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compromising good relations between
their nations. 1t was indicated that the
French statesman may prolong the dis
cussion by returning the visit while
both are at Geneva.
$4,000 Troops i'm Area.
There are now 10000 allied troops
in the German Rhineland to guarantee
German fulfillment of the terms OF the
treaty of Versailles. Germany has
sought to have these wholly Withdrawn
before 1885, which was the date fixed
for the removal of the last contingent
Delegates to the League Assembly Sls-
played much interest in the visit OF the
chancellor to M. BRAND, for it was fell
that the problem of reparations might
be linked to that of evacuation. Sucn
an eventuality would bring American
interests into the discussion. Ger
many's first big reparation annuity Is
due this year and many Germans tnlnh
it the psychological moment TO ralSe
the question whether evacuation should
not be made simultaneously with fixa-
tion of the total reparations at figure
which Germans would consider reason
able. w.t. l.. .oo
Many Germans also would ike 10 see
the birth of a treaty guaranteeing tne
eastern border of Germany as the
Locarno pact guarantees peace on tne
Rhine. To this the French reply Is
that no great power is available to Stano
as sponsor, Great Britain having SHOWN
Discrimination to accept political respon-
sibilities in Europe beyond those con-
tanned in the Locarno pact, while france
would be the natural arbiter between
Poland and Germany in event OF diffl-
culties between them.
Chinese Define League.
MANY words have been written In
attempt to define the scope and pur-
poses of the League of Nations. Yes
terday Chinese summed it up in three
words when he said the League Is "a
shock absorber."
When this terse phrase was dropped
by Wang Ching-Chi, spokesman for
Nationalist China. BRAND, who was
Mueller peered with sharp interest
through his inevitable spectacles, and
George Bernard Shaw, in the gallery
threw up his head.
The phrase was being repeated on all
sides in League circles, because 1t Is
held to embody succinctly the mission
of the League to Stave off war by re-
ceiving itself the first clash of national
interests. Wang is now celebrity.
Wilma Situation Acute.
NJ Waldemaras, prime minister OF
Lithuania, today confirmed reports that
the Polish-Lithuanian dispute over
Wilma had reached critical stage fol-
lowing the failure of private converse
tions to arrange settlement.
Assembly Hall that nothing had been
accomplished thus far toward satisfy
ing Lithuanias claims and national as
pirations.
All attempts by private negotiation
to re-establiSh normal relations between
the two countries, he declared, had
ended in hopeless failure.
From the reStrum of the Assembly
meanwhile, Senator Alexander McI,ach-
Ian, who signed the kellogg treaty for
Australia, declared that If war be abol-
ished some others means of settling dis
putes must be provided He expressed
the belief that various arbitration courts
and the International Court of Justice
were sufficient to take care of juridical
disputes. but that they did not go far
enough.
He warned the Assembly that the
Leagues policy of sponsoring economic
conferences and discussions of customs
and tariffs was filled with danger. He
said that such questions were of purely
national concern, and that their dis
cussion by League conference might
cause irritation instead of good will.
GERMANY DENIES NOTE.