ITALY, ETHIOPIA AND THE LEAGUE
[To the Editor Of TIM 'SPECTATOR.] "
Sin,—The article in your last issue upon " League of Nations Sanctions " by Lord Ceeil,.plqces the whole situation beyond argument from the moral point of view. Without a cynical betrayal of international obligations no shelving of the problem is possible.
Sir Thomas Bazley, in his letter, makes some valuable points for future consideration, and rightly stresses the necessity of an International Air-Police Force, but no new constructive steps will be possible in international relations if those at present in existence are not honoured. No, one suggests that the present Covenant is complete or satis- factory, but the gaps will he more than filled by the general determination of the people that international banditry must be placed in the category of the past. Let us honour our present obligations, whether convenient or not and even in the face of grave risks. By doing so we shall have gathered together an international conscience sufficiently strong to make further reconstruction practical politics.—
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