Mr. Fisher, in addressing the Peace Congress in London on
Tuesday, said that the Government desired that Germany should apply for admission to the League of Nations this year, " so that the last lingering reproach that it was an engine to protect the policy of the victorious nations should be finally and effectually removed." The Government have not hitherto expressed so definitely their well-known desire to bring Germany into the League, and it may perhaps be inferred that France has modified Sher attitude towards this question. If Germany applied for admission, the Assembly at its next autumn meeting has power to admit her if two-thirds of the member-States agree. Germany might also be elected by the Assembly as one of the four addi- tional members of the Council, hitherto chosen from the lesser 'Powers. If, however, Germany insisted on being a permanent member of the Council, like each of the principal Allies, the Covenant would have to he amended. That could only be done by a unanimous Council, so that France has a veto on any such proposal. It should be remembered that any State admitted to the League "shall . give effective guarantees of its sincere desire to observe its international •obligations."
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