Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-14

consider M Brands plan of Euro
pean federation, or cooperation, or
whatever it should be called. This
important sideShow (moSt il not all the
participants, representing 81 countries,
being delegates to the League bodies)
opened on the 9th.
In approving NJ Brands outline of
his federation project, the French
cabinet made significant reservation
as follows: France will continue to seek
the organization of peace, respectful OF
existing treatries."
| Senior Zumeta, Venezuelan minister to
Paris, is chairman of the League Coun-
Gil and as such he presided over the
opening of the Assembly. Nicholas
Titulescu, Rumanian Minister to Lon
don, was elected its president.
The dove of peace, which broods
above the Hall of Assembly, looking
very detected, even comatoSe, the Lon
don Naval Conference having fallen
considerably short of a bowling success,
and the Kellogg pact being only family
visible in the crepuscular atmosphere, 1t
is thought that this Assembly will soft
pedal on the movement to millenarize
the covenant. There will or will not be
action on the proposed amendment
pledging financial assistance to victims
Of aggression.
On the German proposal to strengthen
the Councils means of preventing war,
on this or that in like sort. A lively
debate however, is expected on plan
contemplating reorganization OF the
| League secretariat, to which Germany
and Italy are opposed; Italy, say the
critics, in pursuance of her policy Of
mobilizing under her leadership the
elements Of discomfort.
Not much hope is felt that the con-
versations looking to Franco Italian
, naval agreement, which of recent weeks
have again languished, will brisk up
much during the life of this Assembly.
The Assembly has to elect a complete
new set of judges for the World Court
involving keen competition
The meeting on European federation
was secret. However, summat tnereoI
passed as follows: AFTER taking note
of the results of the inquiry instituted
with view to the organization OF
system of a European federal union.
convinced that close collaboration of
European governments in all interna-
tional activities Is of capital Importance
for the maintenance of peace through
out the world, unanimous on the other
hand in their conviction that this col
liberation should be carried out in COM
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Nations on basis of respect for all
principles contained in the covenant,
the conferees decided to place the ques-
ton on the agenda of the League As
sembly.''
The resolution leaves us guessing as
to the precise nature of the question. "
That, of course, was not M. BRANDS
idea at ALL In his report to the con-
ference and the replies of the powers
to his famous QUESTIONABLE, he said:
Prom these replies there seems to
emerge as a conception shared by a
great number Of governments that there
should be a single conference, including
all the states, which would meet periodt-
cally, and having from the commence
ment a committee, bureau or Secre-
tariat, which could continue in the in
tervals between meetings the necessary
work of organization"
And he suggested the propriety OF a
preliminary accord among the powers
and of their submitting a tentative
plan of some definiteness to the League
bodies for consideration. To- which,
Arthur Henderson, the British foreign
| minister, rejotned that such action
would carry the implication of fedora
| ton, it being an implication which
Britain was unwilling TO admit. The
| Idea" must remain IN the domain OF