Tokyo, Oct. 0.
Acmost interesting Jecture on the accomplishments of the League of Nations, on what the League was doing or attempting: to do in' the Far East and: on the very. valuable guide and. help -the League' had developed into, largely because of its elaborate machinery of accummulated knowledge and technique, }was delivered to-day at Nagoya by Mr, H.R. Cummings-of the Inform ation Bureau of the League of Nations. Mr, Cummings is here to attend the Kyoto conference and it: was a happy thought of the Nagoya Geoup of the League of Nations Association of Japan to arrange with the Institute of Pacific Relations for Mr. Cummings to address them. A large number of both Japanese and foreigners attended the lecture and it was obvious that they were: impressed by the work done by the League and convinced that it was not such a nebulous thing as cynics and pessimicts are inclined to regard it.
Asia not Forgotten Mx, Cummings dealt' effect with the criticism, especially heard from Eastern countries, that the League devotes itself principally to the problems of Europe and secondarily to those of Asia. This was. fuct correct, he pointed out, First. of all, it was difficult to make a [selection of what would be of specia} terest' to specific areas, because the world was rapidly becoming so inter-woven that to-day hardly anything could be regarded as a strictly regional issue, while he emphasized that it would be absurd for anyone to pretend: that in such matters as arbitration, the International Court of Justice, the building up of trade relations, the government of depend-endes, and so: forth, Europe was moe: concerned than any other part of the world: He then pointed out that the problems left behind by the war were essentially European: ones; and that it would be taking a very narrow view things to-day to hold that the restoration of Europe was of no importance to the rest of the world, To the question—which mings said he had been ofter—as to why the League did not devote more attention to the Pacific, he thought that a fair answer, even if it were not a complete one, would be that Pacific countries have not told the League what, problems they particularly wanted the League to concentrate upon. A little more foresight, if exercised, would convince anyone, Mr. Cummings said, that in its accumulated knowledge and technique, the League was the ble centre of guidance Jand assistance to be found: in any great international organization today.
The League and: War
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