27 MARCH 1926, Page 1

That might mean anything. The reservation was evidently inserted with

purpose. Until the members of the League assembled at Geneva nobody, except Germany, knew what Brazil had done. On that rock the scheme for the immediate admission of Germany was wrecked. In the light of the new fact the Council could not have held a formal session without at once bringing about the very catastrophe of postponement which they wished to avoid. Hence all the -comings and goings, the alarms, and tea-parties outside the League.

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