MORAL VICTORY FOR ETHIOPIA

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20532, 25 September 1936, Page 9

MORAL VICTORY FOR ETHIOPIA

RIGHTS AT LEAGUE ASSEMBLY DECISION OF GENEVA COMMITTEE COURAGEOUS PART BY NEW ZEALAND United Prese Awoclatlon—By Blentrio Tel egrapb —Copy right GENEVA. September 23. It is officially announced that Abyssinia will be admitted to sit in the Assembly of the League of Nations. The question is not being referred to The Hague Court. New Zealand's Part The Credentials Committee decided that the proposal to refer the question of Abyssinia’s eligibility to attend the Assembly to Tire Hague was of no practical value, because of the inevitable delay. The Associated Press says that this decision followed the course with which Mr Jordan was associated from the outset. It is understood that when the possibility of obtaining a verdict from The Hague was first suggested, Mr Jordan emphasised that as the Assembly would probably still be confronted with the fact of Abyssinian representation pending the decision, it would be better to face up to the real issue, especially since the moral effect of so doing was likely to be tremendous. This view, which was advanced by other members of the Committee, finally carried the day. Mr Jordan, whose unusual experience It was to find himself on the occasion of his first visit to Geneva, one of a small group of statesmen, on whom the eyes of the world were fixed, played a helpful, constructive part throughout the discussion. Mr Jordan told the Associated Press: "I am happy to feel that New Zealand’s desires, as our delegation knows them, and as we endeavoured to express them throughout, were largely shared by the Committee, and endorsed by a majority of the Assembly.” Mr Jordan’s Vital Question The Geneva correspondent of the Associated Press says: Mr W. J. Jordan's attitude on the Credentials Committee was the source of unexpected embarrassment. Instead of passively following Britain, Mr Jordan. with M. Litvinoff, one of the leading figures in the debates, pointedly asked who denied the Emperor’s right to fight his case before the League. Nobody replied, Mr Eden remaining glumly silent. It was left to M. Delbos to seek to sidetrack the Issue, by again insisting on the Importance of bringing back Italy into concert with Europe, but even he did not challenge the right of the Abyaslnians to sit in the Assembly. It was previously announced that the Credentials Sub-committee of the League had unanimously decided to submit to The Hague Court the question of Ethiopia’s eligiblity to be represented at the meetings of tire Assembly. According to the correspondent of the British United Press, the New Zealand delegate (Mr W. J. Jordan) repeatedly asked the committee who had objected to Abyssinia’s credentials, but he received no answer. LEAGUE COMMITTEES NEW ZEALAND REPRESENTATIVES ANNOUNCED United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 23. The Geneva correspondent of the Associated Press states that New Zealand's representatives on the League committees are: First committee. Sir James Parr and Mr C. A. Berendsen; second committee, Sir James Parr and Dr. R. Campbell; fourth committee, Mr W. J. Jydan and Mr Knowles; fifth committee, Mr W. J. Jordan and Sir Cecil Day; sixth committee, Mr Jordan and Mr Berendsen. LIONS AT LARGE RESIDENTS OF BAINTRES TERRIFIED United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, September 23. There was a rush for safety when four Hons escaped from a circus at Baintres. One jumped over a perambulator, In which was a baby, then smashed a window and invaded a house. It was locked in the scullery until the keepers, firing blank cartridges, frightened It back to its cage. Another attacked a pony before it was stunned by the keeper. The others were recaptured after wandering In gardens and orchards and terrifying residents.