Evening star., 1926-03-29

Majority sentiment in this country
is that the League of Nations, at its
meeting in Geneva, had a narrow
escape, but belief seems strong in
many quarters that 1t will continue
10 function as before, and that its
difficulties will eventually be straight
ened out. The failure to make Ger
many a member of the council arouses
differing opinions. The position of
Brazil in blocking the proceedings in
the hope of obtaining a similar po-
sition is variously interpreted, some
editors urging that the South Amer
!can group must have greater recog-
nition.
In the opinion of the Springfield
Republican, "it would have been
worse If failure had meant threat
of war; to give relatively harmless
outlet for controversy is not the least
of the functions of the League of Ma
tions." Favorable termination of the
deadlock is held probable by the Port
and Oregon Journal, because none
of the league signatories underestl-
mates the value of the organization" "
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Even SOME WHO nave III SCcSOIl anu
out sneered at the league and done
everything they could to undermine
it," the Milwaukee Journal states,
now hope for Europe's sake it will
not fail. For the lid of Pandora s
oox has been tilted enough to let them
see what is to come if the quarrel over
seating Germany on the council is not
ironed out. They find themselves in
bad company, these naSgerS, with the
puppet press of Italy openly rejoicing
that here may be a chance to sink a
stiletto into the back of this organiza-
ton for peace" The result of the re-
fusal of single member nation 10
agree to an action is accepted by the
Fort Worth Star Telegram as illus
trating 'Fhow foolish were the fears OF
our own fearful ones who argued that
should the United States enter the
league it would be at the mercy of a
majority" Similarly the Lynchburg
News points to the demonstration of
1.-The utter absurdity of the heated
declarations within and without the
United States Senate these last few
years of the power of the league over
it's members"
what seems now to be the period
of despair" in the opinion of the
Albany Knickerbocker Press, will
pass. The pendulum will swing for
ward even as it swung backward.
Passions will cool. Peoples and gov
ernment will have time to consider
and something will be saved from
what is widely advertised to be
wreck" The New York Times also
declares: "On some other occasion a
single country like Brazil may stand
apaY.t from the others in obduracy.
Nevertheless the league will continue
as the greatest known organ of the
public opinion of civilized mankind.
The Knoxville Sentinel adds that
even opponents of membership for
the United States could not hope to
see the destruction of that body, and
so It is hoped that the Summer will
bring sanity to the world and this
contention be forgotten"
After all, it is not a simple matter
as viewed by the Oakland Tribune,
.'to draw out a chair and invite the
German delegates to be seated, for
there are so many others whe vsould
draw out other chairs" But the
Wichita Beacon, speaking in terms of
city politics, remarks: "The prema-
ture adjournment of the league makes
it look like the boys over in the ninth
district, after talking the situation
over with the third district delegation,
have broken the slaee that was fixed
no by Austen Chamberlain and Aris-
tide BRAND, who apparently got to-
gether in a hotel room a few weeks
ago and Thought everything was fixed.
1t is safe to say that during the Spring
and Summer there will have to be q
lot Of ironing out of situations In the
various districts and some OF the local