The International Air Force Discussion The intervention of Sir Austen
Chamberlain, in opposition to a resolution advocating the creation of an International Air Force, gave a special importance to the meeting of the League of Nations Union Council a week ago. In all the circumstances the Council was wise to postpone any vote on the resolution till the next meeting six months hence. The minority (if it is a minority) is not likely to be converted wholesale in that interval, though the events of so brief a period as ten days have profoundly modified generally prevalent views regarding the League and its possibilities, and further discussions on disarmament may put various arguments for and against an International Air Force in a new light. But it may well be questioned, as a matter of expediency, whether the League of Nations Union, even though a majority of its members believe that in the natural order of things an International Air Force is an inevitable development, does well to split its ranks by adding this particular item to its programme here and now. Further reflection and discussion may bring general unity considerably nearer.
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