The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-06

Ofi July i6. M. Stevenson of Great Britain formally proposed the lifting of sanctions and set the date for ef- < fectiveness of the resolution. Portu- gueso and Swiss delegates had Recommended July 10 as the date.
 Return to Own Capitals
 A majority of delegates to last weeks embarrassing assembly ses- sions returned to their own capitals, leaving minor officials to participate ln the committee meeting. Even Emperor Halle seiassie, pathetic witness of the leagues final failure Co protect Ethiopia from aggression, was gone. He efitrained for Paris after the Swiss government intimat- cd that he should not remain, now that the assembly has adjourned. Eecretariat officials said that before leaving the Negus wrote to Joseph A. Q. Avenol, league secretary general, protesting bitterly two resolutions adopted by the assembly Saturday.
 Al the left Geneva statesmen made 1t no secret thatt he deague has swallowed g very bitter pill. It was admitted that the leagues pres. tige, authority and dignity suffered q severe setback in the manner the t1alo.E Ethiopian dispute was closed.
 Negro Speaks in French
 Col. Mayard, Negro delegate rcp- KeBenting Haiti, addressed the com- mittee of 52 in impeccable French and said the application of Sanc- ticns had hurt Haiti more than Italy.
 "Twcnty-three per cent of our ex- pOrts go to Italy" he said. "There- fore we suffered grave financial losses in applying sanctions"
 He asked that the League in fu- tllre provide financial compensation for such countries.
 The committee adopted a Franco British resolution to conduct m autopsy to determine how to make sanctions more effective next time If there is Q next time.
 The resolution provided that gov- ernments take the following steps:
 1. Continue to furnish the League statistics on commerce with Italy ID to July 1.
 2. Provide the secretariat with memorandum regarding legislative diniculties in applying sanctions and how they may be overcome.
 3. Appoint experts to a league committee to study the entire prob lem.
 Danxig Danger Zone
 Danzig, July 6.--(UP)--Danzig be- came the newest European powder keg today. Anti-Nazi Germans feared a coup d'etat to terminate Danzig's free city status and control by the League of Nations. Tension increased admist fear that conflict over the city's future might so strain 0erman-Polish relations as to pre- cipitate an explosive crisis. All in- terest centered on last weeks de- velopments at Geneva, where Arthur Greiser, national socialist president of the Danzig senate, demanded that the League of Nations council with draw Sean Lester of the Irish Free State as high commissioner of the free city. First Danzig opposition newspapers were scheduled to appear on the streets at noon today, giving some indication of future events.
 Much Excitement
 Last night there was excitement when pro-G -Greiser newspapers ap- peared with the statement that the senate president went to Geneva as Representative of a sovereign state" 1t was considered that henceforth cooperation between Greiser and Lester would be out of the question. Polish pro-government newspapers discounted fear of coup by which Nazis would seek to join Danzig to Germany but the Polish opposition press discussed such a possibility freely. So far the city has been quiet. There have been no demon- strations. Greiser's speech at Gem eva and his defiance of the high commissioner. however, have been the subject of passionate discussions.
 German, Polish Relations
 Speculation centered on the effect on German-Polish relations asking Poland to sponsor Danzigs foreign