LEAGUE ASSEMBLY VIEWS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19133, 30 September 1936, Page 6

LEAGUE ASSEMBLY VIEWS

MR. JORDAN A SPEAKER FAILURE CRITICISED (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 1.15 p.m. RUGBY, Sept.. 20. Mr. S. M. Bruce, for Australia, the Aga Khan, for India, and Mr. W. J. Jordan, for New Zealand, were, among the speakers who continued the general debate in the League Assembly at Geneva. Mr. Bruce said' the Assembly should respond whole-heartedly to the lead given by Britain, the United States of America and France in their recent monetary agreement. Exchange controls, tariffs, quotas and other trade restrictions had led to much economic unrest, and the opportunity was now present for solving those problems. The Aga Khan said that to condemn the League after 16 years of its short life because they learnt that men and nations were imperfect, was as foolish as to condemn all philosophies and all religions because of the present state of the world. Mr. Jordan criticised the failure of the League to apply sterner measures in support of the covenant during the Jtalo-Ethiopian dispute. Sanctions, he said, had to be. immediate and effective. New Zealand was prepared to do its part in making collective security a reality. REFORM OF COVENANT CANBERRA PROPOSALS ATTITUDE TO AGGRESSOR {Klbc. Tri. Copyright—T7nitpd Press Assa.; (Reed. Sept. 30, 2 p.m.) CANBERRA, Sept. 30. Australia'?, proposals for the reform of the. covenant, of the League of Nations were explained in the House of Representatives by the Attorney-General, Mr. Tl. (I. MonsdoK. The. Commonwealth suggests automatic operation against, an aggressor State of .sanctions prohibiting the export of arms and munitions and raw materials used for military purposes, or alternatively prohibiting all exports lo the aggressor. The refusal of loans and credits and the prohibition of imports from the. aggressor are also suggested.

It is urged that non-member States, particularly the United States of America, Germany and Japan, should ho consulted before the League amends (he covenant.