nation will further trust tho League as it is. New confidence can bo expected only when the nations see that they are no longer faced by the old Versailles League. Not only must all discrimination be dropped but also the whole system of sanctions and its gross misuse." v

ITALIAN TRADE , PRESSURE OF SANCTIONS EFFECTS MORE APPARENT GENEVA, April 21 Senor Vasconcellos, president of the Sanctions Committee of Eighteen, is of the opinion that a meeting of the committee would not be opportune at present. He proposes to summon it for a date near that of the next session of the League Council, when he will call attention to the fact that Italian trade figures show that the effect of sanctions is becoming progressively apparent.