At a meeting organized by the 'League of Nations Union
on Thursday, June 25th, Lord ' Cecil' referred to the unfortunate effect abroad of our- rejecting the Draft Treaty of Mutual Assistance and the Protocol, but he gave his blessing to the new Security Pact as a genuine step towards safeguarding peace. He believed that we ought to go at least so far as that,,but permanent peace rwould depend upon limitation and reduction of arma- ments. Lord Grey followed him, saying that isolation is now impossible for us. He feared that Egypt, Turkey and China regarded European prestige more lightly since the War. The clear declaration that he demanded of the Government was that Great Britain should only fght (1) in self-defence and (2) for the Covenant of the Teague of Nations with the principle and practice of arbitration. Mr. Clynes joined the other speakers in their hope that Germany would soon enter the League.
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