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THE: HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1931.

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JANUARY

LEAGUE'S WORK.

ADDRESS TO THE LOCAL

LO.N. SOCIETY.

League, when the staff consisted of a Secretary General, an Under Secretary General, a few nteno- graphora and three or four assistants working in an office borrowed from the British Gov- rnment in London. He instanced the fact that there were more than 500 members on the staff, and an annual budget of

now

An explanation as to why, in spite of there being a good deal int nympathy in the United States, they had not joined the League of Nation", was given by Mr. Bascom Johnson, when he ad- 25,000,000 gold frunes.

He referred to conditions after dressed a meeting convened by

the war, when thoro wero the league of Nations Society in

war, refugeOS and Hongkong, at the Cathedral Hall prisoners of

starvation, particularly among yesterday evening, under the

children, and told of how the chairmanship of the Hon. Mr. R.League co-ordinated the work of H. Kotowall. Mr. Johnson, who is one of the Commission nwarious voluntary associations, making enquiries in Hongkong cutting out overlapping, jealousles

and waste. He also dealt with reference to the traffic in the League's work during the women and children in the Enstamine in Russia in 1921-22 and spoken on "The Social and the famine in Albania owing to Humanitarian Work of the League two successive

fallures in the of Nations.”

cropu In the Jatter case, hu said, there were batween 200,000) and 300.000 Albanians starving and by putting relief machinery into motion the League thousands of lives.

Johnson sald

Replying to the Rov. H. V. Koop, who naked what it was that held the United States back, Mr. he thought that, perhaps, the initial cause of the policy followed by the United States Government was the effect of Mr. Wison bring n better statesman than a politielan. Ile allowed himself to be manoeuvred into a position where the matter became one of polities. If he had en more droit and more skilful as a politician. Mr. Johnson said he hand no doubt that his country would have been FLY active member.

with

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the

He went on to deal with Longue's successful efforts to re- patriate 500,000 prisoners of war, Germany, Austrians and Han

artans, refugees in Greece In 1925, and the tracing of 180,000) Armenian women and children, married of hy Turks, That, ho said, was one of the most tragic emergencies, and the league brought between 75 per cent, and 80 per cent. back from Turkish Contiumpr. he said since that orphanages and harema to respect- time the question had always reable surroundings.

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mained. The Democratic Party He explained how skeleton was, in normnal times, the minority | organisation was set up for deal! party, and that was Mr. Wilson's ing with emergencies all over the| party, bul good many Reworld. publicans had voted agalust st With regard to slavery, he said because of the other issues

in that a convention was algned volved.

calling for International co There was, he said. A vast operation by which the Govern- amount of ignorance 1st the ment signatories agreed to sup United States, where people were

press slavery and the slave trade. more or less still isolated from The probabilities were that Parusan problems, although that pressure would become stronger islation WICH rapidly growing and stronger by the League. Re- less. There were millions of ports were required from Govern- People in the interior of Americaneta, stating what they were who did not know much about | dojar

matter. 1411) nc The League of Nations and cared | Government could afford to stand | Jess. Thume people could not ser fout against mass public opinion that it meant anything in parti- when it was roused. cular to them They wonhi haye The speaker also referred to been perlevtly happy if theth gond work being done us re- |·

Bed States had joined in the ranks child welfare and, with re- first place, and they were stillard to the suppression of traille WATCHMAKER, JEWELLER A ENGRAVER

for thy haggy because they had in oplom, said that during the last eight or nine years the Mr. Johnson added at was a | League had taken the matter up question of putting the jaane he and was trying to assist Govern- fore

them in A dramatic and menté in carrying out their convincing way but at the pre-enuine desires in spite of the Ant kint of Watches, Chronometer, Chron sent time, unfortunately, it was tremendous diffienities.

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H. BOGDATEKY. In his address, Mr. Johnson reilan, Mr. W, F. L., Shenton, were ferred to the early days of the earried with applause.

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