Need for Action: French and German Views Variance: Dangers of Failure Geneva, Oct. 3
The slow tempo of League. pro-cadua ud ite Yoluctance to. race dctnite dociicne have progressively discouraged the hopes of the. world
false problems by force raver than sneograged that who prefer 19 Skrvughy international "ce-operation, declared 'ME Paut Boncoury french Foreign Minister, ina speech before the' Eeague Acsermely" yesterday. "She Leugue must have condense
tu the: part of the: peoples of the Hel i ini condense Svortd?" he said.
i." Paul-Boncour prefaced his speech with the ver park that he had intended to remain silent unt the opening. of the 'Disarmament erence, he said, would have to fake decisive stepy fo" avert a race: in nents, "The only other ater tye wae eatastropha 'France has not abandoned and will never abandon a policy of con, Monee te the League' of Nation went on. The great internal conferences of recent years would fave Been ar more: successful had they. huan, better prepared tethed in to proceed rom simple to note complicated questions:
"iSreliminary agreements among neighbouring "otttey have. alrendy ven "usefal renalts, "the. Four ower Pact the Pact of the Little Ententey the various. pacts of non aggression with the USSR, ete Hone fo Sulding set step Sep and itis the role and duty of the' League of Nations to join these "various. channels "and. con-Elliate "existing differences,. 'The Four Power Pact was a sequel to Tocarno "and, like Locarno, work of peace, "The esyentiai thing is that the Leagte in fol filing "its duties Tamir thone ententes, must fndnet inner turn but che slowness St" procedure "and. the. League's eaithtlon before the neceaity for Ascinione have progressively dacotr. aged. the hoper vot peoples and MMlorded renewed suiacity to those wher prefer to use force rather than which had failed to pay their contributions to it yet enjoyed all the privileges of membership.
Great Britain alone pays one-tenth of the cost of the League, he said, and the British Empire, os a whole, provides one-quarter of the League's income.
"The League does not frankly ask to pay what others do not pay but it asked us to pay more than would be requited if all the states their subscriptions," Mr, Horeisba, added, proposing measures to preclude continuation of defaults by the states concerned.
The arrears outstanding last December amounted to £960,000. Wireless through Reuter,
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