The League of Nations Arbitration and Security Commission is sitting
at Geneva under the presidency of M. Benesh. On Monday Lord Cushendun spoke at length, discussing the present position. What he said was mostly favourable, but he held out no hope of Great Britain making much further advance at present in leading other nations towards disarmament, and, as for arbitration, he thought that we could offer many useful models from our store of treaties but could not undertake any wider commitments now. He reminded the Com). mission of Great Britain's support of the Finnish proposal to -help financially any State that was the victim of aggression. On Tuesday General de Marinis, the experienced representative of Italy, spoke - in favour of -bilateral treaties rather than wider pacts and M. Paul-Boncour followed with the opposite- view. On Wednesday Herr von Simson for Germany put forward a new scheme by which the nations should agree to accept decisions of the Council- in times Of international aises. The 'recent :British inanifesta. on 'Security. liar. Oh thy whole been well received by our fellow-members, who seem to realize a little more how Great Britain has tried to live up to her professions.
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