WORLD PROBLEMS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 274, 18 November 1937, Page 7

WORLD PROBLEMS

LORD CECIL’S VIEWS I Sanctions Advocated Against Japan GERMAN COLONIAL CLAIM? WELFARE OF NEGROES MUSI BE CONSIDERED (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright! Received Nov. 17, 11.35 p.m. , NEW YORK, Nov. 16. ■ Viscount Cecil of Chclwood, who has been the guest of President Roosevelt, gave an hour’s interview to the Press, and with his usual boldness presented opinions on the current international conflicts. His remarks contained a warning that only the maintenance of world organisations for peace stands between the nations and a repetition of 1914. Lord Cecil urged economic sanctions against Japan if she could not be induced to cease aggression against China, and deprecated the possibility of international war arising from sanctions.

Concerning Germany and her colonies, he said: “A plan for the naked transfer of territory to Germany would be difficult. I would be reluctant to see the transfer of masses of negroes or others back to Germany to-day, but I favour the abolition of the whole conception of individual ownership of these undeveloped territories.”

Pointing out that the attitude of the present German Government toward racial questions differs from the imperial regimes, Lord Cecil intimated that consideration of humanity must take precedence even in its needs of vital raw materials in deciding the future of the former German colonies with their countless millions of coloured people. Discussing his favourite topic, the League of Nations, Lord Cecil conceded that the League had been dangerously weakened by the defection of Germany and the virtual desertion of Italy. “But,” he said, “the League is not dead. If it were we would be compelled to recreate it. We cannot have the nations utterly unbridled and ready for war at a moment’! notice to destroy civilisation.” Lord Cecil will receive an honorary doctorate from Columbia University to-morrow.