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The unsatisfactory result of the meeting, however, indicates that the present machinery of the League is defective For the fact that is was Brazil, and not a European nation, that blocked the admission of Germany to the council is significant. Under the present covenant unanimity of the conciliar powers is...
The House of Commons took notable action only once last week-spent a great deal of time in debating the Anglo-Irak Treaty (TIME, Feb. 15,) which His Majesty's fiery Colonial Secretary, Colonel Leopold Stennett Amery defended in part as follows: "The rejection of this covenant would make Great...
When it arrived, Sir Eric Drummond, Secretary-General of the League of Nations, skimmed through the lengthy preamble and rested his eye fondly on the conclusion: "I have the honor, in accordance with Article 1 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, to formulate herewith, in the name of...
With the question of actual adhesion to the Covenant definitely out of immediate consideration, the United States is relaxing its former attitude of strict aloofness toward the League of Nations which it has held ever since its inception. Indicative of this change of front is the recent announcement from Washington...
"The Court rests on its own bottom, has its foundation, not in the Treaty of Versailles or in the covenant of the League of Nations but is built upon a separate treaty we are asked to approve, promulgated Dec. 16, 1920. By that treaty we assume no obligations whatever, either...