We, have written in our first leading article about the
controversy over the Council of the League of Nations, and need not say much more of the important debate in the House of Commons on Thursday, March 4th, than that it was a process of extorting some kind of assurance from Sir Austen Chamberlain. The necessary undertaking that Great Britain would make it her first duty to get Germany accepted at once as a permanent member of the Council was ultimately given in clear terms by the Prime Minister. Much trouble and anxiety would have been saved if Sir Austen had spoken as plainly as his Chief. It has seemed to us obvious all along that he could not fly in the face of the very clearly expressed popular feeling on this subject. But he always appears to be vexing himself over detached little questions of honour, integrity and niceness of conduct.
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