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YEAR OF TRIAL

FOR LEAGUE

Received Fair Share

Of Knocks

SOME ARDUOUS TESTS

(By LESLIE R. ALDOUS) A New Year for the League of Nations began on January 10, the

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EUROPEAN TRADE IN

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INTERNATIONAL PACT OF 50 YEARS AGO

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COLONIAL JEALOUSIES AVERTED

BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT

(By Edward Hawke)

Notice To Contributors. All communications intended for publication should be addressed to the Editor, and be accompanied by suiversary of the official founda- plained recently the Writer's Name and Addition of that organisation in 1920. creasing number not necessarily for insertion, but

Never has the futility of prophecy some taken to court, but as a guarussist of good faith.

in international affairs been be often settled terlustrated than during the brought on the grounds that an League's sixteenth year.

thors have introduced recognisable When 1933 began, the League, characters into their works.

It is an old grievance. After the

UCH has been said of latement in 1885 because the scram- although it had not reached its goal of peace and co-operation he publication of "The Egoist, Mere- #tween

some 300 letters removing the economic causes gun, and there was a general de nations,

travelling ith received hopefully. It had received more complaining that he had pilloried of war through equitable ar-sire to prevent King Leopold than its fair share of knocks dur old acquaintances. He replied rangements for access to mar-II from monopolising the vast ing the past three or four years that it was not them he had pil-kets, as the Labour election resources of his infant Congo Critics had debited it with one laried, but himself.

manifesto phrased it.

Free State Lord Beacons- Sir Samuel Hoare in his fa-field's Ministry had some years The Policy Of Scuttlebig failure in the Far East, which Dickens was constantly falling

had hampered its activities in out with his friends because they mous speech at Geneva sought earlier repudiated the 'conces- thought they BAW themselves into moderate Italy's colonial am- sion from the Sultan of Zanzi- Mr. Nicolas Roosevelt, by his many other directions.

But at last the League seemed his books. An elderly vicar, with bitions by suggesting an inter-bar by which Sir William Mac- address in New York, gave

courage, claimed to national enquiry into the sub-kinnon scured for Great Britain evidence of his continued into be recovering its morale. The great moral

inject. It is curious that no men- the whole of what is now Tan- terest in this part of the world, Saar controversy, between France be the original of Towneley

tion has been made of the Ber-ganyika, but the German Colon- whereby he was only following and Germany gave it a chance to The Way of All Flesh.”

леге perlin Congo Act, which has now isation Society had made little the custom of those who have demonstrate to the world that the These complaints A later and not a played-out sonal

more com-been in operation for just 50 progress in the vast field thus played the part of a pro-consul League was

seen monet- years. For the 14 Governments left open to it. and retired into a life of greater force. The able manner in which mercialised age has

possibilities in outraged which agreed to that Act, after Further north, the coast was freedom and less responsibility. it stamped out the sparks of war ary

a prolonged conference in Ber-still under the nominal rule of It may be inferred that the re-between Yugoslavia and Hungary, dignity.

(Continued on Pege &) The difficulty is that no author lin, clearly faresaw and wisely Zanzibar: three years were to cent inauguration of President

can wholly invent a character. An provided against the very compass before the Imperial British Quezon was far from filling his heart with joy, and that he has EXPLANATION OF intimate knowledge of the life of plaints that have been put East Africa Company received ary writer makes it possible to forward in Italy to justify aga charter. On the west coast identify with fair certainty thegression on Abyssinia, and that the new German settlement in characters in his books..

will be repeated elsewhere. the Cameroons and the old Equitable Access French posts in the Gaboon The Act, which established were still insignificant, while Free Trade in tropical Africa, Portuguese Angola stagnated, The ex-Kaiser is reported to be is a unique pre-war example of as it had done for generations

Thus no signatory Power was an

at economic Liberalism by inter

national agreement, and it has making sacrifice when it worked well All nations have agreed that the free trade im- the Congo State

YESTERDAY'S CARTOON

been employing some of his lei- sure time in trying to forecast- the future. In any case the points he raised are of great moment and although they are {far from new, they are not likely for many generations to become old in the sense of Undoubtedly the oldest active having no connection with cur-stadent. in the country is Mrs. [rent problems.

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It used to be said that no Francisco. who enrolled in re- The mechanics lesson, was in pro-for half a century traded with posed on democracy could govern angular high school courses this gress at the university, and the pro- tropical Africa on equal terms. should also extend to the west empire. The two ideas are fall and carries on the same as fessor was demonstrating a piece of Their subjects enjoy the same coast from the Gaboon to An- supposed to be contradictory, all her youthful classmates apparatus "You will have noticed." rights as the nationals of the gola and to all the territories the spouted, "that this machine is and when an act of authority is Mrs. Hodgson. despite

between the Congo her operated by a crank." Then he won several protecting Powers, in that lay

the Indian Ocean. required and appeal is made to advanced age, is hale, hearty dered why the students langhed. respect of residence, trade and State and the fundamental principle of and active, and fulfilled a life-

travel. Monopolies are forbid. Still the thing was done, and

the treaty, once Kapopular equality and individual freedom long ambition that past summer

"Here's a fellow who has just pat- on which the paramount State when she learned to swim

The roads, railways and coast-kept. ented & contrivance for preventing al services may be used by all Neutralising Clause « bases its

the She is a firm believer in the olds from falling out system,

of rumble authority required for good adage-"Never too old to seats. What

To illustrate still further the do you think of persons under the same condi-

the crder is enforced in a half-learn.”

idea?"

tions. The tariffs may only be prevision of its authors, hearted

manner and carses

“I don't like it at all. It's just an used to provide revenue for the may mention that the treaty irritation without securing League. It would therefore be other move to displace men with ma upkeep of the administrations provided for the neutralisation

İchinery.” respect. History shows that an infringement, or at least a

and the development of the re- of any territory within its pur- this is not always true. There qualification of the Constitu

gions, and must not be protec-view if the protecting Power are famous examples of dema-tion itself, and must ou that

tive or discriminate in favour happened to be involved in war. gogic appeals to popular preju-ground be rejected. :

of any one country. In brief: This clause, if it had been pos- dices based on the opposite line This method of argument

the Berlin Congo Act providedĮsible to apply it in August, 50 years ago the most equit. 1914, would have averted much able arrangements for access to bloodshed.

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No Power Made Sacrifics It was no doubt easier for the the Congo Act. The several Powers to make such an agree- (Continued on Page. 11)

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Girton Maid "Will you please sweep out the “Well," madam,” said the educated of logic that authority should seems to give less freedom of maid, " sweep out the dire be enforced regardless of action than the principle of In a small hotel in Kingston, Ontmarkets" in Central Africa that humanity—which have led to Parliamentary absolutism, and so a returning traveller reports, some of the sternest repressions the consciousness that politics there is a yellowing sign tacked to and massacres in history. The is a perpetual succession of the dingy wall behind the desk Athens of Cleon, the Rome of unforeseen emergencies is at which the proprietor proclaims: "No Cato, Governor Eyre of the bottom of the unwillingness ones." Jamaica, are only 2 few of statesmen in England even instances that come to mind of to interfere with the Royal the sort that may be quoted prerogative, which in reality without reviving passions that gives to Ministers 2 reserve have not yet been embalmed opportunity to deal with new and buried in the mausoleum of and urgent crises. The history. The root of all the gemma is much the same as trouble is that government is arose in dealing with Cuba. not a logical application of The right to interfere in principles but a pragmatic deal-emergency had been reserved ing with men. No principle of by the Platt Amendment, but law is so important as to war-when the chance to make rant the sacrifice of the men it beneficial use of the power is applied to.

arose the course preferred was The American difficulty into repeal the Amendment and dealing with dependencies leave the factions to fight it out seems to be much the same asjamongst themselves. It is not in dealing with social reform asteary to see why the sugar im- exemplified in the New Deal-ports should have made a pro- it is the Constitution. It is not blem at all in the case of the| merely the provisions of that Philippines. We should have document, which did not of seen no logical obligation to course anticipate that the apply a principle of free impor- original thirteen Colonies would tation if we did not like it ever want to govern distant The policy of Mr. Nicolas islands in the Southern Pacific Roosevelt, which he himself Any legal document of that described as the "policy of nature-states certain definite scuttle to get out of the rules, which are made as clear Philippines lock, stock, and and therefore as limiting as barrel, the sooner the better, possible; it would be badly without any treaty guarantee drawn if it did not. But the ing their neutrality, their in- political thought of a country (dépendence or their defence which is built up on a written would certainly have a hig constitution takes its whole effect on our own future in character from that fact The Hong Kong and on the whole first reaction to a new proposal balance of power in the Pacific. fis not the question: Is it But it is easier said than done. good proposal? but can it be Our own experience is that, it |brought within the limits of the is easier to enter into such scope allowed by the law? obligations, than to get out of That is true whether the pro-them. The lock, stock and posal" be made before the Par-barrel retreat from India has liament, or the State Legislafonly been suggested by a few ture, ora municipality. Ef completely irresponsible" extre- that doubt is not settled there mists who would be sorry if it is the ever-present fear of awere adopted. Our voluntary [ruling that it is ultra vires, retirement from the Transy2

which means that all the labour planted the seeds of endless has been wasted. That has trouble. Even in Afghanistan always impressed the English the most hospitable of ter advocates of support for the tories, occupation and then r League of Nations ~ - A tresty (tirement opened a long chapter made by the U.S.A, becomes 2 of lety: Nothing izžgustiré part of the Constitution◊ · The intangible thans prestige,” but Covenant gives other nations

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