The Archive · 1931

MEMBERS' DEBTS TO LEAGUE

London, Nov. 17.

Unpaid contributions to the League of Nations in respect of the Years 1920 and 1930, inclusive, total 14,264,000 gold francs, according to a statement made in the House of Commons to-day by Captain Antony Eden, Under-Secretary State for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question.

This amount, he said, included an unpaid contribution from China of 19,227,000 gold francs, the remainder: being due by" various Central and South American States.

added that the countries in question had not been relieved of their obligation.and that the matter' had received the constant attention of the Secretary-General of the League, Sir Erie Drummond. The deficiency, he explained, had been, met from the surplus funds of the conclusion, Caplain Eden ex-

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