Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-16

New strength for both Germany and
the League of Nations is foreseen
by most American observers as a re-
suit of the admission of Germany to
membership in the League. Hope and
uncertainty as to what the future
may bring forth are mingled in the
composite opinion of America as re-
f1ected in the press.
1.-THE spirit of the applause with
which GermanyS entrance into the
League was greeted at Geneva" says
the Louisville CONFECTIONERY" should
find a ready response throughout the
world 1t should mark the real end of
the war, with all it's surviving pas
sions and animosities. To the extent
that it does this, it will clear the way
for the League of Nations to work its
mission of universal peace The
Pittsburgh GaZetteTimes, also recog-
niZing the Importance of the action,
expresses the judgment that the
event at Geneva that should make
September one of the important
dates in history marks not the attain
ment of an end, but the beginning OF
| the movement toward an end"
1.-The fact that German membership
was obtained with the full assistance
of France and Great Britain is sig
nificant,' according to the Lincoln
Star at means that the bitterness
awakened in the World War has worn
itself out: that the most powerful ma
tons of EUROPE have a new goal and
a new ambition This result, as
viewed by the Lexington Leader, has
real significance in the fact that lit
seals the Locarno treaties and makes
them at last valid and effective" The
Leader also concludes that now that
Germany is a member, the League is
more than ever European. It's work
will lie there and not elsewhere. The
Charlotte Observer calls it most sig
nificant of all that France was the
first to vote membership for Ger
many
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Some doubt as to the result, how
ever, is raised by the Akron Beacon
Journal, which states that "the test
will come when the German repre-
| sentatives give over their soaring
| oratory. and the allied spellbinders
cease theirs, and Germany calls Tor
bits expected new deal In that hour
the confirmed peace of Locarno' will
be another story. The holy alliance OF
more than a century ago. that was 10
maintain Europe's peace forever,
|
LASTED only until some of the brethren
| imagined that they were not getting
their share at the pie counter
But the Knoxville Sentinel is con-
WINGED that this great scheme to pro-
mote peace is making itself felt in the
lives of the nations"
1.-The admission of Germany to the
League Council" in the opinion of the
Des Moines Evening Tribune, does
more to insure the future importance
of the League than anything else could
unless it might be the admission of the
United States" The Harrisburg Tele-
graph. observing that the League has
traded Spain and Brazil, two loyal al
| lies during the war, for Germany,
which sought to lord it over all Eu-
rope" suggests that whether or not
| this is a profitable transaction for the
| League only time Will tell, but it is
certainly a good thing for Germany
| in her herculean campaign to regain
her lost place of prestige among the
great powers of the world" The Rock
| Island Argus adds that Germany
takes that place to which her power
and Importance entitle her" and that
without Germany the League could
never amount to a great deal" The
Charleston Evening Post feels that