Evening star., 1925-03-12

British government believed the best
way of dealing with the situa tion
was In cooperation with the League
of Nations to supplement- the cove
nant by making special arrangements
In order to meet special needs.
That these arrangements" he con-
tinued, should be purely defensive
in character; that they should be
framed in the spirit of the covenant,
working in close harmony with the
league and under its guidance, Is
manifest. And in the opinion OF his
majesty's government these objects
can best be attained by Knitting to-
gether the nations most Immediately
concerned and whose differences
might lead to a renewal OF strife by
means of treaties framed with the
sole object of maintaining, as be-
tween themselves, an unb-oken
peace.
within it's limits no quicker
remedy for our present ills can easily
be found, or any surer safeguard
against future calamities-"
Reservatfonx Are Noted.
Dealing with the insistence of the
should be settled by arbitration,
Secretary Chamberlain said the
trainers of the league covenant must
have felt that the objections to uni
versal and compulsory arbitration
might easily outweigh it's theoretical
ADVANTAGES He remarked that last
year Great Britain made a reservs-
tlon that so far as Great Britain was
concerned greatly limits the univer-
sal application of the compulsory
principle.
Mr.. Chamberlain added that far
from diminishing the objections to
compulsory arbitration, the protocol
| increased them, because of the weak
ening of those reservations in clause
XIV of the covenant, which were de-
signed to prevent any interference
| by the league in matters of domestic
| Jurisdiction.
| This was nearest Mr.. Chamberlain
got 10 the problem OF immigration
raised by the so-called japanese
am mendment to the protocol.
u. 9. Absence Zig Factor.
Mr.. ChamberlaiE made several ref
erences to the United States. He be-
| lieved the whole world would agree
| that the League Of Nations In its
present shape was not the league de-
! signed by the trainers of the cove
nant. who doubtless contemplated the
difnCuitleS Inet might dTiiNc iiOih lio
! non inclusion OF a certain number OF
states within the circle of member
ship.
But they never supposed" he add
ed. that among these states would
be found so many of the most power
| ful nations of the world-least of all
| did they foresee that one of them
would be the United States"
The British secretary argued that
| it was a great mistake ito add to the
| liabilities already incurred" without
taking into account the weakening OF
| The league through the adhesion
Of some powers. He insisted the Geo.
nomic sanctions provided for in the
| protocol, IL simultaneously directed
| by the world against a state which
was not economically self-sufhcient
would be a weapon of incalculable
| power.
| .It was true" he averred, that the
| leagues work is going on benef1cent-
! ly and full of promise, though the
United States remains in friendly
aloofness."
Individual Americans have helped
| freely, both by sympathy and service
| while the generosity of the merican
| public has greatly aided some league
causes. 1t might be saiG with truth
that "the problems which even the
weakened league has had to face
have never overstrained ito machin-
| cry"
Mr.. Chamberlain emphsJized, how