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The Daily Worker
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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At the League of Nations assembly in Geneva on Sept. 18, British delegate Sir Cecil Hurst stated that the League must await the allied premiers' meeting in Lucerne on October 5 before proceeding with a disarmament conference, highlighting its dependence on imperialist powers and anti-Soviet plans.
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GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 18. That the league of nations is merely the servant of the European imperialists, particularly the British empire, was again demonstrated when the British delegate told the league assembly that they must wait before acting on a "disarmament" conference until the allied premiers meet and formulate an anti-Soviet agreement, the so-called "security" pact. The allies will meet at Lucerne on October 5, and the Hindenburg-government has been invited to send representatives.
Sir Cecil Hurst, the English delegate, admitted the failure of the league to take any independent action. "I am convinced that the league's position and prestige would be seriously endangered if its efforts in the direction of disarmament constituted nothing but an unbroken series of failures," he continued. "We cannot risk a third failure."
The league of nations functions as the lackey of the world imperialist powers, in dominating the small and weak nations and exploiting colonial peoples, and hatching anti-Soviet plots. Hurst's speech shows that the league takes its orders from the capitalistic governments.
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Geneva, Switzerland
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Sept. 18
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league must await allied premiers' meeting in lucerne on october 5 to formulate anti-soviet security pact before acting on disarmament; admission of potential failure if proceeding independently.
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British delegate Sir Cecil Hurst informed the League of Nations assembly that it must wait for the allied premiers' meeting on October 5 in Lucerne, where an anti-Soviet security pact will be formulated, before taking action on a disarmament conference. The Hindenburg-government is invited. Hurst admitted the League's lack of independent action to avoid further failures.