NOT COURTEOUS.
♦ RUSSIA'AND THE LEAGUE. , QUESTION IN COMMONS. (87 CiBUt—*MSSB A6BOCUtION*-COfTEIGHT.) (BEUTEB'S TELEGRAMS.) LONDON, April 21. In the House of Commons, in reply! to a question, Sir Austen Chamberlain said that notwithstanding Russia's declining, in terms which were not very courteous to the League of Nations or favourable to its objects, to attend the preparatory disarmament conference if held in Switzerland, it would meet at Geneva on May 17th. Strong efforts to settle the SovietSwiss difference had failed, and it was impossible .for the League to transfer its seat from Switzerland at tho bidding of any Power which happened temporarily to have a diplomatic disagreement with the Swiss Government. LEAGUE SEATS. (austbauah axd k.z. cable association.) LONDON, April 21. Speaking in the House of Lords, Lord Cecil, replying to an enquiry, reaffirmed the British view that only the Great Powers should be permanent members of the League of Nations Council, but the delegation to attend the forthcoming commission to discuss the constitution of the Council would be, free of any obligations or declarations previously made.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18673, 23 April 1926, Page 9
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175NOT COURTEOUS. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18673, 23 April 1926, Page 9
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