Le Nord : revue internationale des Pays de Nord - 01.06.1938, Page 252
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LE NORD
burg, Norway, the Netherlands,
and Sweden, assembled in Copen-
hagen on July 23rd and 24th, have
discussed the international situation.
They recognize that this situation
gives occasion for serious apprehen-
sion, but they continue to hope and
trust that both the peoples and the
statesmen concerned will take the
necessary steps to arrive at a peace-
able solution of the various grave
problems with which they are
faced. — The seven countries re-
presented in Copenhagen, for their
part, are ready to take an active
share in all international endeav-
ours at reconciliation, in a spirit of
independence of and impartiality
towards the different groupings of
powers.
The ministers are strongly im-
pressed by the dangers created by
the present armament race, and are
unanimous in wishing to utilize
every opportunity which may pre-
sent itself to resume the efforts to
arrive at an international agreement
for the purpose of terminating the
armament race. They have, in espe-
cial, resolved to support any initia-
tive to bring about an agreement
on the subject of the problems con-
nected with bombardments from
the air.
In the conviction that their States
should continue to participate in
the work of the League of Nations,
they note that their Governments
are resolved to continue the line of
action which they have defined in
declaring that they regard the sanc-
tions system, under the present con-
ditions and according the practice
followed during the past years, as
not having any obligatory charac-
ter. They are furthermore of opin-
ion that this non-obligatory cha-
racter of the sanctions system does
not only apply to a particular group
of States, but that it applies to all
members of the League. They are
convinced that it is to the interest
of the League that this right to
judge cases on their merits should
be emphasized. It is in this spirit
that they are making preparations
for their participation in the debate
on the report submitted by the com-
mittee of 28 to the Assembly of the
Holger Andersen.
Die Feierlichkeiten
anldsslich des acht-
zigjdhrigen Geburts-
tags des Königs Gu-
stav Vbei denen
Finnland durch den
Prasidenten der Re-
publik, Kyösti Kallio, vertreten
war, boten Finnland und seinen lei-
tenden politischen Persönlichkeiten
die Gelegenheit, Gedanken sowohl
iiber die nordische Zusammenarbeit
als iiber die gegenseitigen Beziehun-
League.
FINNLAND