Lord Halifax and Geneva It is to be hoped that
Lord Halifax's intention to attend the League of Nations Council meeting at Geneva after his visit to Rome will be carried out. The last Assembly, and the Council meetings which synchronised with it, were held under the shadow of the September crisis and the British delegation was represented only by reserves. The Foreign Secretary has not been at Geneva since May, and he is acting wisely in deciding to attend the coming Council meeting himself. There is nothing on the actual agenda that imperatively demands his attention, but the Foreign Ministers of Russia, France, Belgium and Sweden, and perhaps one or two others, are likely to be present, and the opportunity for informal conversations with them at the present juncture is of obvious value. The League, with its present depleted membership, is admittedly not today a major force in the affairs of Europe, but its economic and technical organisations are still doing important Work, and if its future is to be discussed, as it must be in the hotels if not in the Council Chamber, it is eminently desirable that the British Foreign Secretary, whose acquaintance with Geneva covers a period of fifteen years, should be there to give expression to his views.
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