LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 135, 9 June 1926, Page 7

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

WITHDRAWAL OF BRAZIL SPAIN TAKES UMBRAGE. CASE OF NATIONAL PRIDE. (By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, June S. A message from Rio de Janeiro says ithe newspaper "Oglobo" announces Brazil's -withdrawal from the League of Nations. It says formal notification of her resignation will be sent to Geneva within a few weeks. A diepatch from Geneva says that in !view of the absence from the meeting of the Council of the League of representa- , tives of Brazil and Spain the question !of the composition of the Council can ! only be discussed privately. '■ It is rumoured that both countries have taken umbrage, but it is expected that an ultimate settlement will be rea-hed on the lines of Viscount Cecil's proposals.— (A. and X.Z.) National pride and status are involved lin the withdrawal of Brazil and the i umbrage taken by Spain. Brazil inti- ; mated that she would withdraw from the League, at the same time vetoing the admission of Germany if she were ; not given a seat on the Council, intimating thereby that she believed herself to be of as much importance as the Powers having such seats. Brazil, however, must have been persuaded that she was not =o important and withdrew her antagonism to the admission of Germany. Spain is hardly in the same category, but she, too, objects on national : grounds that she is treated unfairly by not being allowed a seat on the Council.

Lord Cecil's proposal was that nonpermanent members of the League should be elected for three years, while one-third of their number should be elected yearly. The delegates from Spain and Brazil were the only opposers, both making reservations. Lord Cecil said Britain opposed the extension of permanent members with the exception of the admittance of Germany.