18 MARCH 1922, Page 24

The League of Nations Union has reprinted the speech made

by Lord Robert Cecil at Birmingham on January 2Gth last on A League of Nations Policy (3d. net), with the resolu- tions thereafter adopted. Lord Robert would have the British Government take a far more active part in the affairs of the League, and would extend the membership "so as to include as soon as possible the United States, Germany and Russia." In view of America's dislike of the League, it is perhaps inexpedient for the League of Nations Union to plead for her co-operation at present.