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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 8, Issue 1 (May 1, 1933)

Ballast Within League

Ballast Within League.

Hitherto, the insurance against such a war has been the participation of all the Powers in certain treaties and in the League of Nations (except the League's architect, America). Evidently that participation is insufficient—if it is not insufficient, why the Pact? At the same time, it seems that every effort will be made to keep the new machine (the Four Powers Pact) within the framework of the League. It may be that the Four Powers Pact will bring about Pact agreements that the League can register without upsetting the non-Pact countries represented in the League. But all speculation on the point is premature until the Mussolini idea emerges from the French crucible. Friends of the Pact think that it could prevent a European Manchukuo. If Manchukuo and Japan's exit have damaged the League, how much deadlier the effect of an armed coup in the Dantzig corridor!