The League of Nations Union held a successful meeting at
the. Mansion House on Tuesday to enlist-the sympathy of the City. Lord Cowdray expressed his belief in the good cause by subscribing £50,000 to the funds of the Union. He at least regards the League of Nations as a practical means of ensuring peace, without which trade cannot prosper. Lord Lansdowne sent a letter in which he remarked that support of the League did not in any way imply " a decline in the splendid patriotism which has stood us hi such good stead in the past." One may be a good patriot and yet recognize our fellowship with other nations. Lord Robert Cecil assured the meeting that the League was making steady progress and gaining strength. Lord Grey of Fallodon commended the Prime Minister for proposing that the question of Upper Silesia should be referred to the League for settlement. If the decision was accepted, it would be a great triumph for the League. We should never recover from the war, said Lord Grey, if all great nations did not adopt the League policy, especially in regard to disarmament. We had learned that both victor and vanquished must lose heavily by war, and that armaments could not insure us against war though they might insure us against defeat.
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