I am glad to sec protests against the _proposal to
close down the League. f Nations office in London. It is a small affair, but, it has been the served for years by Mr. Vernon Bartlett, and the existence of a centre where authoritative official information regarding League activities and _access- to League documents could always be obtained has meant a great deal to the London Press, and through it to the public of this country. For running the office rather more cheaply, and in particular for combining it with the separate International-Labour Organization office, there is plenty to be said. But to abolish _it altogether, and leave journalists and ethers desiring official information about the League with no recourse but to apply by post. to Geneva, would be economy carried to the point of folly. Never was it more _necessary than to-day to have hard facts, as distinct from windy generalizations, available to those who want them, and there•coUld be no worse moment to shut down a particularly well-ordered and efficient dep is itory of League facts in the heart of London. JAM'S.
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