Evening star., 1933-02-12
Continued From Third Page.)

personal contact is applied not only
. to the meetings OF foreign ministers
on the Council or in the Assembly; it
Is applied also to whole network of
: specialized committees extending over
every sphere of economic or financial or
social or other questions in which CO.
: ordinated action between different
: countries is necessary. Each set of
problems is represented by regular
meeting of people who are In the best
position to influence the action In these
countries.
Last and most important Of all, when
foreign ministers meet regularly in the
Council of the League they become
more than national ministers advoeat-
ing national policies. They have
second capacity. The Council becomes
more than q committee Of regotiators.
Il apos,ires a personality and traditions
q its own.
1t is more and more evident that
wars originate in world causes; that
when they break out anywhere they
tend to spread everywhere; that their
consequences are world wide, and, last.
and most important OF all. that it Is
only by a collective world influence
that the serious danger arising from
a quarrel between two great countries
can be averted.
The crisis in the Far East was an
Illustration of this. Even the collec-
tive influence of the whole world had
barely been sufficient to deal with that
crisis. If the world is divided, or II
il has no methods by which 1t can
effectively cooperate, failure must be
expected. And this is true Of all the
greatest dangers O. the future that
are to be anticipated. It Is vital,
therefore, that the great countries
which are not now members OF the
League should be real part Of world
government and of the world peace
machinery.
Sign Kellogg Pact.
This does not, however, necessarily
mean that peace cannot be assured
unless America and Russia join the
League of Nations. Both these great
countries have signed the pact of Paris
Commonly known as the Kellogg
pact), together with other countries,
such as Britain, which are members
of the League of Nations. The Kellogg
pact is not an alternative or a rival
to the League, it supplements it. Its
great defect, II it stands by itself, is
that it has no machinery through
which to assure effect for its principles,
and in particular for Its main princi-
pie that all countries stand together in
renouncing war as an instrument OF
national policy. If America Is deter
mined to make this Kellogg pact
reality; Is prepared to consult and CO.
operate with other countries that have
signed the pact when any difficulty
arises, and Is ready to do so in way
which does not impair the working of
the League machinery for its own
members, but supplements it, the
problem might be solved.
II, however, the League Is not big
enough in its membership for some
questions, it is too big and too cumbrous
for others. In its present form 1t Is
an incomplete world authority. But a
great many Of the actual problems Of
the day, while international. are essen-
TALLY localized. 1t is a very cumbrous
thing to bring in nearly every country
in the world when you are dealing with
questions that affect only few coun-
tries. Some questions are European
only; others affect particular region,
perhaps the Danubian provinces; IN
other cases the Far East or South