STRESEMANN’S MOTION

Feilding Star, Volume 5, Issue 1130, 18 June 1927, Page 8

STRESEMANN’S MOTION

AN OUTSTANDING INCIDENT SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN’S • MOVE (Per Press Association) Geneva, June 17. Tin- outstanding incident at the meeting of the Council of the League of Nations was the Right Hon. Sir Austen Chamberlain s knocking the bottom out of the motion moved by Dr. Sfresemann calling on Governments to give effect to the resolution passed by the Economic Conference. Dr Slresomami reviewed Idle work of the Conference, dwelling on the recommendation that the time had arrived to check the increase in tarriffs and even to move in the opposite direction. He slrosesod the moral obligation on the part ot Powers to see the resolution*, carried out. Whether it was with the object of embarrassing bis colleagues or otherwise this would certainly have bean the effect. Sir Austen Chamberlain succeeded in watering down the motion to commending the valuable report for the consideration of the Governments. The Council, which is generally more ciithnsjastie. agreed, hut resolved that the Economic Committee hegining the study of resolution regarding Customs tarill’s without delay. The Council referred the German request for a seat on the Mandates Commission to the Commission itself to report thereon . Foreign Ministers discussed the Albano-.lngoslay question and decided to renew overtures between© Tirana ang Belgrade.