* * Mr. B. L. Hallsworth, the British workers' representative
at the I.L.O. Conference, New York, suggested that though the headquarters of the I.L.O. are temporarily at Montreal the staff of the office in London ought to be greatly strengthened now that London is the seat of so many member-Governments. That is a just comment, and it applies equally—or, I would say, a fortiori—to the League of Nations. It is fantastic that at a time when every foreign Government domiciled here numbers among its Ministers men who have been delegates or officials at Geneva there should not be so much as a League of Nations office in existence in London at all—only one capable official working from her own flat This is a species tif defaitisme, which ought to be ended at once. Mr. Eden might well move in the matter, stimulated if necessary by men who know Geneva as well as Dr. Benes and Dr. Osusky, M. Rene Cassin, Dr. van Kleffens, M. Strasburger, M. Spaak and Dr. Nintchitch—to name only a few that come to mind—know it. The League is still alive, and it is well that it should be seen to be alive.
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