This was mainly due to the League [Counctt's handling of two dangerous Problems—the Saar plebiscite and the Yugoslav-Hungarian dispute, [The specially summoned meeting of the Council at which these two problems had been dealt with was one of the most momentous in the League's history, The first of these problems con-Jcerned mainly the maintenance. of order during the plebiscite period, This, he felt confident, had" been, greatly facilitated by. the initiative of the United Kingdom Government in its proposal to contribute troops to the international force stationed. by the League in the Saar, The second problem was even more laitticult, King "Alexander's assassination at Marseilles had given rise to an acute situation between Yugoslavia and Hungary, which seriously threatened. the preservation of peace, and speci responsibility rested" upon. the [representatives of the British Government to maintain an attitude of The Council of the League, Mr, Eden added, could claim that, in one Week, both these problems, either lof which might have seriously undermined the good relations between, the states of Europe, had been #0 Jdealt with as to afford the prospect Jof a satisfactory final conclusion.
International Ate For Mr. Eden expressed the pellet that "some such organization as national air force to police the world. fg likely in the future, but not yet.
ich a force," he said, "cannot come an armed world. Tt can only be effective when the world is disarmed but we are stil far from that stage,'
agreed with Gen. J. C. Smuts {in hig inability to visualize the League as a military machine, It would be a mistake to attempt to lereate such a. machine.
Turning to the outlook for 1935, the Lord Privy Seal said: "We stand on the threshold of what I beeve will prove to be the most [challenging year in post-War history, bot there is no call for fatalism oF
@efeatism on that account. 1935 will show whether we can make the League effective. I am myself an
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