Show BA OF leacue DECLARES LEAGUE OF NATIONS IS 18 AID TO THE COMITY OF NATIONS in future no contracts Coo tracts acta between nation nations will be valid unless open to inspection ho he inform informs the house of common commons london A J Bil balfour four lord betit of tl ti a e council outlining in fit like house of commons on june 17 ilia lit bork ork lone towards setting up the or of ahr longue of nations in its present position ond and inq prospects in ilia immediate future enid sold that tile league had 11 been able to perform considerable service to tile tol comiti kilt of nations the secretariat as now broadly speaking complete and adequate for the duties of the council and an tin office bad had ben beta established for the registration of treaties the most important aspect of the pact aid cold ilir balfour waa nas that in n the future no contracts n nations bould be i id ill unless to in and tt it change to open diplomacy plonia plo macy cy lie th ifould be benc bene filial I 1 it if lie the ie a i tails to promote a diminution li cament mr balfour continued I 1 h of its nino hlll be rone gone and kind 1 tt I ill lime to admit that it t has fins failed ti 0 carry out alit lite 1 great ex entertained regard I 1 iti it i future activities lre ll relous loiis to mi balfour Ditl fours a state cecil under secre tary tury of foreign 4 answering n question eald sold that bad been contributed for the use of the league of nations by its members to little 15 0 ino o information was ins forthcoming ai 0 to the amount contributed by each iliin ber |