To the Editor of the "Nownu-Cutsa Dany News Sm—T had the honour of addressing you over a year ago my opinion that the British should withdraw from the League Nations. You castigated me in a leading article as giving bad advi What has happened since?" Surely only failure with more to come. The League set out {0 stop the war between Italy and Aby: As the entire world now knows, all it succeeded in doing was the creation of further friction. Failure No. 1. only wi desir se oe iota it sults Italy of to finish When the war is over and ttaly has conquered and annexed so much of Abyssinia as she wants, then what will the League do? The League will have no redress, and will be com-polled to acquiesce in Italy's deelsions. The League will have 10 remain Italy asa member if she 50 desires, and will Rose Abyssinia retain only an attenuated Member if any. The league will not effect a selliement, as her exponents and supporters say, favourable alike to. the League, Italy and Abyssinia, which will be Failure No, 3.
The collapse of ihe League will then be in order: its continuance wil, make for further war and not for peace in the earth. All the League can do Is to struggle to keep in exist fence so.a5 to make the nations eon. Ueibute to the upkeep of a small army of highly pald oMelals and employees, all" openly useless, Enwano 8, irre, Dee. 18
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