LEAGUE CONFERENCE
CHINA AND SHANTUNG MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCIL. USE OP THE BLOCKADE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received December 8, 8.15 p.m. GENEVA, December 7. The first Commission of the League of Nations Convention recommended that four non-permanent members ol the Council be elected for two years, to be eligible for election for a further two years, but failing re-election, such members will be ineligible for election for four years thereafter. At a silling of Hie sixth Commission, Lord Robert Cecil said there were some who considered the blockade an exceptionally cruel method of warfare. Ho did not share that view, but believed it was the most effective weapon. It was not cruel unless the pressure was long continued. In any case, it was less cruel than war.
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Waikato Times, Volume 93, Issue 14538, 9 December 1920, Page 5
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