Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-03-08
Germany Would Be
Big Factor in Work
Of League of Nations

Geneva, March 7.-(AP)-German
like the United States, has cooperated
very extensively with the league of
nations, though not a member Of that
organization. Her expected election
at the assembly opening tomorrow
brings to climax the long period of
hope by friends of the league who
have always insisted that the or
ganization can never become a really
effective power for international good
until all of the great nations are af-
filiated with it.
Germany's entrance leaves as great
powers outside the membership roll
only the United States and Russia.
The first correspondence between
the league secretariat and the Ger
man government goes back to Feb
ruary, 1920 which was only a month
after the opening session of the first
council meeting of the league. Since
then correspondence and official rela-
tons have steadily increased, touch
ing on the cooperation of Germany,
particularly in technical and human
itarian fields.
Since the beginning Germany has
been member of the international
labor organization and has cooperat
ed several times in international con-
ferences organized by the league. In
addition to taking part in various
technical and humanitarian discus
sions, Germany has since 1920 for
warded to the league secretary for
publication the text of treaties and
international agreements concluded
by her.
Recently the United States govern
ment has initiated the same policy
with regard to treaties and hence
forh American treaties will be includ-
ed in the leagues treaty series.
When, in 1928, the assembly drew
up a draft treaty of mutual assist
ance, which was conceived by Vls-
count Cecil of Chelwood, the Bditish
delegate, Germany despatched to the
secretary general its observations on
the project. Like the United States,
the German government was repre-
scented at the international confer
ence for the control of trade in arms
and munitions, and, like the United
States, will be represented in the
Forthcoming disarmament pourpar-
leys at Geneva.
Germany was represented at the
! Brussels financial conference. which
laid down the doctrines which later
served as the basis for the financial
reha Utilization of Austria and Hun
gary and sent a representative to the
conference for the simplification of
customs formalities in Geneva in
1923.
The German government early en-
tered into relations with the league
Of nations and the permanent court
of international justice on various
questions referred to the league by
treaties. The more important of
these were the questions of the
Saare. which is in the hands of the
French pending a plebiscite; the
German Polish convention on Upper
| Silesia: questions concerning the
German minority in Poland; man
dates; certain German interests in
Upper Silesia now pending before
the world court and the right of in
vestigaton of the council as regards
German ornaments. The London
agreement, usually known as the
Dawes reparations plan. contains
stipulations to the effect that the
president of the permanent court of
international justice may in GER
tain cases be called upon to appoint
arbitrator.
The Locarno agreements which
were signed in London on December
1. 1925, are closely linked with the
league by stipulations concerning
their coming into force and validity.
The admission of Germany is ex-
pected to bring to the fore at an
early date a number of important
questions as, for instance. that of the
restoration to Germany of one or
more Of her colonies which were lost