THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
[TO TRE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")
SIE,—Your correspondent "Australian Soldier" is right in insisting that active work is essential to stimulate public interest in the League of Nations. We are, however, glad to assure him that more is being done than he is aware of. The League of Nations Union has undertaken just such steps as he proposes. After the meeting of June 13th the work of forming branch societies of the Union made rapid progress, over ninety such branches having now been constituted in London and the provinces. On Peace Day public meetings in support of the League were organized by many of these centres. During this month arrangements have been made for a series of meetings in seaside resorts all round England. For our October campaign the inaugural meeting will be held at the Guildhall, under chairmanship of the Lord Mayor. In addition, every effort has been made, through the Journal of the Union and by the distributitn of leaflets, to give publicity to the utterances of British and Allied statesmen on the subject of the League. Your correspondent's impression as to the inaction of the clergy is, we are glad to say, unfounded. During the last six months sermons and addreeses in support of the League have been delivered from thousands of pulpits and platforms, while some 1,500 clergy of all denominations have become active workers in our Union.
If your correspondent will communicate with us, we shall be happy to give him further details; meanwhile we would point out that the most effectual way in which he and others can assist in the League movement is by enAlling. themselves in our Union.—I am, Sir, &c.,
H. F. T. FISHER; Lt.-Col., General Secretary. League of Nations Union, 22 Buckingham Gate, S.W. I.
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