Evening star., 1926-03-13
LEAGUE MAY BLOCK
GERMAN ENTRANCE
|NcOUNC|L FIGHT
Allied Leaders Hint Bitter
ness Aroused Will Cause Ad-
mission PoStponement.
LUTHER PUTS NEXT MOVE
FLATLY UP TO RIVALS
Suggestion Made That Whole Dis
pute Be Laid Before Assembly
for Final Disposition.


GENEVA. March lS.-E,ither Ger-
many or France must give way ii
the controversy over the reconstruc-
tion of the council of the League OF
Nations, if the league is to be saved
and Europe not again driven 10
despair. This was the situation to-
day as seen by close observers OF
the situation i'll Geneva.
should last minute attempts to find
solution fail there is Il possibility
that the entire problem will be
turned over to the assembly for dis
cussion of the practicabilitv OF ad-
journing the question of Germany S
entrance into the league to Il later
date.
Qualification Needed.
This idea is fostered by some allied
circles which allege that Germany 5
attitude against Poland's admission
10 the council is SO utterly in con-
fict with the spirit of accommoda-
zion and conciliation of Geneva that
rhe very interests OF the league de-
mand ClarihcatiOn of the situation be-
fore pursuing the procedure of Ger
mauy'S admission.
The league covenant, while declar-
Ing that the council may name addi-
tional members of the league whose
representatives shall always be mem
bers of the council, likewise provides
that IA majority OF the assembly must
approve such a step
Hence. even should the council
unanimously designate Germany for
Il permanent seat the matter must
come before the assembly for ma
jority approval, and the opponents of
Germany in the present crisis main
tain that there is u possibility that
;hc assembly would not ratify the Sc
lection of Germany at the present
moment.
on the other hand. German spokes-
men insist that an overwhelming
number of small states have assured
them that they are becoming impa-
tient over the delay. and want Ger
many voted in immediately.
Claim Stand Is Praised
The Germans add that they find
admiration expressed among many
delegations for their firm determina-
ton not to make commitments con-
corning Germany's future league atti-
,ude before they have even crossed
the doorstep of the league.
Meanwhile the assembly today held
dissenting voice, to erect a magnifi- :
cent assembly hall on the shore of
Lake I.eman. and likewise Il new
league Secretariat, the whole to cost
II 900. 600 Swiss francs. The dele
gates thus gave an impressive dem
nnstration of their belief that the
league has come to stay and VIII not
he DESTROYED as a result OF the Ger
man-allied crisis.
According to information in French
circles, Foreign Minister linden of
sweden has suggested that Sweden
could renounce her seat i'll the coun-
ell in favor of Poland. thus present
ing a solution of the crisis for which
he has been held largely responsible,
owing to his opposition to any en-
largement of the council at present
beyond Germany's admission.
Report Unconfrmed.
Ey this means Germany would not
he Obliged to consent in advance to
an enlargement OF the council, and
Poland If she could nuster enough
votes, cou,J ae elected in Sweden s
place by the assembly. There is no
combinations. however. Of Mir. In
denS reported suggestion.
\ spokesman iuT trc German dele
cation this morning said
I'VE will wait here until the last
possible moment t. see if any new
suggestion will he forthcoming from
the allies
Sir Austen chamberlain, the British
foreign secretary, announced last
night that il WAS useless for the
Rhineland pact siGnatorieS TO continue
conversations with the Germans, be
cause he was convinced they would be
fruitlesS.
I'VE are faced with a real tragedy.
nc SAID, "and it is impossible to pre-
dict what the reaction will he. The
Tragedy is also that Germany has done
this thing.
The Germans say there is consider
able home opinion urging them to re-
turn to Berlin immediately and no
longer support the policy OF waiting
at The door of house which long ago
they had been invited 20 enter, be-
cause this is an insult to German ma
IL