LEAGUE WITHOUT SANCTIONS

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 9362, 17 April 1939, Page 2

LEAGUE WITHOUT SANCTIONS

ALL PROMISE TO STAND TOGETHER

NO FOREIGN INTERVENTION Referring to the recent conferen '6 of the nations of North and South America, Mr J. A. Spender, writing in the “Yorkshire Observer,” points out one interesting fact: “What has emerged is, in effect, a League of Nations without sanctions —in my opinion, the most promising kind ol’ League. All promise to stand together against any foreign intervention; all undertake, without compromising their sovereignty, to act together and consult together about the measures to be taken for the peace and security of each and all. Much, of course, depends on the interpretation of these mutual assurances, but they lay down broad lines on which the American Republics may develop into a partnership resembling the British Commonwealth, which also is a League of Nations without sanctions. These developments, which have gone forward on the impulse of European events, are of great,interest and importance, and deserve careful study by those who are thinking about the future in Europe. I hope and believe that they will have a steadying influence on European affairs.”