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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY

1935.

LORD LYTTON'S FAITH

"I THANK GOD FOR LEAGUE OF NATIONS"

By EARL OF LYTTON,

K.G., P.C., G.C.S.I.

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AVERYONE wants peace, Is. there anything people want more? Everyone dreads war; there is nothing people dread so much. But this universal senti- ment is exploited by every interest to serve its own pur-

робе.

The Government claims credit for having kept the country out of a war with Japan, and accuses the Opposi tion of being the greatest danger to peace through its belligerent pacificism. The Opposition accuses the Government of a militaristic Imperialistic policy that will lead to war, and claims that the Socialists alone are the true guardians of peace.

The League of Nations. Unlonjagent of coercion profoundly mis-} seeks to obtain the opinion of the understand its true functions. country on five important ques-The Loague of Nations is, indeed; ; tions of policy; but a crític tries the only hope of a war-weary, to discredit its efforts and frust-peace-loving world. rate ita objects by labelling Ita questionnaire **The Ballot

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TIME WILL SHOW

Whether or not it will justify

This exploitation of the peace the hopes that it inspires, whether aentiment of the people is going or not the nations will make use on all over the world. President

of the alternative which it pro Wilson, who foresaw that the vides, time alone will show. Ita Treaty of Peace in 1919 must some efficacy can be determined only by day lend to a new war, insorted experience.

as the first clauses of it the Con- stitution of the League of Nations,' The Leaguo has been able to to enable the conditions of peace arrive at decisions on the merits

to be modified in keeping with the of many disputes: It has yet to progressive development of public and the best way of getting its opinion without resort to war. decisions accepted. Its racmbers But his political opponents in who are ready enough to have re- the United States discredited his course to its procedure in the dis policy and secured its rejection by putes of other States have yet to the simple device representing prove their willingness to accept it as a policy calculated to involve its intervention in their own. the people of America in war.

Mr. Alfred Lyttelton once de-

After 10 years the Democratt fined a true sporisman as a cricke Party has been once more returnedter who, being given "out" wrongly to power, and President Roosevelt by an umpire, accepts the decision invited the Senate to support him without a murmur. That is a in authorising the adhesion of the high test which in not passed by United States to the World Court all sportsmen; and, unfortunately, the habit of setting a higher value on playing the game than on win- ning it does not appear to be on the increase.

of international Justice.

It was to be expected that people who are almost unanimous ly in avour of the substitution of law or force in the settlement of international disputes would wel come such'a step.

The League of Natións will only achieve complete success when alt its members agrea to submit all; COURAGE FAILED

their disputes to its judgment, and to accept its decisions whatever Left to the judgment of their they may be. But to reach that own intelligence they would have point of confidence time is requir welcomea ; but the exponents of ed. The League is still in its in- the polley of American wolation fancy and we must be patient with Bolomaly aanvred the Americanit. Let us at least wish it to people that in the United States succeed and refrain from any joined the World Court their sens action which may diminish the con- would be torn from their homes fidcnco which the nations of the and seat to nght in olker people's world place in it.

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The result was that 60,000 tele. grammes arrived at the Senate in Wannington-urging-the-rejection of the measure; the 'courage of some of the senators failed at the last moment, and the necessary two-thirds majority was not obtained.

Instances of the same kind might be adduced in almost every country. Why then do I thank God for the Langue of Nations? I ́do so because it is an organisa- tion doing constructive work for the benent of mankind, which separate national Governments acting, independently could never accomplish.

FEWER LABOUR TROUBLES

PEACEFUL DAYS IN BRITAIN

London, April 22.

"The preservation of the honour and security of the German Reich from now on will again be on- treated to the German nation's own might,” Chan cellor Hitler assured his people In renouncing the Versailles Tranty. The paxt day the most spectac ular mustering of armed forces since the War took place la Berlin xa part of the Herons” Memorial Day Service, with the militant chancellor reviewing the demonstration of might. Above, the official reviewing party marches past the troops: (1) Field Marshal von Mackenson: (2) Hitler; (3) General von Blombargi (4) Premiar Goering of Prui. ala; (5) Admiral Eric Reeder, · In the background, part of the 500,000` Berliners who witnessed the

spectacle crowded a very vantage point..

Just before Germany's spectacular show of military strength that followed closely Chauceffor Hitler's denunciation of the Versailles treaty, a spectacular memorial service of the World War diad was held in the Opera House in Berlin. _ Here the Naxi lenders are pictured as they listened to the solemnly impressive rites-left to right, Propaganda Minister Goebbels; Rudolph Hess, Hitler's deputys General Gouring, Prussian Premierį General von Mackenson; Hitler; Generál von Blomberg, Reich.

swehr commander; and Admiral Raador, Navy chief,

Total number of working days But this pacifle era. really ex- For freedom from industrial die lost, directly or indirectly, through tends over two years, for the putes, the year 1934 broke all Jabour disputes In 1934 was only number of days lost in 1933 was records In Great Britain, accord-360,000. This is the lowest in the only 1,070,000 and was up to that This feature of the League's ing to the annual survey of the 40 years for which careful records time, the record in the four years work in connection with public | Ministry of Labour.

from 1920 to 1932 Inclusive, the average time lost per annum was 6,540,000.

health, drug contral, economics, Anancial assistance, communica- tions, transport, flood relief, labour conditions, and intellectual cu- operation is too often overlooked..

ALTERNATIVĖS

But the constructive work for human welfare can only proceed if war is provented. I welcome the League, therefore, for the alternatives to war which it pro- videa. It is not a mero ideal, such as was embodied in the Holy Alliance or the Concert of Europe. It is an organisation with an inter- national Civil Service, a trained body of experts, who not only moct to talk twice or four times a year but work in their offices daily to provide the statesmen of all coun- tries with Information and advico which they can use in the coun of, peace.

For the first time in the history of the world peace is organised and an alternative to war oxists. It romains for the peoples of those States which' are members of the League to make use of the alterna- tive which it provides.

The League of Nations alone is a disinterested party in all inter- national disputes. It has no am- bitions, no designs, no prejudices, no reservations. It is equally the' friend of all its members. It is -the only peace agency in the world which does not exploit for any "other purpose the poace needs of ‚ mankind. -

It has no possessions to lose, It cannot be intimidated or coerced; ¦

it therefore needs no weapons. for ita defence. Those who wish to give it arms or to use it as an

have been officially kept.

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strike last year was 108,000, plus 26,000 who were indirectly forced to cease work, making a total of 133,000 compared with 136,000 in 1933 and an annual averago of -127,500 in the four years 1929 to 1932,

The "general strike" of 1926 (including 323 labour disputes) brought out 2,724,000 men. and and indirectly affected 10,000 making a total of 2,784,000 men and women who lost 182,230,-

Last year's 472-disputes were all small. The largest reckoned by the number of days lost, was that of 2,000 plasterers and their as- sistants in Scotland who struck from March 1 to June 20 and rolled jup to a total of 120,000 days lost,

The total number of workers on i 000 working days-United Press.

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Mr. John Buchan, well-known and popular novelist, biographer and historian, bar bean' 'named the next governor. general of Canads. Lord Bassborough, the present" vien régul representative in the Dominion, is retiring late this your. Mr. Buchan has been Conservative M.P. for the Scottish Universities. for sight years and was Lord High Commissioner of the Church of Scotland, being succeeded by the Duke of Kent. It is expected that he will be relied to the peerage by the King before assuming ..his post:

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