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It is rightly, said that there exists a nucleus of less democratic League mem- hers which together would be strong enough to enforce peace and law in Europe. The coun- tries usually mentioned besides Britain, France, and Russia are

Hong Kong, Thursday, April 8, 1937. Belgium, Switzerland, the Scan-

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dinavian countries, and the coun- tries of the Little Entente, but it is folly to suppose that all these countries are to-day as ready to stand by the League as they Sir William Beveridge, Direc-were before Britain and France tor of the London School of virtually betrayed them. Swit- Economics, shortly to become zerland, who never showed any collective action, Master of University College, enthusiasm for col Oxford, has contributed valuably is now less eager than ever. Bel- to true understanding of the un- gium has declared for a modified employment problem in Britain form of nentrality which almost inconsistent with by his new form of analysis. The certainly is inclination these days, when military sanctions against an ag- every month official figures are gressor. Of the Little Entente, quoted showing a decrease in the Rumania without Titulescu has numbers of the unemployed, is lost her Covenanting faith, and to view them benignly, believing Yugo-Slavia, a sturdy sanction- the Abyssinian dis- that the trouble is moving to it during

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In many parts of the country which, it is believed, have been unemployment has reached a dictated largely by a desire to very low point. In Warwickshire recover her trade losses. only 4.6 per cent. of the insured achieve this she has entered into population is now unemployed, agreements with both German in Greater London 7.5 per cent. and Italy and the Italian Pact, These percentages are to be com while apparently welcomed in pared with the 26.1 of Cumber-nothing to the Geneva ideal.

Britain, very clearly contributes land, the 22.9 of Durham, the

- It may have been noted, too, 20.1 of Lanarkshire, and the 28.1 of Glamorganshire, to say noth that in their communications to ing of minor counties like Ross form the Scandinavian States the Committee on League Re- and Cromarty with 56.7 per cent. and Anglesey with 38.1. But showed themselves most unwill- while the depression has disaping to accept any definite mili- peared over large parts of the It is clear that these smaller tary obligation for the future. country and has been mitigated States would not change their in others, unemployment pre-minds should France and Britain sents a very different face from merely promise not to do it

what it did in 1929.

re-

Sir William Beveridge brings again. It will require a strong out the remarkable fact that in lead and possibly an extension of 1936, there was appreciably less regional guarantees under the short unemployment (up to six League to restore their confid- ence. On the other hand, there months) than there was in 1929, before the depression, but six are signs that such a lead would and a half times as much long jan disaster no country has left

be followed. Since the Abyssin unemployment (of twelve months the League, Belgium has not or more).*""The legacy of the nounced her obligations under great depression is a mass of the Covenant, and the Scandina- long - period unemployment more than 350,000 men and womit the obligations that exist, vian States are still ready to ad- men in insured trades and for

even the American republics have whose case continuous money shown at the Buenos Ayres con- payments in idleness are a mani- gress that they will accept no festly inadequate provision. This is, again, largely a matter in any way counter

plan that might be interpreted as to the of geography, for to this total League. Certainly there is still the Southern Counties of Eng-hope for the League but hard- land contribute only a trifle. In ly from a British Foreign Secre- most divisions long-period unem-tary who, in the course of a re- ployment has now dropped back cent general survey of world to about the same level as 1932, affairs, forgot to mention it. but in Wales, as Sir William points out, the cloud of chronic unemployment has hardly lifted at all. Long-period unemploy- ment is the most serious element

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TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS

ON GUARD: "The price of free-

in the present problem, forms a dom is eternal vigilance and We larger part of it than it used to have to be eternally vigilant.” do, and obviously calls to be dealt Mr. Baldwin, with by special methods. If

much of this available labour is¦ RATHER SLOW: “We are 10,000 to be brought back into industry years nearer to permanent peace in the next year or two far more than were the cave mèn 10,000 years will have to be done in the way ago. -Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt.