* * * * Geneva The Assembly of the League
of Nations finished its twelfth session on Tuesday. Its last act was to pass a resolution- recommending the truce in armaments which is proposed from now until the Disarmament Conference has met. This is the result of the Italian and Scandinavian proposals designed to prepare the way and improve the chances of success next February. We may draw atten- tion here to another effort in the same direction upon which we publish a letter in our correspondence columns. There is to be in Paris towards the end of November an international Conference at which it is hoped that resolu- tions will be passed which will impress the Governments with the force of the feeling that exists among the peoples in favour of substantial reductions of armaments. Lord Cecil will be the most prominent British representative. The Assembly got through a good deal Of useful routine work, but the weeks were somewhat dull as compared with other' autumns until the Sino-Japanese trouble flared up. The Council then became active and very useful at once and, as emphasiZed by our correspondent at Geneva, a valuable 'precedent was created, by the representative of the United States, Mr. Hugh Wilson, being brought into consultation, while he in turn was in constant communication with the State Department at Washington. It will be remembered that Mr. Wilson also took part in the work of the Disarmament Committee. * * * *
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