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THE REAL AND ONLY HOPEI The real hope and the only hope was in substituting for them something more efficacious, and vital, and permanent in

Guests representative of forty-five combination of the resources and forces different counties accepted the invitation of civilisation, of the large and small

Stases, of the rich and progressive na well- of Major David Davies, H.P., to a-bans

as the poorer and lesa advanced States, ques at the Ritz Hotel, recently in order

for unselfish purposes.. (Cheers) 4 com- to meet Mr. Asquith, Mr. Balfour. Lord

bination full, perhaps, of ingrained pre- Robert Creil, Sir Eric Drummond, and the officials of the Overseas Sub-Commit iudices, but brought together whole tecs of the League of Nations Union, heartedly and in good faith, and with Unfortunately Mr. Balfour and Sir Eric the real belief that they were engaged, Drummond were called away to a meeting of the council of the League in Paris, Major Davies presided

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Mr. Asquith, proposing "The League (Cheers.) Mr. Asquith coupled with the of Nations said this was an occasion toast the name of 31. Venizelos,, who, he which illustrated and emphasised the in-said, was one of the greatest champions ternational character of that great in of liberty our time had seen. stitution, the League of Nations, as they His Excellency M. Venizelos replied to were met to associate themselves with the the toast Speaking in French, he said members of the Overseas Committee. They that Mr. Asquith had declared what they must all acknowledge that there were dis were all feeling in regard to the League quicting, or at any fate disappointing, of Nations. It would be a great calamity factors in the atmosphere which sur-were America to remain outside the Lea rounded the League at the present mogue of Nations In spite of internal ment

It was now sixteen months since differences in the United States he be the armistice was signed. During that lived that before long all parties in that time the conference at Paris had assembled country would come to the conviction that and continued, and he supposed almost it was to their interests to jom the Les- concluded its deliberations. "Whatever gue. (Cheers.) The League was looked differencer of opinion there might be upon with a kind of irony, but he thought" about some of the decisions which that that before long the Americans would re great international conclave had arrived gard the future results of the League at there was one opinion, and that was with confidence. He thought they were the fruitful result of the establishment of whole-heartedly with the Allies. (Cheers.) the League of Nations (Cheers.) He The League had the brightest hopes before bad said there were clements of dieit of enabling humanity to make quietude in the atmosphere. The world war improbable. The most import was still harassed-by-wars-and-rumoursant thing was to educate public

of wars Two of the most difficult and opinion. From an economic point of at the same time capital questions on view Germany had suffered tremendously which, in his judgment, the futuro well by the war, which bad exhibited to being of civilisation depended were the the full the futility of a conflict fatended government of that which was the Otto- to create a world dominion. (Cheers.) man Empire, and the relations which had Sir H. Ames proposed the toast of been established between Rusis and the "The Overseas Sub-Committees of the rest of, the civilised world These two League," and questions were still full of anxiety, But

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The Chairman, in reply, mentioned that there was in his opinion another interna the Uniofi was a non-party organisa tional question of situation, and that was tion. It possessed 20,000 subscribing mem- that even now our ・grent. kindred country bert, and had 178 branches in different of the United States of America was not part of the country. There were sixty- a constituent member of the League of six societies in twenty-seven countries. Nations. In his view, and he supposed In France there were thirteen pocieties in the view of mon of 1, so long as and in America twelve.

bert L. Shaw, M.Pi, in proposing the America was not a participating member of the councils of the League, the Longustoast of "The League of Nations Union,

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Lord R. Cecil, said the League of Nations Union was not quite two years old and was doing exceedingly well. It was already beginning to have its effect

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