LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Evening Star, Issue 19298, 10 July 1926, Page 4

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT’S OPINIONS, Prrfis Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Press Association. MELBOURNE, July 10. (Received July 10, at 9.45 a.in.) In the House of Representatives, the Prime Minister (Mr S. M. Bruce) tabled the agenda of the seventh session of tho Assembly of the League of Nations, which is to be held at Geneva in September. Ho said that the Commonwealth * Government was of the opinion that the League Council should continue to consist of permanent and non-permanent members; that the permanent seats should bo restricted to the Great Powers; and that a permanent scat should ho given to Germany when that country became a member of the League, as it considered that tho active co-opcratiou of Germany within the League would bo a very groat factor in tho pacification of Europe, and therefore of the world.

The Commonwealth Government was also of opinion that tho present Council number could not, with advantage, bo increased very much; that all tho members of the League not permanently represented on the Council, should, by rotation, have an opportuity of participating in tho work of the Council; and that it had grave doubts whether any advantage would bo gained by a fixed number of non-permanent seats being allocated, according to geographical divisions.