Evening star., 1927-09-17
Chamberlain and Dandurand
Clash at First Session of
ReoTJanized Body.
BRITISH PROBLEM RAISED
BY SEATING OF CANADA
Point Arises as to Whether Great
Britain Can Now Speak for
Entire Empire.
BY Y. 4. DECKER.

By Cable To The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright. 1927.
GENEVA, September 17.-For the
first time Great Britain and Dominion
delegates sat on the League of Ma
tons Council today. The point now
arises, can Great Britain henceforth
speak in the name Of the British
Empire. as in the past'
The first session of the newly con-
stituted Council saw brush be-
tween Sir Austen Chamberlain of
Great Britain and Raoul Dandurand
over the question of procedure. Dam
durand insisted upon expressing his
opinion, although Sir Austen inter-
rupted him twice.
Germany is the land most in need
an active part in League debates and
will assist any idea furthering dis
armament, Foreign Minister Strese-
mann declared in an address Friday.
Disarm Spirit Lacking.
Count Won Bernstorff stated in the
committee discussing disarmament
that Germany Is disarmed and now
awaits the promised reduction OF
armaments by the allies. This shows
one point in Germany's future for
eign policy. 1t would seem that
Count Won Bernstorff has assumed,
as a mission fittingly to close his
long diplomatic career, the task
either of scaling the allies arma-
ments down somewhere near Ger
many's or obtaining allied consent to
Germany's partial armament.
Although the League is debating re-
duction of armaments. there is no real
spirit for disarmament beyond the eX-
tent demonstrated by the taxpayers.
For example, France is reducing the
time of military service. but at the
same time Is reorganizing military
training so that regularly employed
labor does the kitchen work and man.
ual labor hitherto done by recruits.
who now devote their entire period of
service to learning the art Of war.
European armies are larger than
before the war and infinitely better
equipped. However. the league has
four propositions for disarmament
First, the Dutch proposition to revise
the principles of the Geneva protocol:
second. the Polish proposition to SOL
emnly condemn aggressive war; third,
the Nansen proposal to coordinate,
combine and facilitate pacts by max
ing it possible for one signature to
close an agreement with all nations in
in universal. but Observation-Disclosures
pact; fourth, the resolution of Paul
Boncour. which proposed codifying all
problems and ways of solution, and
particularly having preparatory dis.
armament committee, which would
discuss a plan for combining security
with disagreement.
Proposition i'm Tangle.
The entire question of armament is
so bound up with the determination of
the allies to maintain what many con-
slider an unnatural situation that it
has become a contest between those
who protited territorially by the war
and those who lost territory. There
fore. the proposition is as tangled as
are the frontiers.
Herr StresSemanp showed how ten
der point is evacuation of the
Rhineland when he said, "Reconcilia-
ton with Germany would proceed at
faster pace if obstacles were re.
moved-for example, the Rhineland
occupation"
French statesmen tell the Germans
they cannot move faster toward rap
prochement with Germany because of
public opinion in France and the un-
settlement due to the coming cleo
tions.
Herr Stresemann also states that
public opinion in Germany is becom-
ing restless. Thus one gathers that
the Germans are not obtaining all
they expected from the League, and
even feel snubbed because no meeting
OF the Locarno powers was called at
Geneva this session. There is a prob
ability that Germany will adopt a
firmer attitude in the future, becom'
ing weary of the role of perfect
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