11 SEPTEMBER 1926, Page 2

* * * The general ground of the criticism is

that the increased size of the Council will make it unwieldy and that the increase. is unnecessary now that Brazil has left the League and Spain is at present refusing to attend it. Further, it is thought that the Powers which are nominated as " re-eligible " may create a crisis at each fresh election if the Assembly does not after all re-elect them. There is certainly cause for anxiety here, but on the whole it seems to us that Lord Cecil's plan was the best way out of the difficulties, and one can only hope that a real and growing League spirit will overcome each new difficulty as it arises.