A LEAGUE OF NATIONS ARMY
Sir, —Mr. Jordan's various utterances before the League of Nations Council seem to suggest definite action which New Zealand, small as we are, could initiate. As it is obvious that without an army the League cannot enforce its will, the logical sequel is to establish such an army. If our Government will offer to maintain a volunteer League unit of 1000 men, that step Avill do more to activate the League policy than any other act. • Whether a League army would be practicable is not the first consideration. It is tho second. Mr. Jordan somewhat alarmingly named four nations in this order —Abyssinia, Spain, China, Now Zealand. Our Government could therefore well be the first to lay a foundation stone of the envisaged world police forco by announcing its offer. That oiler would cause the practicability of a world peace force to come immediately into the forefront of public discussion. lt> seems probable that in such a "get-there" scheme America would be more willing to take part. Arthur Saixsbury.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22839, 21 September 1937, Page 13
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174A LEAGUE OF NATIONS ARMY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22839, 21 September 1937, Page 13
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