LEAGUE SENSATION.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12750, 14 September 1934, Page 6

LEAGUE SENSATION.

ADMISSION OF SOVIET. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. GENEVA, September 12. Mr de Valera caused a sensation in the League Assembly on the vital question of Russia’s admission bysaying tiiat the question should be discussed in public instead of in hotel bedrooms. He favoured entry in the ordinary manner without special privileges. Russia should guarantee universal religious liberty and extend throughout the world the rights granted American citizens. Mr de Valera referred to the intrigues and hotel conversations, which suggested that, only the possessors of exceptional sources of information could keep abreast of goingson. He admitted that private negotiations were necessary, though a prolongation might defeat the ""project. The simplest way- to secure the Assembly’s vote, if there was opposition, was to refer the matter to an appropriate committee. He objected to attempts to deprive delegates of their rights in the Assembly. VATICAN CITY DISPLEASED. VATICAN CITY Sept. 13. The impending admission of Russia to the League is coldly received here. The Holy See has always insisted that Russia should not be admitted till she has granted her citizens freedom of worship The Catholic 1 paper Avenir© d’ltalia says: “Geneva is paying; for a fundamental error. Its conception is based on the fragile; foundation of Godless humanitarianism, and it has come to the point of admitting the Soviet, which is a brutal negation of all forms of human civilisation.” SAPPING LEAGUE PRESTIGE. LONDON, September 12. The Times says: There is considerable sympathy with Mr de Valera’s belief that the proceedings have developed into a situation hardly iu keeping with the dignity of the' Leag.oe. The, tortuous process iu connection with Russia’s admi-sion was not necessary for Mexico and Turkov and has created a very Iwd impression weakening tin- League’s prestige. LOCAR.NO PACT DEAD. LONDON, September 13. The Daily Telegraph says: “The Eastern Locarno Pact is virtualf.v dead. Poland has definitely decided that she cannot participate, and Est.honin, Latvia and Lithuania have entered a military- alliance, so it is unlikely- that they will participate. Poland believes that no war need be feared in Eastern Europe for at least a, decade, as Poland has settled her differences with Russia and Germany, she has nothing to fear.”