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stop aggression comparatively few know of the very successful work of a humanitarian nature which the League is carrying on
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stance its decisions have been res- pected by the parties to the dis- pute. When the Court meets shortly it will find three cases awaiting it. It has also a domes... bie question confronting it and that is the election by the League of å Judge to fill the vacancy caus-
d by the death of M. Hammerak- jold. Judging by the great num- ber of candidates for the position, but some of them world famous, one
would say that the Court's pres- tige never stood higher than it does to-day. This is an encour- aging fact in days when respect for treaty obligations is at a dis- count.
The importance of an issue of this kind, when placed in juxta- Dosition with, say, the League's actions concerning the Japanese invasion of China, is a matter de- nendent largely upon the indivi-
Hong Kong, Thursday, Jan. 27, 1988. Jual point of view. All in all,
MR. EDEN AND THE LEAGUE
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however, it does. tend to show that, despite the activities of ti- vilisation's destructive forces, there is still a preponderant be- ef in arbitration as the most sa- These are days when, in inter-tisfactory means of settling in- national politics, the incredulous ternational disputes. The only al- seems to be the normal and the fernative to final acceptance of logical the least to be expected, that viewpoint is war and civil- Hence no great surprise was oc-
sation's eclipse. casioned by the suggestion in certain · London quarters that Better Use For A Britain was prepared to ally herself with France in a scheme for whittling away the League Covenant and converting the Of the curious miscellany of League of Nations into an odd mutually unrelated matters dealt sort of institution designed to with in the Unemployment Insur- allow politicians to let off steam, ance Bill, published in London re- but having no powers or func-cently, much the most important tions beyond those associated is the amendment of the existing with an advisory capacity. The statutory provisions for the dis- conference between Mr. Anthony posal of the surplus in the Unem- Eden and M. Delbos in Paris has ployment Insurance Fund. There disclosed that the prophecy had is outstanding against the Fund evolved from the wish-father a debt of £100,000,000 contracted· thought process, and that, hap in 1930-31, which is being paid. pily, there is as yet no intention off by a statutory annual interest by either Britain or France of and sinking fund charge of £5,- abandoning the League principle 100,000, calculated to extinguish or consenting to its sacrifice on it in 1971. Under the present the altar of so-called realities. It law the Minister is empowered would be foolish to contest the apply any surplus in the Fund argument that with four of the the further reduction of the world's major Powers outside the Tebt, but only on the basis that League, Its practical influence is the redemption date is thereby appreciably lowered.
and advanced and that the
annual that self-reliance has become charge of £5,000,000 continues to ever more important to those na-remain as before. tions who still believe in the This arrangement has the League principle. Nevertheless, vious disadvantage that any be unless we are prepared to resign neft to the Fund accruing from ourselves to the conviction that the use of its surplus for the re- the madness besetting the world duction of the debt is deferred for is incurable except by the let-something like a quarter of ting of blood in a final frenzy
century. For example, the effect the ideal represented by the of so applying $10,500,000 would League must be preserved.
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merely be to advance the redemp other tion date from 1971 to 1965: The
There are, after all, sides to its work
han purpose of the amendment is to dealing ith political aber-enable the annual charge to be re- rations which because theduced instead of advancing the preservation of the outward ap-date of redemption, so that any pearance of a kind of peace has benefits will be immediate. Thus, > seemed more important than the a debt reduction of £10,500,000 defence of international justice = would now have the effect of re- have caused so much distu and injured the Leagu tige. Disaster is news,– seldom is.” – That explains the fa that whilst all the world know of the failure of the League Pow- ers to take concerted action
ducing the annual debt charge
,000,000 to 54:500,000, and ng of £800,000 could be to the advantage of
There
doubt about the desirabil ity of this change in the law.