REFORM OF THE LEAGUE.
Italy Demands Changes in Constitution. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copy right. ROME, December 6. The Fascist Grand Council, which was attended by Signor Mussolini, decided that Italy’s continued membership of the League of Nations shall be dependent on a speedy and radical reform of the League’s constitution and objectives. With regard to the war debt, the council decided to pay 1,000,000 dollars to America as proof of goodwill in expectation of a definite settlement. The demand for League revision has caused no surprise, though it was not expected to be so peremptory. It is understood that Italy’s demands include the restriction of the smaller Powers, the simplification of procedure to avoid interminable argument and the disentangling of the League from the Treaty of Versailles. It is felt that the League has become a part of the machinery for enforcing treaties which perpetuated the division between victor and vanquished and thus led to domination by France and Britain.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 938, 7 December 1933, Page 1
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161REFORM OF THE LEAGUE. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 938, 7 December 1933, Page 1
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