Any nation is re-eligible in any case, and the mere
label " re-eligible " would do nothing to ensure re-election. What, then, does M. Fromageot's proposal mean ? Frankly we can discover in it no meaning of practical value. A compromise was eventually reached by which the word " re-eligible " was politely retained, but it will be applied to a different procedure. When, in accordance with Lord Cecil's scheme, the Assembly has elected three non-permanent members for three years, three for two years, and three for one year, there will be a special ballot at which only three of the nine shall be designated as " re-eligible " for a second term. Presumably, as the special correspondent of the Times says, the three designated will be the three who have been elected for three years. Thus from the beginning the members of . a " semi-permanent " class will be indicated.
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