Minor Mercies The League of Nations Council meeting at Geneva
this week has been prosaic enough in its early stages, for the one subject of first-class importanee, the Saar, was held over till the ground had been prepared through private conversations. -But some of the reports which were passed through without discussion—one, _ for example, of the Health Committee recording the conduct of an inquiry in twenty-two countries into the highly important subject of the radiological treatment of cancer of the uterus, and mentioning notable improvements effected in public health in China through League co-operation ; and another proposing .an agreement to prevent the aggressive use of broadcasting and develop its use as a factor for peace and understanding—are reminders of the value and variety of what may be termed the secondary activities of the League. The promotion of international co-operation in any field is an achievement in itself, and the League might have more supporters in this country if the extent of its work along those lines were more widely known. * * *
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