Delegates of the smaller Powers decided in a private sitting to demand in the Committee of 28, which is leharged with the study of League Covenant reform, a discussion of the legal basis of Article XVI concerning sanctions, although the British and French representatives are most anxious to postpone such a debate. The private sitting was attended by the delegates of the three Scandinavian countries as well as Holland, "Belgium, Switzerland and Finland—Trans- Ocean. departures from the principles to which I have referred."
"The League," Mr. Eden asserted, "has never been, and the British Government, on their part, are resolved that it shall not become, the home of any ideology save that of peace through international cooperation.
"Let us hold fast to our principles and devote our whole energies to proving their worth. Let us not be
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