RUSSIA ACCEPTS
LEAGUE'S INVITATION
LITVINOFPS LETTER
(Received September 17, 10 a.m.)
GENEVA, September 13.
Russia accepted an invitation signed by 30 members to join the League, after which the Council formally unanimously voted in favour of giving the Soviet a permanent seat.
Panama, Portugal, and Argentina did not vote. All the British Dominions except the Irish Prop State signed the invitation to Eussia. Other European non-signatories were Belgium, Poland, Portugal, Luxembourg, and Switzerland.
Proceedings for securing Russia's election, will be completed on September IS.
3M, LitvinofE, in a letter of acceptance, says that the Soviet is especially glad to enter the League at a time when there is a consideration of an amendment of the Covenant in order to harmonise it with the Briaud-Kellogg Pact to banish warfare. He adds that the Soviet holds_ that the submission of disputes to arbitration or judicial settlement under Articles Twelve and Thirteen of the Covenant should not be applicable to questions arising before Eussia's entry into the League.
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Evening Post, Issue 67, 17 September 1934, Page 9
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