LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19748, 26 March 1926, Page 9

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

THE CLAIMS OF BRAZIL. A GERMAN DENIAL. (Press A saooiation —By Telegraph—Copyright.) BERLIN, March 25. (Received March 25, at 9 p.m.) A Foreign Office communique dealing with Sir Austen Chamberlain’s speech declares that the Brazilian Note contained not the slightest hint of an intention to claim a permanent seat simultaneously with Germany.—A. and N.Z. Cable. In his speech in the House of Commons on Tuesday Sir Austen Chamberlain stated that Brazil contended that she had notified Germany of her intention to claim a permanent seat on the Council. THE BRAZILIAN STANDPOINT. FOREIGN OFFICE EXPLANATION. RIO DE JANIERO, March 24. (Received March 25, at 11 p.m.) The Foreign Office denied the assertion made in the British House of Commons on Tuesday that Signor Mussolini was behind Brazil’s action at the recent League of Nations Assembly at Geneva The authorised spokesman of the Foreign Office said: “Neither Italy nor any other country was responsible for Brazil’s stand We were pleading for representation for American countries. So long as our power continues we will not agree to the entry of any European nation until after some American State enters the Council.” —A. and N.Z. Cable. POLAND AND THE LEAGUE. INSISTENCE ON PERMANENT SEAT. LONDON, March 23. The Warsaw correspondent of The Times states that Count Skrzynski (Minister of Foreign Affairs), reporting to the Foreign Affairs Committee, declared that Poland insisted on entering the Council simultaneously with Germany, because the stabilisation of peace was impossible unless both nations co-operated to remove the postwar differences. Deputy Stronski expressed the opinion that the’ Geneva proceedings had demonstrated that Locarno was not an act of reconciliation, but a new arm of Germany’s retaliatory policy. Count Skrzynski replied that the treaty was most important, because it brought Poland closer to Britain.—Reuter.