In a nondescript structure of rustic thatch pitched amid jungle creepers on the upper reaches of South America's great, turgid Amazon the authority and prestige of the League of Nations have been held higher than anywhere else on earth for exactly one year.
The white flag of the League flying in the wilderness meant that Colombia and Peru had stopped fighting over the district of Leticia and were letting a League Commission hold this uncomfortable stake while their white-spatted diplomats haggled out terms of peace in the luxury of Rio de Janeiro. Last...
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