LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 160814, 23 November 1920, Page 9

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

GENEVA CONFERENCE. ■ Received November 23, Ipm. LONDON, November 22. Mr Balfour said he failed to realise , how ie could intervene. What could we offer Kemal Pasha that he would accept. They had also to remember that the Allied Powers were still deab ing with settlements under the Turkish Treaty. He asked the French to define what was meant by negotiation. Signor Yiviani replied that perhaps « mediation was a better word than intervene. A nation undertaking a task ' conld apply to the powers to ascertain - how far it could go. We must first know whether Kemal would be amenable to negotiation. We could only , try otherwise and, we mighty continue this theoretical debate and admit our inability to help suffering humanity. He insisted that something must be done. Lord Robert Cecil said he believed if* negotiation failed force could be scoured to save the Armenians Viviani’s suggestion was adopted; -

DISCUSSION AT PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.

(Per United Press Association.) - WELLINGTON. Nov. 23

The League of-Nations formed the subject of discussion at the Presbyterian General Assembly to-day. A motion by the Rev. Dr Gibb, seconded by the Rev. Dr Erwin, was passed unanimously. It was to the eSect that the Assembly regards with profound misgiving the failure of the Powers,,, and especially the United 'States, to concentrate on the development of the League of Nations. The Assembly records its solemn conviction that not by the fostering of an aggressive military spirit, but by the mutual disarmament, open treaties, and the spirit of mutual conciliation- and goodwill contemplated by the League, will it be possible to avoid future wars. The Assembly, therefore, calls upon its ministers, office bearers, and people to familiarise’themselves with the terms and constitution of the League, and to do all in their power to promote and sustain a public opinion which will lead to a wbrld-wide adoption of the League and hue realisation of the ideal of universal Ajeace and brotherhood which it enSbrines.