LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19283, 22 September 1924, Page 7

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

GENEVA ASSEMBLY,

INSTITUTE OF' INTELLECTUAL CO-OPERATION.

Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. ' GENEVA, September 19. A committee was appointed to consider the establishment of an International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation on the basis of the French offer of the Chateau Vincennes as headquarters, with an annual allowance of 1,000,000 francs. It decided to accept the offer. Mr Charlton vigorously opposed the proposal, on the ground that the institute would lose its essential international character if it was located in Paris. He advocated its establishment in a neutral country.—Reuter.

PROVISIONS OF THE) PROTOCOL.

RATIFICATION BY 15 STATES REQUIRED.

GENEVA, September 19. It has been agreed that the protocol will be inoperative until it is ratified by 15 States and the disarmament conference has actually reached an agreement. A conference will be called six weeks after tho last ratification is receivable, the date for which is fixed for May 1. It is expected therefore, that the conference will be held on June 15 at the latest. Germany and America in any case will be invited. Dr Benea reviewed the provisions of the protocol, which is substantially as in the original draft except that an aggressor is held responsible for the cost ot all the joint league action. Secondly, states refusing to sign the protocol will not have the rights of their position injured'thereby. Thirdly, the council can give financial aid to small States having their commerce injured by their joining in an economic blockade.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE,

TO MEET NEXT JUNE

GENEVA, September 19. (Received Sept. 21, at 5.5 p.m.) Mr Henderson announced that the international conference on disarmament would meet ou June 15 next. This was confirmed. The sub-committee dealing with arbitration, security, and disarmament has reached an agreement. The fourth commission has adopted a proposal for an estimated expediture ox £500,000 ou the construction of the projected palace for the League. Dr Nansen has left for Germany on a semi-official mission, and will discuss with Dr Marx the question ot Germany’s admission to the League.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

AN IDEA ABANDONED

DEFINITION OF AGGRESSOR.

LONDON, September 20. (Received Sept. 21, at 5.5 p.m.) Tho Daily. Telegraph’s Geneva correspondent says that the idea of England becoming the League’s policeman of the seas has been definitely abandoned. All seem to agree that the definition of an aggressor is a Power refusing arbitration and not submitting to a regular inquiry. This alone would not prevent war, but in the opinion of the British and Scandinavian delegations the more the advance towards disarmament the easier will be the task of obtaining recognition of arbitration and its decisions. The Morning Post says that the British have made considerable concessions on the subject of military and economic sanctions, while the French have advanced the matter of disarmament to an extent so far unhoped for.—A. and N.Z. Cable,

ANTI-WAR MEETING.

OUTBURST AGAINST CAPITALISM,

LABOUR’S INTENTIONS.

LONDON, September 20. (Received Sept. 21, at 11.5 p.m.) The Australian Press Association's Geneva correspondent says that the calling of a meeting of the Assembly this morning nroused the expectation of an announcement regarding arbitration and security, with the result that the public galleries were crowded. The business, however, was the submission of reports by committees which had completed their labours, and Signor Salandra's statement is anxiously awaited. An announcement ia unlikely before Wednesday. The British Government must be consulted. All the British delegation will meet on Sunday to discuss tho course of action next week. The conference is likely to last for three hours. These conferences are held as frequently as possible, as they present the only method of consulting the dominions. The British delegates prefer meeting the dominion delegates more often, but there are obstacles owing to the division of the delegates among committees and the fact that they are not living at the same hotel. Mr Charlton spoke at an anti-war meeting this morning. There were thousands present, including Mr Boncourt, and Italian, Swiss, and German Socialists, the last-named being a member of the Reichstag. During the height of the German's fulminations against, capitalists a young man and a woman protested against his insincerity, and were promptly ejected. A scuffle ensued, sticks and fists being flourished. Mr Charlton spoke nearly last, at the rate of at least 220 words a minute. He finished in 10 minutes in an exhausted condition, his voice being nearly gone. He said that the Labour Party would consent to support any move towards peace from whatever quarter. If Labour was returned at the elections, as would be certain, its first step would be to wipe out compulsory military training. Apparently some people understood, though Mr Charlton was not speaking in Trench, and he was loudly applauded.— A. and N.Z. Cable. * FUTURE OF MOSUL. TURKEY'S CLAIMS OPPOSED. GENEVA, September 21. (Received Sept. 21, at 11.40 p.m.) The council discussed the question of Mosul. Fethi Bey claimed that the whole villayeb of Mosul rightfully belonged to Turkey, and strongly urged a plebiscite. Lord Parmoor replied that a plebiscite was impossible in view of the nomadic character of the population, and was likely to provoke disorders. Britain could not return the Mosul district to Turkey on account of her pledges to Irak, furthermore, the districts contained in the mandated territory were entrusted to Britain by the League, which alone could modify the mandates. The debate was adjourned.—A. and N.Z. Cable.