LEAGUE AND SOVIET.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 September 1934, Page 5

LEAGUE AND SOVIET.

movement for entry discussed at GENEVA. PERMANENT SEAT SAID TO BE PROBABLE. (By Telegraph-Press Assn. —Copyright). (British Official Wireless) RUGBY, Sept. 8. Dr. Benes presided at the eighty-first *” 'session of the Council of the League of Nations, which opened at Geneva yesterday. The business was formal. Private conversations among the delegates to the Council also took place, which, according to Press reports, were supplementary to the recent inquiries made by the French, British and Italian Governments through their accredited representatives abroad towards the entry of the Soviet Union into the League. The French Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Louis Barthou, stated that as a result of to-day’s conversation it is almost certain that the League Council will unanimously favour a permanent seat for Russia. He added that unanimity could be achieved by Argentina abstaining from voting and Portugal forgetting the hour of the meeting.

The question of the admission of the Soviet was adjourned until September J 10 at the request of Poland, which is privately negotiating with Moscow in respect of the treatment of ■ minorities, but Poland is not opposed to Russia’s admission to the League. The Council also decided to examine and make clear to people living in the Saar the political, economic, and financial consequences of the plebiscite in order that voters may have a clear perception of the significance of the ballot. ' ' The report of the Committee on Austrian finances pays a tribute to Aus- . triads powers of recovery. It will publish the ' figures, which show an improvement in the balance of trade.