bassador fo France and chief Chinese delegate to the League of Nations, stated that the Covenant of the League was not an ineffective instrument to prevent war. Its effec~ tiveness, he asserted, depended upon the loyalty of League members.
"The ineffectiveness of the League to deal with the Manchurian eident, the Abyssinian war and the present Sino-Japanese war, Dr. Koo} asserted, was due to the unwilling-hess of the more important members apply. the: Covenar 'Consideration of national interest, ho stated, had been allowed to prevail over wisdom in upholding "an International cause. In the system. of collective security, nations had to contribute little compared with what} they would' have to do to defend their interests singlehanded.
"The League, the Chinese delegate! said, could be galvanized into living force if peace lovers ¢0- operated and carried out the prin-Ciples for which the League stood.
There was no doubt, he concluded, that the peaceful weapon of boycott was. one of the economic sanctions provided by the Covenant to restrain
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