LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
BRITISH LABOUR MINISTER. SUGGESTS SOME POINTS. Australian and N.Z. Cablo Assn. Received 1.25 a.m. August 20th. LONDON, August 19. Mr Barnes, after a hostile reception at a meeting at Glasgow, said tho firstduty tqf a League of Nations would bo to supervise and control the miinufaclure of munitions of war, eliminating tho element of private profit, and also aim at the limitation of armaments and provide a peaceful means of settling international disputes. If other means failed resort to arms might be necessary to bring a truculent nation to book. He believed that something practical coulcl be done by the Allies forming a provisional league, leaving the door open to others to join later. If tlipi Allies fornmlnted a. policy in regard to tho uso r,f -n-.-.r materials *ui ■lHer-war basis of all nation"? coming n» lifter tbo war wrecked ureas had been made good. 'Germany might come to terms, i"id the people bo induced to ihrow off their taskmasters.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVII, Issue 16610, 20 August 1918, Page 5
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