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Show MUST BE JOINT ACTION OF NATIONS ON DISARMAMENT PONPON. TW. 20 Tord Robert Cecil, who is ro drvt at (he peace contrrlss with questions affecting a league of nations, in an interview with a eorrespiwiri-ri of ihe Observer, afw-r affirming the necessity for carrying the principle of a Vague of nations na-tions in:o effc-i. dait with -what h termed the difficulties roni.tctd with the details of such a plan. ''T'1 moment you t ry to devise the ma oh in cry of a league of n.i t ions," Lord Robert Cecil said, "you are struck by the existence of complete international an-ar-'-hy. The great difficulty in providing , an alternative to war lies in the difficulty diffi-culty in pro:ding effective action to eomnr-1 obedience to any rgula t ions which may be made on the subject. "As to the most difficult question of al!, namely, disarm. intent, nothing ran be ion- unh's-; joint action by all nations of the world i s ass'jr'd; ur.U ss it Is realized real-ized that the mtn sts of humanity are vrcarer Hunt the Interests of a.iv one nation. "If Th-: nations can he persuaded to put away their oxee?."lve Individualism, If mi ernatlonal co-operation becomes a real force, then there is hope that we can establish es-tablish the machinery which will be an effective safeguard against war, and even diminish and render relatively Innocuous the causes of international quarrels." |