26 OCTOBER 1918, Page 12

A LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—As one who is looking forward with eagerness to yOur promised draft scheme .of a League of :Nations, may I .call attention to a feature of the movement which seems to have escaped general notice in the Press ? I refer to a remarkable and representative meeting of the Churches of all denominations which was held recently at the Central Hall, Westminster. It originated with a Wesleyah.Com- mittee of which the Chairman is the Rev. H. Maldwyn Hughes, B.A., D.D., of Edinburgh, and the Secretary the Rev. Henry Carter, of London. The meeting unanimously agreed that all Churches should unite in the attempt to place the international relationships of the world upon a Christian basis. The Arch- bishop of Canterbury was invited, and subsequently consented to fhrther the movement to the utmost of his power in the right quarters. Incidentally, this is the latest sign of practical Church unity for the common gcod, without interference with the autonomy of any associated Church.—I am, Sir, &c.,