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Carter, J. A., 27 Geneva Ave., Dorchester...
...League of Nations has its critics abroad is evident from the attitude assumed by Lord Ishington in a recent letter to the London Times. He frankly opposes the opinion expressed by the British Foreign Secretary that mandates should not be discussed by Parliament before being approved at Geneva, and would not be open to extensive revision by Parliament afterwards. This position, as he points out, is but another instance of the curious degree of respect in which the executive has grown to hold the central authority of Great Britain...
Since the opening of the League of Nations session at Geneva, there has been much debating on the question of international disarmament, during the course of which many theories, both practical and impractical, have been promulgated. But while suggestions were plentiful, no nation or group of nations offered to take the initial step toward carrying them out, and for a time it seemed as if the whole subject would and in mere talk...
...tentative itinerary includes a concert at the Trocadero in Paris on July 4, a concert at Strasbourg on Bastile Day, July 14, and performances at Deanville, Nancy, Celmar, and Mul-house. It is hoped that the Club may also be able to sing at Geneva and visit cities in Italy, Belgium, and England...
...actually worked for five continuous weeks. Those who asserted that the League was dead will have to admit a resurrection; those who saw in Argentina's haughty withdrawal the beginning of the end will have to confess their error. For five weeks delegates from forty-one states sat at Geneva and accomplished more than any other Congress in that time; they proved that cooperation was possible. No one can doubt any longer the reality of a working League of Nations...