League of Nations Referendum There is no doubt that a
wholly false impression about the attitude of this country to the League of Nations _ has been created by certain sensational newspapers whose inflated circulations are no guide to their political influence. Nothing could be more important . than that, firstly, the Government and, secondly, foreign countries should realize how strongly public . opinion here favours disarmament and the strengthening of the League of Nations.- Neither by-elections .nOr General Elections give any. sufficient evidence about an issue such as this, which will never be more than one among many issues. The League of Nations Union, therefore, will be doing an exceedingly useful piece .of work in organizing a house-to-house inquiry in all the con- stituencies, putting to each elector, as Lord Cecil explained last week, five specific questions to be answered: This voluntary referendum, organized on the largest scale, will give an excellent opportunity of showing what proportion of the nation is prepared that this country should join in collective action to prevent war, The results will show- whether those who have been so noisily agitating against the League of Nations are really representative Britons,
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