CLAMOUR SUBSIDING.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 53, 4 March 1926, Page 7

CLAMOUR SUBSIDING.

LEAGUE SITUATION EASIER. MORE MODERATE COUNSELS. THE KING INTERESTED. ca'-'lc. Press Association.— Copvrisht.) LONDON, March 3. Kins George lias had a conference with the Secretary or Mate for Foreign Affair?. >ir Aiirtcii I hambvrlain. Lilly Druinniond Hay, Berlin correspondent of tlio "•Daily Express." says she learns from a vi-ry ' I '- !l authority that Germany has obtained assurances that slie iilono will '."■ admitted to the League at the co:ninc ses-iou. The authority added: "We do not care what comes up for dirCUi-ioii after our admittance.' . The Gpneva correspondent of the '•'Mornins Post"' confirms the report that a Commission )\a< neon suggested, to report on mc •» hole matter at the League's September meeting. He say? an endeavour will be made to persuade Herr Stresemann. Herman Foreign Minister, and Dr. Lutber to agree to Poland being given a temporary seat on the Council until September.

Tn the meantime Spain is willing to •withdraw temporarily. By so doing she would checkmate Brazil's campaign.

The diplomatic correspondent of the a '"Daily Herald"' prophecies that if France agrees to the abandonment of Poland'? claim it will lie in consideration of tlic position in connection with her debt to Britain. GERMANY'S CASE STATED. A menage from Berlin states that Dr. Luther, in a speech in the Hamburg •Senate, said it was unimaginable that anyone would at the last moment risk destroying the gv.'at achievements of last year's policy and all the prospect? which Germany's collaboration in the League had opened up by opposing Germany's standpoint on the question of permanent seats on the Council. The Chancellor explained that Germany took it for granted that no important changes would lie made in the constitution of the Council before Germany's entry. Germany did not stand alone in her views. This strengthened the hope that her standpoint would find general approval. Dr. Luther added that since the negotiations at Locarno began it had been seen what could be achieved by treating political questions with frankness and pood faith. The nations were entitled to expect that this method would be fnrther pursued.—(A. and X.Z.-Eeuter-"Times.") FRANCES CASE EXPI.AINED. ACCUSATIONS RESENTED. CONCILIATION URGED. PARIS, March. 3. In the Chamber of Deputies, on the resumption of the debate on the Locarno Treaty (ratification of which was carried by 413 votes to 71), the Premier. M. Briand, in reply to M. Franklin Bouillon, said he was in favour of an enlargement of the Council of the League. If the Council remained as it was at present important matters mipht be submitted for the approval of four or five nations which arc somewhat distant from Europe. M. Briand said he favoured the proposal to grant Poland a seat on the Council and he would favour it even if lie saw the matter through German eyes. The League was an embodiment of conciliation. The best proof of this •n-as the fact that all its decisions must he unanimous. There would certainly be difficulties between Germany and Poland, but thp hp?t thing to do would bo to meet and discuss matters with other people who approved of conciliation. The Premier protested aiainst the insinuation that France had raised this question with the object of eludins the moral engagements she had entered into at Locarno in re?ard to Germany and of taking precautions asainst Germany. TTipv must not enter into eniagements with Oermnny or •with anyone else, for it wn= indispensable that the Council should be entirely free in its decisions. Nations which desired permanent seats on the. Council had taken advantase of the occasion offered to them in connection with the admittance of Germany. It was their rieht to do so and nobody could oppose it. The nolemics which had been indulged in on this occasion were not calculated to enable the League to discuss matters with perfect freedom.— (Iteuter.) THE DOMINIONS' INTERESTS. LONDON , , March 3. The "Daily Telegraph' 5 lays stress upon the need for a full and unhurried consultation with the Dominions before a decision is reached. It says the representative on the Council is the spokesman not only of Britain but for the Dominions. Although, according to Mr. L. C. M. S. Amery, Secretary of State for the Dominions*, the latter have expressed certain views showing confidence in Britain it i= unlikely that they have felt able to commit themselves at short notice to a fully considered opinion en a subject of this magnitude. The Dominions, the paper says could not contract out of any alteration in the character of the Council unless they cut themselves off from the Leasrue altosether. Moreover they would have an unanswerable claim to increased representation in the event of the question of the constitution of the Council being , reopened.— (A. and N.Z.-Reuter.) WHERE CANADA STANDS. OTTAWA, March 3. The actinp leader of the Government. Mr. E. Lapointe. was asked in the House of Commons what the attitude of the Government is with regard to the admittance of Germany to the League of Nations, aud also with regard to the question of permanent seats on the Council for other countries. Mr. Lapointe replied that he thought the general opinion was in favour of the admittance of Germany and of giving her a on the Council. In regard to the admittance of Spain, Brazil and Poland, he said he did not think it would be appropriate for the Government to announce its attitude, until formal applications for seats were made. — (Rcuter.)