Show r ONG PLEA PlA MADE fOR FOB Briton Says Instrument Ca Can CanYet Y Yet et P e Made to toS S Serve rv Purpose Which Cal Galled Called ed It Into rito Being By Earle C. C Reeves International News Service Staff Correspondent L LON T ONDON ON ray May ay 22 An An a ardent arden dent pi p p ea for the th league of nations nations nations na na- na- na in which he pointed out the grown growing di distrust st the British t both at home and ab pad 3 was made plade today by L Lord rd Robert Robe Rob e cit ert t l nap chair thee thele u Lord Robert w who wo has been one of the strongest European supporters of the le league g e of ot n nations since th the Idea took f form m In th the J peace confere conference ce de declared declared de- de dared that the masses masses' ar are firmly b hind the he proposal for tor a society of ot na nations eve even though though the the workers did oi succeed in getting everything they wanted into the covenant I The statesman admitted that the I league of nations could not prevent I warS war under tinder present conditions condition's but he said its machinery should have been I utilized in an effort to prevent the present hostilities between Russia and P Poland a d. d He Bc called caned upon upon the British g government to put the strength of the entire empire behind it and thus lead the world Lord lArd Roberts Roberts' stat statement ment rono follows s PRESE PRESENT T STATUS I i I AI I am profoundly convinced that the present le league gue of ot nations is Is' Is quite in ineffective iq- iq effective for the purpose tor for which it was formed namely the prevention of war B But t that does not mean that It It cannot be made effective I think Itco it co ld be But it must be worked worked- out and enforced by people who believe In it Failure to utilize the machinery o of the league for the breve prevention tion of hostilities hos hos- between Roland Poland and bolshevik Russia w wag wa most serious I see no reason why the league m machinery should not have been put to Its proper use this spring It may we well be that the opportunity I Is now past LEAGUE NOT POWERLESS Talk about abou the i league ague being p power powerless less Jess is Is realy fantastic Poland and andRuss Russ Russia Russi both urgently need economic relations with the the powers powers forming the league council It Is manifest st that the nations that consent to these relations relations' ns will give the league a lever bf f Im immense Im Im-i mense power vowel It Jt is no ho answer to say that Russia Bussi refused to accept the Investigating commission which the league of nations nations nations na na- na- na proposed to send into that country country country coun coun- try I doubt If that Is is the true Construction con that should have been put upon the answer to the the leagues leagues league's representations rep- rep to Russia It in no way affects the question whether in order to reestablish economic life lite tl the soviet would have b been en eady r read ady to accept the leagues league's mediation in the Russo-Polish Russo dispute I I J I I ENGLAND CAN LEAD WORLD D. D I IThe The real reat question Is Is Is the Brit Brit- j f 11 ll government In In earnest Will it put Aut all tile the power powe of the empire behind the thea league league- covenant covenant- which It ad- ad accepted both In spirit and nd letter leter If It the he gov government is In earnest in this respect we cap lead the world If the same energy and conviction were thrown into the meetings of the council of the league of nations as into I I the supreme Council the league would soon be in ina a very different position from that occupied now I Let us us not torget nat the really formidable symptom of the times tithes Is growing growing- distrust st between n large sections sections sec sec- of ot the community and the British British Brit Brit- ish government both here an and abroad WORKERS WORKERS FOR LEAGUE The rhe league has been welcomed with enthusiasm by the leaders of ot the working classes who did not get Into the covenant everything they wanted but who recognized It was WM a step for tor- ward They alone aTone of all the classes in n England have really thrown themselves themselves themselves them them- selves into the cause of ot the league with vigor and belief To them to the churches to women and to the ex ex- soldiers we we- must appeal In their hands the success of ot the future rests Militarists may be hostile bureau- bureau Continued on page fl STRONG PLEA Continued from page 1 1 crate may be skeptical and profiteers profiteers' may have rio no use use for idealism but if lC the great mass mass of people eople nr are aie as much in e earnest rnest as I believe them to be they the will sweep out these thes petty obstacle obstacles and insist upon the greatest political adventure ever embarked and it shall not be allowed to die of futile e inglorious inglorious inglorious I rious inaction |