New Britain herald., 1926-03-02
LEAGUE MUDDLE
 MORE CONFUSING
Chamberlain's Speech Only
 Causes More Trouble

London. March ? LPt-An address of Sir Austen Chamberlain, the Brit ish foreign secretary, before the League of Nations parliamentary committee yesterday, i'll which he suggested that he should have lati- tude in conducting the negotiations at the forthcoming meeting of the League in Geneva on the question of increasing the number Of perma- nent seats in the League council seems to have served to muddle the situation rather than to ameliorate it. The committee received his ut- tcrances somewhat Coldly. The peo- pie generally still oppose his stand. Although the address was made at 8 private sitting of the commit tee, from what has been gleaned or it Sir Austen did not recede from Ihis previous position in favor ot an enlargement of the council, He de- nied having reached any agreement with Vi. Briand the French premier, on the subject in January, but he did not deny that an understanding was reached al locarno for an en- Iargemont of the council, currently with Germanys entry into the league land without the knowledge Of ter many.
 The people of Great Britain gen eralIy, apparently are moi in favor of any inrease in the permanent membership of the council and ad vices from Geneva indicate that fh' various capitals of Europe are stir rcd I'D over the situation. Th' League spokesman in the Swiss cr' are declared 10 h~ confident that t"' very gravity of the dispute will com
 nM the diplomats. when they arriV' hero next Sunday. to reach com promise agreement.
 II was thought in Geneva that th' trouble might bc settled by "lectlni Germany and spain to p"rmaneh seats and putting Poland among iN' uon-pcrmanent seats left vacant p! 'the elevation Of Spain.
 Another Formula
 Another formula from Geneva Il .rnt in the number of -perma .ncDt seats allot"d to Iatln-Amer'e' he increased from tTo to three. tn inornetual reservation of the thlr' ssa, being for Brazil, Chile and AT ,-crtma. who would hold it in turn
 Sir Austen Chamberlain in sug yes-ing that he should have Ia'l'uo in the negotiations al Geneva de oIarad that If he was 10 secure adop rion of the course he believed 10 D ithn best it must be done thronE
 rars,aslon, There was real cauS for consideration of the conposlllo of inc council, he asserted, ana '"
 demand that the practice oi reel'c'
 inc -rcrmanent members yea Iaftar should be abandoned W"
 growing. Just how far Sir AuS'e
 will hc supported by th" other mn istors in his present attitude IS LII
 known. but it is said there IS n ground for the rumors Of poSS'pI ', cabinet crisis. .,
 The newspapers mostly handle '
 situation with moderation. The WIT
 er on the liberal organs d'mah
 hat the cabinet give MT. Chamhei lain before he goes to Geneva sue
 rnmistakable instructions as WI
 prevent a national policy being con
 promised by his personal feelings
 Germany being frightened away :, Apologists for Sir Austen ln'erPr , his utteranccs as showing the' should be no fear that the foreie
 minister will try 10 play q lone mar
 or attempt 10 stress his own EleT
 in defiance Of his colleagues and u Inonular opinion in Great Britain Il There was an increase in opln'' in the Hobbies of parliament ld Il night that full debate by the hou
 of commons on the whole suoJe 2 was needed. The probability Of su, - action seems to he growing not"iu = standing the governments suppos' y desire 10 avoid il. Whether the d q hate is brought up is likely 10 O II nand on what effect the promised a n nouncemcnt of Premier Baldwin n l. unon the members Of the common