The signs are good for the entry - of Germany as
a permanent member of the League Council. Great Britain has held, apparently with success, to the view that the number of permanent seats in the Council should not-bOacreased. Spain and Poland, therefore, will have to be contented with " semi-permanent " member- ship under Lord Cecil's scheme if they should be voted to that position by the Assembly. Of course, Spain may follow the example of Brazil and retire from the League altogether, but she would lose more than she would gain by such action, and we hope that she will stay where she is. In the meantime Lord Cecil's scheme for a more regular rotation among the- non-permanent members of the Connell and for the creation of a semi- permanent group has come in for a good deal of discussion. M. Fromageot, the French delegate on the Commission, proposed that when the Assembly was electing non- permanent members of the Council the voters should, on the same ballot paper, be able to recommend any nation as "re-eligible."
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