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SANCTIONS IMPOSITION LEAGUE OFFICER'S VIEW [ Ter Press Association. I WELLINGTON, May 10. “The future of the world lies in upholding the principals of the Covenant of the League of Nations/' said Mr. H. Duncan Hall, a member of the secretariat of the League visiting Wellington. 4 ‘The very survival of th-c British Commonwealth,” said Mr. Hall, “de pends upon the establishment of rd effective collection system as the dominant force in world politics.” Asked whether he thought sanctions were likely to be dropped or continued. Mr. Hail said it wag impossible to foresee what decision would be made by the League. “The reasons for the imposition of sanctions have not changed,” he continued. “It must not be forgotten that the purpose of sanctions is not punitive in nature. It is an effort to restore peace and uphold the law which has oeen broken. Au net '‘f war has been committed under the Covenant, not merely against a victim State bur also against all members of the League. “Whatever v'-‘v have happened bi
a military sense in Abyssinia does not alter the fact that such an act has been committed against. the League. The purpose of sanctions is to bring about a just peace. It is of enormous importance to all countries that desire to live in peace that the League’s strenuous efforts to see that aggression does not pay is made to succeed. If the lesson does not succeed, if it fails completely, if it is an insufficient deterrent, then the world will be faced with the practical certainty of a breakdown of peace. “While the future is dark and the challenge of violence in the world is of serious portent to the British Common wealth, the Empire must look to the national defence of carb unit and to the co-ordination of its de fences as an Empire as a whole. Above ail. if it hopes to survive as a comi monwealth ’t must make a desperate effort to establish a collective system as the dominant force in world politics.” ITALIAN ANNOUNCEMENT HEARD BY SELASSIE Received May 11, 9.5 p.m. JERUSALEM, May 11. Haile Selassie was turning a wireless dial when Mussolini’s voice was heard broadcasting the annexation of Abyssinia. The switched off.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 111, 12 May 1936, Page 7
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