The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1920-12-24
China ELECTED TO
LEAGUE COUNCIL
Successful Fight by Koo Puts Her
in a Strong Position
on Shantung.
ADMIT AUSTRIA AS MEMBER.
China Takes the Post Which Had
Previously Been Allotted to Greece,
Viviani Combats Plea for
Germany.

Geneva. - The assembly OF the
League of Nations elected the frs
former enemy state as a member o.
the League without opposition. The
vote for the admission Of Austria came
after an unexpected passage at arms
between Giuseppe Motta of Switzer
land and Rene Viviani, representing
France.
A measure of transcendent politica
importance was taken by the League
when the assembly elected China tt
the council, thus browning a brilliant
fight by the youthful Wellington hoC
TO place his country in stronger IN
ternational position vis-avis japan.
Koo has devoted himself to getting
the Japanese out of Shantung. lie
hopes to have the League effect this
With China a member of the Council
which can act on all projects, japanese
as well as others. only by unanimty
1t is conceded that she has won very
important success.
There are many factors in this re-
suit, but there is single main one
It may be called sympathy TO emma
or may be called anti-Japanese feeling
The result is the same Now China be-
longs to the council. A week ago Baron
Hayashi, head of the japanese delega'
ton, said he thought nina might win
a position of equality with Japan IN
the League In some ten or twenty
years.
Spain, Brazil and Belgium were re-
elected to their places as non-perma-
nent members of the council. China
succeeds Greece.
On the first ballot Spain received 30
of 40 votes cast Brazil on the second
ballot got 80 out If 40 votes. On the
thi. d ballot China got 10 and Belgium
10, there being ne choice. On the
fourth ballot Belgium got "A and China
IA. With 80 voting on the fifth ballot
China got 81, simple majority elect
ing her.
Three weeks ago the youthful Co
iumbia University graduate began his
fight and was scoffed at. AS an honor
given to him to keep him in good
humor so that he would not bring VI
the Shantung question on the floor OF
the assembly, he was named as chair
man Of the subcommittee to deal with
the election of four temperament
members of the council. He succeeded
in getting his subcommittee to report
a project binding the assembly to elect
one member from a state not in North
or South America or Europe
This was adopted in the committee
by 10 to - On the floor of the as
sembly A. J. Balfour, head of the com
mittee, fought Koo's project and 1t
was watered down to the form of a
recommendation.
Then Koo set out to get votes in
true American style. 1t was while he
was thus working that Hayashi gave
out his now more or less famous in
terview casting grave reflections upon
the worth of the Chinese government
Koo replied gently and kept on work
ing
When the assembly met he had four
ueen vo s am needed twenty or twen-
,ty-one. ey came to him from the
smaller countries. II is not known
how Japan voted in the secret BALLOT
but England and France voted for
China after Belgium had been elected,
giving the allied powers control of
the council by five to three no matter
who the three other members might
be.
Koo is especially happy because he
holds that when Shantung was assign
ed to japan at the Paris Peace Con
ference the Chinese delegation was
given to understand that the League
would right any wrong that might
come of it, Now as a member of the
council with vote always necessary
TO unanimity. China, he believes. is in
a better position to talk diplomatic
business
The opposition to koos project has
been very Indefinite and under cover,
with the exception of Balfour's, and
then he voted for China.