§ My right hon. Friend alluded to the control of disarmament of ex-enemy countries which is to be undertaken by the League of Nations, and he himself expressed a doubt whether it had been wise of the League to undertake such a task as that. That is a view for which, as I can well see, arguments can be brought forward, but this control arises out of the original constitution of the League. All that I would observe about my right hon. Friend's obiter dictum is this: If we should hesitate to place a task of this kind on the shoulders of the League, would it not be wise for some of us who are friends of the League to take care that we do not break all the structure down in its infancy by putting too heavy, too critical, and too contentious a task upon its shoulders in its early days? At any rate, as it seems to me, if the League can execute this mission which it has undertaken, it will, when a League control is substituted for a control by the Allies—lately the enemies of the countries who are to be controlled—bring, a sensible alleviation to the situation, and should remove one cause of friction between us and Germany or the other former enemies whom we fought in the War.