ADMISSION OF STATES TO THE LEAGUE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 17 December 1920, Page 5

ADMISSION OF STATES TO THE LEAGUE.

BULGARIA NOW A MEMBER

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION- COPYEIGHT (Received Dec. 17, 9.5 a.m.) j GENEVA, Dec. 16. i Mr Milien expxlains that he did not vote for the admission of Austria because he did not know whether the Commonwealth embargo against trading wrth -Austria had been removed. The Assembly resumed the admission of States debate. Mr MiU&n abstained from voting on the admjssion of Bulgaria. M. Viviani explained that he did not object to Bulgaria's admission" but abstained from recording his vote. Bulgaria wa 3 admitted by 35 votes to 2 Mr Milien decided that, having abstained from voting against Austria,! j to maintain his consistency by not roti mg m the case of any enemy State I (Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.) fi . GENEVA, Dec. 16. During the general debate in the Assembly on the report on the admission > S i leo v S, tat «s- Mr Blankenburg said i that bouth Africa would welcome the : ! earliest admission of all States, includ- ! nig Germany. Mr Motta, speaking for the admission of Austria, strongly appealed tor the admission of Germany. Russia and America. The League, he said, ! must be universal, otherwise it would i contain the slow but sure germ of dis- ' integration. I *M. Vijriani vigorously replied that the ! league was, the guardian 'of right! against, force. He regretted America's abstention, and said that when Russia .came down to the ideas of a great democracy she might receive admission With respect to Germany, it was her duty to show she was fit t<& come in. •She must have a free government and be able to give guarantees that she will discharge her financial obligations, fcrermanv might enter the League when she had given that effective guarantee. Ihe League Covenant was meant to give I effect to the Peace Treaty, but !two years, had passed and Germany had*not I yet given effective guarantees. We did ' not provoke the war, and if there was \ anything with which Aye could be re- ' proached it was that we did not fore- | T l\ free nations had not ' stood together for the world's freedom ! this League would not be sitting at Geneva to-day. ** • s JifH be/* Cccl! moved *«c 81°n .of A-astna, *which was agreed to. r*«rw dll 5? legate S stated their case, but offered no amendment. The committee's report was adopted unaided- Mr Barnes pointed out that they did not accept the invitation of the Labour Conference at Washington last year. ° The election of four non-permanent members of the Council resulted in the with 2l' gmm mth 24 > and China .In the third ballot China beat Belgium by one vote, but did not secure a majority m the Assembly. A further vote as between China and Belgium resulted in the latter** victory, but China secured a majority i n the fourth ballot over Roumania and several minor nations..