LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18675, 3 October 1922, Page 4

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT. LORD ROBERT CECIL’S EULOGY. Pmm Association—Bj Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 1. The Geneva correspondent of the Sunday Observer interviewed Lord Robert Cecil, who is now recognised as the leader of the Assembly of the League of Nations. He said that'the third meeting of the Assembly bad marked an enormous advance on its predecessors. No one could retain the smallest misgiving regarding the League’s permanent and progressive development. Nothing had been more striking in this Assembly than the demonstration of its resolve to decline any domination by the Allied Powers. The Assembly now realises its strength.—A. and N.Z. Cable. THE LEAGUE’S EXPENSES. POSTAL UNION SYSTEM DISCARDED. GENEVA, October 1. The Council of the League of Nations has abolished the system of apportioning the League’s expenses on the Postal Union system, and has substituted units based on the amount of each country’s wealth. The total units are 944. Britain’s share is 95, India’s 65, Canada’s 35, South Africa’s 15, and Australia’s 26.—Reuter. INDUSTRIAL LABOUR BUREAU. INDIA’S GAIN. PARIS, September 30. The Australian Press Association’s Geneva correspondent stages that the Council of the League of Nations decided that the eight most important industrial countries wore entitled to seats on the Council's Industrial Labour Bureau. These were Germany, England, France, Belgium. India, Canada,' Italy, and Japan. India thus won tho fight, ousting from the Council Switzerland (the actual holder of the seat) and Poland (which was supported by France), giving the Empire rhree seats out of eight.—A. and N.Z. Cable.