MR. JORDAN AT GENEVA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22540, 3 October 1936, Page 17

MR. JORDAN AT GENEVA

Sir, —Every person of average intelligence and education must feel astonished and dismayed to read of Mr. Jordan's outbursts at Geneva. Ho is evidently determined to win notoriety. One would think that a man only just appointed to the office of High Commissioner and absolutely ignorant of diplomacy and foreign affairs, would, at least, try to bo loyal to the British Government and to his own. instead of taking his own line, and forcing his opinions on the council in fas your able leader remarks), a most unfortunate manner. No wonder the Foreign Secretary—we are told —sat glumly silent when obliged to listen to Mr. Jordan's kindly advice and suggestions as to how the League might copy New Zealand! It would be amusing. if it did not implicate the whole of our community and put them on a level with Mr. Jordan and his supporters. As for sanctions, when men like Mr. Baldwin and Sir Samuel Hoare were willing to risk their prestige by abandoning them, when they realised that such a policy would inevitably lead to war, surely it is not for us to try and enforce them, when everyone knows that in the event of war (which our High Commissioner seems to regard so lightly) we are not in a position to defend our own country, and would, as usual, depend on the Motherland to assist us. Loyalty.