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Without the final form before it the speeches in the Assembly on Thursday, September 8th, were directed backward- to the old rejected Geneva Protocol rather - than forward to the new proposal. The Dutch and Scandinavian representatives did not hide their desire for a revival of the Protocol, which is undeniably well suited to meet their particular and relative needs. We recognize this, and they must believe that sympathy with them Makes us reject the policy of the revival, for the present at any rate, with honest regret on that account. Our confidence that rejection is unavoidable was con- firmed by the speech of M. Politis, himself the Rapporteur of the Legal Committee which drafted the Protocol and, with M. Benes, its most active champion when it was debated nearly three years ago. He still believes that it was on the right lines of advance, but that even now the nations have not yet educated themselves far enough in the new principles of international justice. Another old supporter of the Protocol, Signor Scialoja, opposed its revival on the ground that Article X. of the Covenant is an even better instrument already-to hand.
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