Speaking of the League of Nations, the Foreign Secretary said that despite the events of last year, the League was neither dead nor mori bund. 'Though its field of action might be restricted by the limitation of League membership and by the jatsence of very powerful states, it exercised g valuable political influence, 'The friendly settlement of the dispute between' France and Turkey on the Sanjak of Alexandretta was an example, Nothing could be more against the restoration of the League's authority than a situation in which {the world was divided Into two groups of power one inside and one outside the League.
It must be made clear constantly that there was Toom at Geneva for fall countries, whatever their system of government, provided they desired to ce-operate in the maintensnee of After on allusion to the helpful jand statemanllke attitude of the Ger man and Russian governments connection with the naval agreements Jend to the strengthened friendship between Britain and France, "which 4s nowhere misunderstood," Mr. Eden lended his speech on a hopeful note, 'The outlook, he said, was not wholly bad, "He was certain that' none wanted war, and he had a. greater measure of hope than a year ago that the nations of Europe" would yet compose their differences peacetull
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