The candidature of Canada for one of the non-permanent seats
on the Council of the League is extremely interesting. It is, of course, the first time that a British Dominion has come forward for such a position. As full members of the League the Dominions share all the ordinary rights and privileges. We hope that Canada will be elected, if only because owing to the isolation of the United States the northern continent of America has too little contact with the League. Canada as a non-permanent member of the Council could interpret the aims and actions of the League to the United States much better than anybody else could. It is a mighty paradox that the League of Nations, the greatest instrument of civilization which has yet been forged by men, while universally accepted and used for all it is worth by the Republics of South America, is comparatively neglected among the English- speaking people of the North owing to the dissent of the United States.
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